Headlines for February 29, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Pope warns Armenia’s bishops against ecclesiastical ambition
 Let Jesus guide efforts to protect rights, Pope tells Argentine judges
 France advances pro-abortion amendment to constitution
 Cardinal Burke launches novena for ‘a very troubled time’
 ‘Demos II’—identified as cardinal—writes ‘profile of the next Pope’
 Spanish archdiocese decries same-sex wedding in Catholic chapel
 Ukrainian Church opens beatification cause for former leader
 Papal condemnation of landmines
 Haitian bishop recovering in Miami after explosion at home
 Vatican overturns Canadian archbishop’s decision to close parish
 Man breaks into, vandalizes Oregon monastery
 Bishop named for troubled French archdiocese
 Group of US, Canadian, Latin American bishops hold summit
 In Alaska, permanent deacons are primary spiritual leaders in remote villages

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The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Louise de Marillac (1591-1660). She was born in 1592, and married in 1613. When her husband died she made a vow of widowhood and devoted herself entirely to works of charity. St. Vincent de Paul, who became her spiritual director, gradually initiated her into…

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