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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Wednesday of the Twenty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop & Doctor; Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin & Doctor; Ember Wednesday

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Today the Church celebrates two Optional Memorials: St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop and Doctor (1542-1621) was born in Montepulciano, Italy, and died in Rome. The son of noble parents, he entered the Society of Jesus, finishing his theological studies at Louvain, Belgium. His services to the Church…

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