Headlines for July 08, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Pope visits Trieste, says democracy ‘not in good health’
 Jerusalem Patriarchate denounces Israeli strikes in Gaza
 Vatican approval for ‘Mystical Rose’ devotion
 16 parishes submerged in Brazilian flooding
 Expand legal migration to combat human trafficking, Holy See urges
 Cardinal Ruini, 93, in intensive care after heart attack
 Archbishop named for troubled Guam diocese
 Engage with elected officials on pro-life issues, USCCB committee chairman urges
 Vatican newspaper rues migrant deaths in Mauritanian boat capsize
 Program announced for papal journey to Southeast Asia
 New prefect named for Vatican Archive

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Lent

Wednesday of the First Week of Lent; Ember Wednesday

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Today is Ember Wednesday, the beginning of the Spring or Lent Embertide. There are two principal objects for the Ember Days of this period of the year: the first is to offer to God the season of Spring, and, by fasting and…

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