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The Diocese of San Juan de Los Lagos in Jalisco state, Mexico, mourned the February 10 shooting death of one of its priests, Father Juan Angulo Fonseca. According to the Mexican newspaper El Financiero, the 53-year-old priest was shot from behind with two blasts of a shotgun. The homicide occurred in the Atotonilco el Alto district of the state of Jalisco. According to the initial investigation, the murder was apparently due to a dispute over land. The priest had been working since 2017 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in the town of Valle de Guadalupe.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253627/priest-shot-to-death-in-mexico
The chief law enforcement officers from 20 states signed a letter to US Attorney General Merrick Garland condemning a since-retracted “anti-Catholic” leaked internal memorandum produced by the FBI’s Richmond field office. Published February 8, the memo discusses launching an investigation into “radical-traditionalist” Catholics because of possible ties to “the far-right white nationalist movement.” The FBI confirmed to CNA on February 9 that the document came from its Richmond field office and issued a statement retracting it. The signers of the letter expressed their concerns with the agency’s expressed intention to initiate investigations within churches that offer the Latin Mass and within “radical-traditionalist” Catholic online communities, as stated in the memo.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253631/20-state-ags-call-for-investigation-into-fbis-anti-catholic-memo
Today, the Church celebrates Saints Cyril and Methodius. Together they are the patron saints of Europe.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/sts-cyril-and-methodius-147
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-valentine-738