COVER STORY • "A human being never becomes a `vegetable' or an `animal'" Pope says patients must get nutrition, hydration as long as possible COVER STORY • Vatican, church leaders express disapproval of Israeli killing of Hamas leader FEATURE ARTICLE • Protecting God's Children: Upcoming VIRTUS training sessions in the Diocese of Memphis FEATURE ARTICLE • Building a Tradition By Sister Eileen Fucito,C.P., Director, Office of Spiritual Formation FEATURE ARTICLE • Why do we have four gospels in the Bible? By Fr. Robert Marshall, Pastor FEATURE ARTICLE • Pope advances sainthood causes of two Italians, two Spaniards The West Tennessee Catholic newspaper has a new email address, effective immediately. The new address is wtc.editor@cc.cdom.org LENTEN OBSERVANCES All Catholics are called to abstain from meat on all the Fridays of Lent. Likewise, we are obliged to fast and abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. The obligation is binding for all Catholics 14 years of age or older. The obligation to fast, limiting oneself to but one full meal and two lighter meals, is binding for all Catholics from age 18-59. Of course, illness releases one from these obligations. Alert: Database changes for diocese, parishes The Diocese of Memphis and its 47 parishes are currently undergoing an unprecedented census data conversion. As a result, a number of families may experience interruption in the weekly delivery of The West Tennessee Catholic. Please be patient with us as we work to ensure more accurate data at the diocesan and parish levels. If you have any problems, please call 373-1209.
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				A young girls examines models of the birth cycle at the recent Mother-Daughter retreat.