Headlines for February 25, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Father Kapuan, heroic US Army chaplain, approved for beatification
 Pope’s Lenten message: ‘Let us journey together in hope’
 Two secretaries-general named to Vatican City Governorate
 Ukraine Catholic leader describes change in US policy as an ‘earthquake’
 Faithful unite in St. Peter’s Square, praying for Pope’s health
 Preserve Religious Freedom Restoration Act, religious leaders urge Congress
 Former Archbishop of Canterbury could face sanctions
 Are lawyers, not bishops, setting diocesan policies?
 Catholic Charities: ‘Tell your representative to oppose budget cuts to Medicaid and SNAP’
 2 priests kidnapped in Nigeria
 Changes loom among the world’s cardinals, Vatican journalist notes
 In India, demographic change raises religious tensions
 Leading official at Synod on synodality named bishop
 US Supreme Court declines abortion clinic buffer zone challenge
 Vandalism, arson attack on Bavarian church

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Thu26 March
Lent

Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent

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The weekday Masses towards the end of Lent are like a Passion Play. The Gospels, as one scene after the other, show the mounting hatred and growing tension. This is the “Abraham Mass,” telling of the inheritance received through Abraham. The Opening Prayer reminds us of our great inheritance received from Christ.…

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