Headlines for March 03, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Build new order to address today’s ‘polycrisis,’ Pope urges
 Pope stable, treatment continues [Thursday PM update]
 Sight and taste: papal Angelus reflection on Gospel reading
 Pope reflects on frailty, thanks faithful for prayers, prays for peace
 Hispanics in US less likely to be Catholics
 Vatican ‘foreign minister’ prods UN body on human rights
 USCCB committee chairman, other Catholic leaders urge Congress to protect Medicaid
 British bishop raps foreign-aid cuts, arms spending
 Canadian house speaker meets with leading Ukrainian Catholic bishops, affirms support
 Theme, date chosen for 111th World Day of Migrants
 Zimbabwe’s bishops welcome abolition of death penalty
 Cardinal De Donatis to take Pope’s place at Ash Wednesday procession, Mass
 Lithuanian president meets Vatican Secretary of State
 NYPD chaplain arrested for patronizing prostitute, denies charges
 Iowa enacts law removing ‘gender identity’ as protected class
 Fátima statue to visit Rome for Jubilee of Marian Spirituality

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Wednesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Junípero Serra, Priest (USA)

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Today the United States celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Junípero Serra (1713-1784). Miguel Jose Serra was born on the island of Mallorca, Spain. He took the name Junípero when he entered the Franciscan Order in 1730. Ordained in 1737, he taught philosophy and theology at the University of Padua for…

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