Headlines for March 12, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Ukrainian Catholic leader ‘appalled’ by ‘imposed ephemeral peace’
 Cardinal Zuppi welcomes steps toward peace between Russia, Ukraine
 Bishop tells Jordan’s king: Catholic Church rejects Zionist reading of Scripture, applied to Palestine
 Pope’s condition remains stable
 Syrian archbishop pleads for international help
 145 Nigerian priests kidnapped in ten years
 Cuba completes release of (some) prisoners
 USCCB publishes guidelines for Catholic couples on reproductive technologies
 Cardinal McElroy installed as head of Washington archdiocese
 Papal condolences for Argentine flood victims
 Curial officials hear meditations on death
 Philippine prelate issues pastoral letter against illegal mining
 Wyoming governor signs bill to bolster religious freedom protections

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Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of Our Lady of Lourdes

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The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes today, marking the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1858 to fourteen-year-old Marie Bernade (St. Bernadette) Soubirous. Between February 11 and July 16, 1858, the Blessed Virgin appeared eighteen times, and showed herself to…

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