Headlines for March 13, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Syrian Carmelites say ‘true genocide’ occurring
 Former Vatican editor: election of Pope Francis resulted from long-term campaign
 Judge sends USCCB refugee program lawsuit to federal claims court
 Kansas governor: Black Mass must be outside capitol building
 Luxembourg Church leaders take heat for Caritas losses
 Vatican diplomat encourages wealthy nations to forgive financial debts, address ‘ecological debt’
 On 12th anniversary of papal election, Vatican spokesman reflects on Pope’s ‘magisterium of fragility’
 Leading Nigerian prelate laments economic situation, corruption
 Curial officials hear meditations on rebirth
 President Trump formally nominates Brian Burch as ambassador to Holy See
 Pax Christi archbishop deplores EU’s $860 billion rearmament plan
 Russian Orthodox Church decries killings in Syria

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Thu21 May
Easter

Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of St. Christopher Magallanes, Priest & Martyr, & His Companions, Martyrs

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Today is the Optional Memorial of St. Christopher Magallanes (1869-1927). Christopher was joined in martyrdom by twenty-one diocesan priests and three devout laymen, all members of the Cristeros movement, who rose up in rebellion against the anti-Catholic Mexican government during the 1920s. Having erected…

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