Headlines for March 14, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Cardinal McElroy launches first criticism of Trump administration
 Cardinal Parolin celebrates Mass as Vatican diplomats pray for Pope
 Vatican diplomat on migration: ‘Irregular status should not automatically be equated with criminality’
 In the hospital, Pope celebrates anniversary of election with cake
 New lighting to illumine dome of St. Peter’s
 First plaintiff in sex-abuse scandal killed in Louisiana
 USCCB appeals court decision on refugee funding
 Nigerian government welcomes leading prelate’s criticisms
 Curial officials hear meditations on eternity and ‘living more’
 Syrian Christians tense as killing spreads
 Indonesian cardinal opposes blasphemy conviction of transgender activist
 Seminarian killed in crossfire as Nigerian police rescue priest
 Former Archbishop of Canterbury decries wave of anti-Semitism
 Ukrainian Philadelphia archbishop discusses Trump-Zelensky meeting, Major Archbishop’s visit
 Prelate takes issue with Reporter’s critique of Bishop Barron
 Wall Street Journal op-ed touts St. John Paul II as ‘feminist Pope’

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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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