Headlines for March 16, 2023

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Texas bishop, Japanese feminist nun among 7 named to preparatory commission for October Synod of Bishops
 Pope: Design of sacred architecture must flow from Church’s liturgy
 Watchdog group cites Pope’s failures on abuse
 German bishops tiptoe toward schism
 Papal message to Latin American congress on abuse prevention
 Waves of attacks displace Catholic natives in central Nigeria
 Facing hundreds of abuse claims, Albany diocese declares bankruptcy
 Police warn of potential Islamist attack on Vienna’s churches
 Another pope can take up priestly celibacy issue, says Francis
 Pope welcomes Taiwanese Buddhists to ‘culture of encounter’
 Papal appeal for cyclone-hit Malawi
 Australian archbishop challenges ‘excessive’ abuse award
 Texas judge hears arguments in key abortion-pill case
 Lebanese leader meets with Pope to discuss country’s crisis
 Maryland bill to remove civil statute of limitations on abuse called ‘unfair’ to Church, other private groups
 Pope appoints new Secretary of Dicastery for Evangelization
 ‘A country in ruins’: Vatican newspaper notes 12th anniversary of Syrian civil war

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Feast of St. Matthias, Apostle and Martyr or Solemnity of the Ascension (for certain ecclesiastical provinces)

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Today is the Feast of St. Matthias, Apostle and Martyr. After the Ascension of Jesus, St. Peter proposed to the assembled faithful that they choose a disciple of Christ to fill the place of the traitor Judas in the first missionary band. Lots were drawn, with the result in favor of Matthias. According to…

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