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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The first four Masses in Lent serve as a general introduction to Lent. They describe the essentials of a Lenten program. This Mass is concerned with fasting and teaches us what true fasting is. The Opening Prayer of today's Mass asks God to guide the Lenten penance we have begun. Franciso and Jacinta…

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