Headlines for March 17, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Vatican announces 3-year implementation phase of Synod on Synodality
 Pope, in Angelus address, reflects on Christ’s Transfiguration and sickness
 Lenten Sermons opened to the public
 Pope’s condition stable, still ‘complex’
 At UN meeting on women, Vatican official calls for protection of unborn, ‘cultural shift’ on motherhood
 Ukrainian Orthodox primate denounces Russian invasion
 Lenten retreat for Roman Curia concludes with meditations on eternal rest, transformation
 3 women who allege abuse by Father Rupnik recount stories in new book
 Syria adopts interim constitution that protects freedom of belief
 USCCB asks faithful to urge Congress to resume foreign aid
 Police arrest suspect in vandalism of Kansas church
 Vatican newspaper criticizes Trump administration’s USAID cuts
 Amid renewed violence in Manipur, archdiocese builds homes for the displaced
 Papal condolences after deadly nightclub fire in Macedonia
 Since papal hospitalization, Vatican has received up to 330 pounds of extra mail per day
 Renewed papal appeal for prayer for peace
 Father Maciel’s former secretary arrested for abusing 5 girls

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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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