Headlines for April 01, 2024

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Obelisk missing from St. Peter’s Square
 Pope Francis says he was ‘used’ in bid to halt election of Pope Benedict
 President Biden proclaims Easter as Transgender Day of Visibility
 Chaldean Catholics cancel public Easter celebrations in Iraq
 4,000 Nicaraguan police deployed to prevent Holy Week processions
 Protestors disrupt Easter Mass in New York cathedral
 Cardinal Gregory chides Biden for being ‘cafeteria Catholic’
 Share the Easter joy, Pope says at Easter Monday audience
 Look up at Jesus amid the ‘terrible days we are living,’ Jerusalem Patriarch preaches at Easter Vigil
 Births fall in Italy for 15th straight year, to record low
 Security tight at Sri Lanka’s churches for Easter
 Papal gift to Rome’s priests: book on discernment
 May we learn to feed Christ’s sheep, Anglican primate says to heads of other Christian churches
 April papal prayer intention: for the role of women
 Bishop discusses Holy Week piety, poverty in South Sudan

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