Headlines for April 07, 2021

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Theme of Pope’s general audience: Praying in communion with the saints
 Health is a matter of justice, Vatican statement argues
 Russian prelate: Orthodox Church will not change date for Easter
 European Catholics fear erosion of religious freedom across continent
 Pray for those who risk their lives to fight for human rights, Pope says in video
 Federal judge finds Michigan university violated rights of student religious group
 Cardinal Ranjith slams Sri Lanka’s former president over Easter bombings
 Disgraced New Zealand bishop’s future lies with the Vatican, cardinal tells commission
 Fargo bishop reinstates general obligation to attend Mass
 Over 2,800 lawsuits filed against New York State dioceses, abuse attorney says
 Peru’s bishops call for peaceful election
 Nun who faces conversion charges in Madhya Pradesh speaks out
 New York’s Cardinal Dolan: ‘time to get back to Sunday Mass’
 Graduate program aims to reverse decline seen in Catholic art, literature
 Prelate sees need to ‘turn ourselves into missionaries now’
 Phoenix bishop issues exhortation on the Holy Eucharist

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Tuesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Fabian, Pope & Martyr; Opt Mem St. Sebastian, Martyr

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St. Fabian and St. Sebastian have always been paired together, with their names coupled in the ancient martyrologies, and still paired in the Litany of Saints. The Church today celebrates separate Optional Memorials for Sts. Fabian and Sebastian: St. Fabian (d. 250) was Pope from 236 to…

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