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Headlines for April 17, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

 At Chrism Mass, Pope’s message calls priests to ministry of hope
 Typical new US priest: 34-year-old cradle Catholic who prays Rosary, takes part in Eucharistic adoration
 Pope makes Holy Thursday visit to Rome prison
 Jerusalem patriarch exhorts priests to hope in Jesus
 Pope recommends lower holiday travel fares to reunite families
 Cardinal Parolin, VP Vance to meet in Rome
 Lourdes sanctuary announces 72nd confirmed miracle
 Chartres pilgrimage organizers: early registrations overwhelm system
 Rome’s rabbi, Pope exchanges greetings
 New French converts cite influence of social media
 Detroit’s new archbishop ends traditional Latin Mass in parishes
 Vatican spokesman defends historicity of Resurrection accounts
 Corruption is destroying Kenya, bishop warns
 Father Lazzarotto, pioneer of relations with China in 1970s, dies at 99
 West Virginia enacts Parents’ Bill of Rights

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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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