Headlines for April 26, 2021

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Priesthood is ‘a gift of service,’ Pope says at ordination Mass
 Papal message to President Biden’s climate summit
 Jesus is the ‘true shepherd who defends, knows and loves his sheep,’ Pope tells pilgrims
 UN leader, Pope Francis urge global multilateral solutions for peace, prosperity
 14th-century lay Dominican declared a saint
 Papal appeal: Migrants at sea should never be denied aid
 Pope adding lay members to new dicasteries
 Canonization looms for Charles de Foucauld, others
 Cyprus: Orthodox defy lockdown orders for Easter
 Quebec court upholds most of religious symbols ban, but English-language schools exempt
 10 martyrs beatified in Guatemala
 Spanish bishops: 220 abuse allegations reported to Vatican since 2001
 Vatican prefect commemorates anniversary of Armenian genocide
 In Ireland, Church publishes new primary school sex education program
 Vos Estis investigation coming for Bishop Stika?
 14 priests in India lost to Covid in 4 days
 German president urged to withhold medal for Cardinal Marx
 Eastern churches: Do not forget the Syrian bishops kidnapped by jihadists in 2013

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Saturday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria, Priest; Opt Mem of St. Elizabeth of Portugal (USA)

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Today is the Optional Memorial of St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria (1502-1539), who was the founder of the Clerks Regular of St. Paul, later called the Barnabites from the name of their principal church in Rome. He also founded a congregation of nuns, the Angelic Sisters of Saint Paul. St. Anthony was a great…

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