Headlines for April 28, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Papal conclave will begin May 7
 At least 200,000 attend Pope Francis’s funeral Mass
 Late Pontiff interned in Santa Maria Maggiore, as coffin welcomed by the poor and transgendered
 Over 150,000 mourners visit St. Peter’s Basilica before late Pope’s coffin closed
 Study shows frequent, serious complications from abortion pill
 Cardinal Becciu drops campaign for vote in conclave
 New Jersey high court hearing case on state probe of clerical abuse
 Former US ambassador to Vatican reveals bid for Ukraine peace conference
 Supreme Court to hear test case on Catholic charter school
 Irish Bishop Comiskey, who resigned in 2002, dead at 89
 Ecumenical church leaders among mourners at papal funeral
 Vancouver archbishop asks prayers after truck kills 11 at festival
 Lay curial prefect writes of ‘everyone together with Pope Francis in a fraternal embrace’
 Vatican diplomat speaks out against arbitrary expulsion of refugees
 Vatican newspaper editor sees ‘convergence’ between Teilhard and Pope Francis
 Those who are ‘last’ are the last to say goodbye to Francis, Vatican spokesman writes
 Jewish scholar pays tribute to late Pope

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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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