Headlines for May 02, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

 UK court orders Vatican to pay legal fees for ‘trial of the century’ defendant
 Vatican spokesman denies health scare for Cardinal Parolin
 Cardinals discuss evangelization at Friday session
 Vatican workers install chimney for ‘white smoke’ announcement
 At Mass for late Pontiff, Cardinal Sandri reflects on Pope Francis as a servant
 Tanzanian bishops’ spokesman hospitalized after assault
 Belarus: priest sent to labor camp after treason conviction
 Pope Francis denied absolution only once, Argentine journalist writes
 Over 10,000 in Rome for Jubilee of Workers
 Brazilian nun, world’s oldest person, dies at 116
 Ukrainian Catholic leader pays tribute to late Pope, welcomes Trump-Zelensky meeting
 Vatican publishes list of ecumenical delegations at papal funeral
 Bishop Marini, former master of pontifical liturgical celebrations, recalls Pope Francis
 Prelate recalls late Pope’s effect on predominantly Buddhist Cambodia
 Advocate for international humanitarian aid, USCCB urges in action alert
 Annual Swiss Guard swearing-in ceremony postponed

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Ash Wednesday, the Beginning of Lent: The time has arrived in the Church year for the solemn observance of the great central act of history, the redemption of the human race by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. In the Roman Rite, the beginning of the forty days of penance is marked with the austere…

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