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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Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of St. Joseph the Worker

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The Optional Memorial of St. Joseph the Worker was established by Pope Pius XII in 1955 in order to Christianize the concept of labor and give to all workmen a model and a protector. By the daily labor in his shop, offered to God with patience and joy, St. Joseph provided for the necessities of his holy…

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