Headlines for May 05, 2022

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Pope asks religious orders to act with ‘great prudence and shrewdness’ in selling property
 Russian Orthodox Church scolds Pope Francis after ‘Putin’s altar boy’ remark
 Orban told Pope that Russia plans to end war on May 9; US officials skeptical
 Pope highlights variety of callings in message for Day of Prayer for Vocations
 Pope, using wheelchair, speaks on human fragility
 USCCB: Pray, fast for reversal of Roe v. Wade
 Schönstatt founder’s beatification cause put on hold
 New barracks will allow for possibility of women Swiss Guards
 Chaldean Patriarch calls for ‘civil and democratic’ Iraq to discourage emigration
 EU targets Moscow Patriarch in new sanctions
 Abuse allegations against former Capuchin provincial found ‘unsubstantiated’ after independent review
 Catholic News Service to cease domestic operations at year’s end
 Pope sends ‘terrible moral signal’ to dictators, Wall Street Journal says in editorial

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Wed13 May
Easter

Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of Our Lady of Fatima; Minor Rogation Day

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Today the Church celebrates an Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Fatima, which is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary following apparitions to three shepherd children — Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco — in Portugal in 1917. The message of Fatima includes a call to conversion of heart, repentance from sin and a…

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