Headlines for May 06, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Cardinals discuss papal priorities in final pre-conclave meeting
 Cardinals issue call for peace
 Conclave officials take secrecy oath
 Ring and seal of Pope Francis ceremoniously destroyed
 Pontifical commission calls on cardinals to act against abuse, support rigorous disciplinary measures
 ‘Stir things up,’ late Pope urged young people in video
 Recalling late Pontiff, Cardinal Fernández Artime highlights consecrated life
 Trump administration defends mail delivery of abortion pills
 Trump administration to investigate state law challenging confessional seal
 New bishop withdraws opposition to New Jersey grand-jury probe
 Trump denies posting papal meme
 Ukrainian bishop asks USCCB president to ‘be on the side of the truth,’ counter false narratives
 Pakistani bishops’ spokesman fears war over Kashmir
 AI image of Trump as pope was ‘not good,’ Cardinal Dolan tells reporters
 Truck with papal humanitarian aid departs from Rome to Ukraine
 900 superiors general gather in Rome
 Pope Francis’s cousin, a nun, recalls his childhood Marian devotion, helpful temperament
 Vatican spokesman reflects on Pope as father

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Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Junípero Serra, Priest (USA)

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Today the United States celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Junípero Serra (1713-1784). Miguel Jose Serra was born on the island of Mallorca, Spain. He took the name Junípero when he entered the Franciscan Order in 1730. Ordained in 1737, he taught philosophy and theology at the University of Padua for…

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