Headlines for May 17, 2023

Ordered from most to least recent.

 German Catholic Church could face financial collapse
 Pope, at general audience, pays tribute to St. Francis Xavier
 Pope Francis marks 650th anniversary of Julian of Norwich’s visions
 Caritas elects new secretary-general, vice president
 USCCB, Catholic education leaders call on Biden administration to abandon transgender policy for school sports
 Pope interrupts audience to take phone call
 North Carolina: legislators approve abortion ban over governor’s veto
 Pope Benedict predicted battle with gender ideology, theologian says
 Trump, DeSantis spar on abortion law
 Former abbot of Montecassino acquitted of embezzlement charges
 New EWTN film about Catholic priest in hiding receives blessing from Pope Francis
 Papal reflection on link between peace, development
 WCC general secretary visits Moscow and Patriarch Kirill
 ‘Red alert for the white giant’: Vatican newspaper draws attention to melting of glacier

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Sunday's Gospel, Mt 5:1-12a: When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him. He began to teach them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted.…

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