Headlines for May 20, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Ecumenical Patriarchate: Pope Leo to visit Turkey in November
 Trump says Vatican agreed to host Ukraine peace talks
 Pontiff prays at basilica of St. Paul
 Vance conveyed invitation for Pope to visit White House
 Cardinal Parolin in New York: Holy See reaffirms ‘unwavering support’ for UN’s mission
 New Pope makes surprise visit to old dicastery
 Bishops applaud House efforts to defund abortion, ‘gender transition’
 Leo has ‘great desire’ to visit Argentina, foreign minister says after audience
 Recalling suffering Ukrainian children, Zelensky gives Leo an icon of Madonna and Child
 New Pope, who has visited China, will continue Pope Francis’s approach, Cardinal Chow believes
 Pope Leo ‘has the mentality of a mathematician’ and ‘knows how to govern,’ confrère says
 Emotional meeting between Pontiff, faithful from his former Peruvian diocese
 Leo calls on Church to be ‘a little leaven’ of unity and love, Vatican spokesman writes

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Thu26 March
Lent

Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent

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The weekday Masses towards the end of Lent are like a Passion Play. The Gospels, as one scene after the other, show the mounting hatred and growing tension. This is the “Abraham Mass,” telling of the inheritance received through Abraham. The Opening Prayer reminds us of our great inheritance received from Christ.…

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