Headlines for May 25, 2023

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Belgian bishop claims papal approval to bless same-sex unions
 Pope demands end to ‘senseless war against Creation’
 Pope Francis expresses closeness to Chinese Catholics who suffer
 Make all welcome, shun clericalism, Pope tells Italian bishops
 German bishops’ leader: Lay homilies still on the agenda
 Survey: Church attendance, importance of religion declines among Americans overall
 Lawsuit claims Cardinal O’Malley, Boston archdiocese officials failed to stop school official’s sexual abuse
 Papal encouragement for Bulgarian unity
 Ukrainian bishop with 6 parishes under occupation: ‘I can only worry’
 USCCB issues action alert on debt ceiling
 Preserved body of Black Catholic nun and foundress draws hundreds to rural Missouri
 North Macedonian leader meets with Pope
 Theologian cites Ratzinger’s thoughts on crisis, synodality

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Ordinary Time

Wednesday of the Twenty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop & Doctor; Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin & Doctor; Ember Wednesday

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Today the Church celebrates two Optional Memorials: St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop and Doctor (1542-1621) was born in Montepulciano, Italy, and died in Rome. The son of noble parents, he entered the Society of Jesus, finishing his theological studies at Louvain, Belgium. His services to the Church…

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