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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For Catholics, the new Liturgical Year commences with the First Sunday of Advent, opening the Advent season. In this new Liturgical Year, the Church not only wishes to indicate the beginning of a period, but the beginning of a renewed commitment to the faith by all those who follow Christ, the Lord. This…

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