Stories for week of March 08, 2026

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Saturday, Mar. 14

 Omaha man arrested in connection with murder of his father, a permanent deacon
 Polish priests leave Belarus in ‘very painful’ forced departure
 Focolare Movement reelects leader
 Pope, on International Day of Mathematics, encourages AI research with moral dimension
 Leading exorcists meet with Pontiff, discuss their ministry
 Amid Iran war, Masses suspended in Qatar, continue in Bahrain, Kuwait
 Papal preacher devotes second Lenten sermon to brotherhood
 Pope thanks FADICA Catholic philanthropy network
 Pope praises Catholic cooperatives, other associations inspired by Rerum Novarum
 Pope Leo emphasizes importance of Confession
 Nuncio brings food to villages in southern Lebanon; 3 Christians killed in drone attack
 The Iran war has disrupted the education of 52 million children, Vatican newspaper warns

Released Friday, Mar. 13

 Holy Land bishops suspend Nazareth meeting
 Trappists may abandon La Trappe Abbey
 Cuba releases 51 prisoners as goodwill gesture to Vatican
 USCCB expresses ‘profound ecclesial solidarity’ with Church in South Sudan following massacre
 Vatican archbishop laments Lebanon’s plight
 Worldwide Marriage Encounter gains Vatican recognition
 Augustinian prelate named prefect of Dicastery for the Service of Charity
 Pope Leo: Look to the Holy Family as model of presence, care
 Basra archbishop becomes administrator of Chaldean Catholic Church
 Vatican newspaper decries Iran war’s child casualties, effects of Israeli bombardment of Lebanon

Released Thursday, Mar. 12

 Ethiopia’s Catholic bishops decry attacks on Orthodox Christians
 The cry of the suffering ‘challenges everyone’s conscience,’ Italian bishops write to Middle East Patriarchs
 Excommunicated Poor Clares leave convent ahead of court-ordered eviction
 Leading Australian prelate calls for peace in Middle East
 Arson attacks target two Irish churches
 Liège bishop expresses ‘profound solidarity’ with Jewish community following synagogue blast
 Belgian religious leaders lament Iran war
 Nuncio, bishops attend slain Maronite priest’s funeral Mass
 Pontifical Academy for Life launches Scientists for Peace
 Vatican study center launches global alliance for ecological conversion
 Cardinal Parolin: Love young people and invest time in them
 Cardinal Mathieu meets with Pope following evacuation from Tehran
 Missionary sister who was abducted, released meets with Pontiff
 Lebanese foreign minister requests Holy See’s help in preserving Christian presence there
 Keep churches open, Bahrain’s crown prince says in show of support for Catholic community
 Pope, in audience on Vatican II, reflects on the Church as the People of God
 Pope pays tribute to slain Lebanese priest, renews appeal for prayer for peace

Released Wednesday, Mar. 11

 Leading European prelate stresses prayer, Divine Mercy at Mass for peace
 Mexican bishops rue women’s day vandalism of churches
 NBC poll: Pope Leo XIV held in highest esteem among public personalities
 Missing priest found dead in southern Mexico
 Synod releases study-group report on women’s participation in the Church
 Pope to ordain 8 priests on Good Shepherd Sunday
 Leading Pakistani prelate transferred to far smaller jurisdiction
 Apostolic Penitentiary publishes book on Confession
 Pope accepts resignations of Chaldean Patriarch and bishop amid corruption scandal
 Maronite Patriarch laments death of priest killed in Israeli attack

Released Tuesday, Mar. 10

 Pope Leo mourns victims in Middle East, prays for peace
 Cardinal McElroy: US entry into war with Iran ‘not morally legitimate’
 San Diego Chaldean bishop pleads not guilty to embezzlement
 Priest killed by Israeli tank fire in southern Lebanon
 Luxembourg includes ‘freedom to abort’ in its constitution
 Amid Iran war, bishop says churches remain open in UAE, Oman
 Naples cardinal denounces weapons manufacturers
 Pope, replying to letter, laments violence against women
 Schedule released for papal visit to Monaco
 Former UN Undersecretary General named to pontifical academy
 Pope meets with all leaders of Roman Curia
 Bosnia and Herzegovina’s leaders meet with Pontiff
 Pope, in message to university’s peace encounter, offers three principles
 Tehran cardinal evacuates to Rome

Released Monday, Mar. 9

 Cardinal Cupich says Trump administration’s ‘gamifying’ of Iran war is ‘sickening’
 Ave Maria University to establish Irish campus at former Trappist abbey
 Rome’s bishops plead for prayer for peace as ‘innocent blood flows’
 Cardinal Sako: Iraq’s Christians are ‘very worried’ about the Iran war
 Vatican releases Pope’s Holy Week, Easter schedule
 Lithuanian PM meets with Pontiff, thanks him for support for Ukraine’s freedom
 Pope Leo: Encounter Christ as the Samaritan woman did
 Pray to Jesus and invite others to the parish, Pope tells groups at Roman parish
 Cardinal Parolin’s personal secretary becomes nuncio
 Pope pays tribute to vocations of military chaplain, Christian soldier

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Sat14 March
Lent

Saturday of the Third Week of Lent

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The gifts received by us from God are derived not from ourselves but from the Holy Spirit, and are to be used, in a spirit of humility, in the service of the Church and of our brothers. The parable of the Pharisee and the Publican is a striking reminder that we have no grounds for self-satisfaction.…

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