Stories for week of March 09, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Mar. 14

 Syrian Christians tense as killing spreads
 Indonesian cardinal opposes blasphemy conviction of transgender activist
 New lighting to illumine dome of St. Peter’s
 Cardinal McElroy launches first criticism of Trump administration
 Former Archbishop of Canterbury decries wave of anti-Semitism
 First plaintiff in sex-abuse scandal killed in Louisiana
 Cardinal Parolin celebrates Mass as Vatican diplomats pray for Pope
 Ukrainian Philadelphia archbishop discusses Trump-Zelensky meeting, Major Archbishop’s visit
 Prelate takes issue with Reporter’s critique of Bishop Barron
 Seminarian killed in crossfire as Nigerian police rescue priest
 Wall Street Journal op-ed touts St. John Paul II as ‘feminist Pope’
 USCCB appeals court decision on refugee funding
 Nigerian government welcomes leading prelate’s criticisms
 Curial officials hear meditations on eternity and ‘living more’
 Vatican diplomat on migration: ‘Irregular status should not automatically be equated with criminality’
 In the hospital, Pope celebrates anniversary of election with cake

Released Thursday, Mar. 13

 Kansas governor: Black Mass must be outside capitol building
 Syrian Carmelites say ‘true genocide’ occurring
 Former Vatican editor: election of Pope Francis resulted from long-term campaign
 Luxembourg Church leaders take heat for Caritas losses
 Pax Christi archbishop deplores EU’s $860 billion rearmament plan
 On 12th anniversary of papal election, Vatican spokesman reflects on Pope’s ‘magisterium of fragility’
 Russian Orthodox Church decries killings in Syria
 Vatican diplomat encourages wealthy nations to forgive financial debts, address ‘ecological debt’
 Leading Nigerian prelate laments economic situation, corruption
 Curial officials hear meditations on rebirth
 Judge sends USCCB refugee program lawsuit to federal claims court
 President Trump formally nominates Brian Burch as ambassador to Holy See

Released Wednesday, Mar. 12

 Pope’s condition remains stable
 Cardinal McElroy installed as head of Washington archdiocese
 Cuba completes release of (some) prisoners
 Syrian archbishop pleads for international help
 145 Nigerian priests kidnapped in ten years
 Cardinal Zuppi welcomes steps toward peace between Russia, Ukraine
 Papal condolences for Argentine flood victims
 Bishop tells Jordan’s king: Catholic Church rejects Zionist reading of Scripture, applied to Palestine
 Ukrainian Catholic leader ‘appalled’ by ‘imposed ephemeral peace’
 Philippine prelate issues pastoral letter against illegal mining
 Wyoming governor signs bill to bolster religious freedom protections
 USCCB publishes guidelines for Catholic couples on reproductive technologies
 Curial officials hear meditations on death

Released Tuesday, Mar. 11

 Rupnik to face canonical trial soon: Vatican source
 Bishops in Philippines respond to ex-president’s arrest
 Curial officials hear meditations on eternal life, judgment
 Syrian Christians were killed ‘accidentally,’ bishop says
 Human rights advocate named bishop in troubled Indonesian region
 Vatican suppresses Miles Christi
 Supreme Court to hear conversion therapy ban case
 Catholic Campaign for Human Development touts advocacy for nonviolent youth offenders
 Dhaka archbishop calls for secular, inclusive Bangladesh

Released Monday, Mar. 10

 Two kidnapped Nigerian priests released
 Author details continuing martyrdom worldwide
 Cardinal McElroy defends handling of McCarrick reports
 Pope’s condition improved, doctors report [Monday PM update]
 Roman Curia begins spiritual exercises
 USCCB committee chairmen rue Senate’s failure to pass Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act
 Syrian Patriarchs plead for peace as hundreds of Alawites, Christians are killed
 On eve of election, Fides profiles Church in Greenland
 Renewed papal gratitude for hospital care and prayers, appeal for peace
 Papal Angelus address contrasts ‘market logic,’ volunteering
 Pope, in homily, reflects on Jesus’ temptations and our own
 In message, Pope thanks Italian pro-life movement for defending unborn children

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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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