Stories for week of April 20, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Apr. 25

 Notorious Colorado abortion clinic closed
 Filipino cardinal: conclave is not political
 Cardinals continue talks, preparations for papal funeral
 Israeli silence on Pope’s death seen as sign of tensions
 German groups rap timing of bishops’ guidelines on blessing same-sex unions
 Controversy over Cardinal Mahony’s role in papal burial
 AP correspondent recalls tense exchange with Pope Francis
 Irish, US novelists pay tribute to late Pontiff
 Vatican newspaper pays tribute to Church’s efforts to save Genoa’s Jews during Holocaust
 Italian prelates, mayors call for international truce on day of papal funeral
 Stop Russian aggression, Ukrainian Catholic leader pleads following missile attack on Kyiv
 Indonesian Muslim leader praises late Pope’s humanity, tolerance
 Let us be on fire with Pope Francis’s love, Cardinal Zuppi preaches
 Francis’s tomb made of marble, from the land of his Italian grandparents
 Poor to welcome Pope’s casket to Santa Maria Maggiore
 130 nations send delegations to papal funeral
 61,000 mourners visit St. Peter’s Basilica as Pope lies in state

Released Thursday, Apr. 24

 Cardinal Müller: next Pope must heal divisions
 German bishops issue guide for same-sex blessings
 Vatican announces schedule for Masses for Pope Francis
 Cardinals set plans for conclave meditations
 Buffalo diocese reaches $150-million settlement with abuse victims
 Syro-Malabar Church unrepresented in papal conclave?
 Cardinal Zen allowed to leave Hong Kong for papal funeral
 Ukraine restricts rights of conscientious objectors
 Argentine religious figures, Nobel laureate pay tribute to Francis
 Israel’s president hails Pope as man of ‘deep faith and boundless compassion’
 Pope Francis ‘tried to overcome’ clerical, ‘male chauvinist’ Church, Vatican official says
 Senior Ukrainian prelates recall late Pope’s efforts on nation’s behalf
 Requiem Mass for Pontiff’s soul celebrated at Basilica of Holy Sepulchre
 Prelates announced for late Pontiff’s coffin closing, burial rites
 Cardinals Re, Parolin pay tribute to Pope Francis

Released Wednesday, Apr. 23

 Former Vatican editor sees polarization after ‘absolutist’ papacy
 Pope’s remains moved to St. Peter’s basilica for veneration
 Cardinal Becciu, convicted in Vatican trial, claims right to enter conclave
 Italian president pays tribute to Pope Francis, who wrote note to him days before death
 Papal praise for Cardinal Scola in newly published book preface
 Healthcare assistant recalls Pope’s final day
 The Diocese of Rome weeps as Mary Magdalene did, Cardinal Reina preaches
 Late Pontiff remembered in Santa Maria Maggiore
 Cardinal Gambetti leads Rosary for late Pope in St. Peter’s Square
 Italian novelist, a nonbeliever, writes front-page Gospel commentary for Vatican newspaper
 Vatican publishes Pope’s testament

Released Tuesday, Apr. 22

 Cardinals begin daily ‘congregations’ during papal interregnum
 Body of Pope Francis will be moved to St. Peter’s on Wednesday
 Pope’s funeral Mass scheduled for Saturday, April 26
 World’s Christian leaders recall Pope Francis
 USCCB, American cardinals, bishops mourn Pontiff’s passing
 Vatican newspaper recalls late Pope as ‘our brother, peacemaker’
 Vatican spokesman hails Francis as ‘Pope of mercy’
 World leaders pay tribute to Pope Francis

Released Monday, Apr. 21

 Canonization of Bl. Carlo Acutis postponed after Pope’s death
 ‘The Risen Christ is the hope of the Ukrainian people,’ Major Archbishop says in Easter greeting
 ‘Let us ask Jesus to re-enter our tombs,’ Jerusalem Patriarch preaches at Easter Vigil
 May we be a Eucharistic people, Cardinal Gambetti preaches at Holy Thursday evening Mass
 Vice President Vance meets with Cardinal Parolin, greets Pope Francis
 Jesus is a model of trust, papal preacher says in Good Friday homily
 Papal Easter Vigil homily: ‘The risen Christ is the definitive turning point in human history’
 We must look for Christ, Pope emphasizes in Easter Sunday homily
 The Resurrection is the basis of our hope, Pope writes in Easter message
 Pope Francis dead at 88

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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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