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Stories for week of April 27, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, May. 2

 UK court orders Vatican to pay legal fees for ‘trial of the century’ defendant
 Tanzanian bishops’ spokesman hospitalized after assault
 Brazilian nun, world’s oldest person, dies at 116
 Vatican spokesman denies health scare for Cardinal Parolin
 Cardinals discuss evangelization at Friday session
 Vatican workers install chimney for ‘white smoke’ announcement
 Belarus: priest sent to labor camp after treason conviction
 Prelate recalls late Pope’s effect on predominantly Buddhist Cambodia
 Advocate for international humanitarian aid, USCCB urges in action alert
 Pope Francis denied absolution only once, Argentine journalist writes
 Ukrainian Catholic leader pays tribute to late Pope, welcomes Trump-Zelensky meeting
 Vatican publishes list of ecumenical delegations at papal funeral
 Annual Swiss Guard swearing-in ceremony postponed
 Over 10,000 in Rome for Jubilee of Workers
 Bishop Marini, former master of pontifical liturgical celebrations, recalls Pope Francis
 At Mass for late Pontiff, Cardinal Sandri reflects on Pope Francis as a servant

Released Thursday, May. 1

 US study finds no clear benefits, serious risk to gender-altering treatment for children
 May 2025 papal prayer intention: for working conditions
 Cardinals confirm: more than 120 electors will take part in conclave
 Cardinals hear reports on Vatican’s financial situation, discuss polarization, synodality
 Ukrainian man recalls 80 letters, 25 meetings with Pope Francis
 At UN tribute, diplomats recall Pope Francis’s advocacy for peace, the poor, and the unborn
 Vatican newspaper draws attention to plight of Guaraní
 At Mass for late Pontiff, Cardinal Gambetti asks: Are we a Church of goats or sheep?

Released Wednesday, Apr. 30

 Mexican archdiocese launches buyback program for guns, ammunition
 At conclave, ‘we are never passive bystanders’—Bishop Varden
 China names two new bishops—without papal approval
 Cardinals issue plea for prayerful support of the faithful
 Two cardinal-electors will miss conclave due to illness
 Reject the ‘immoral possession of nuclear weapons,’ Vatican diplomat urges
 USCCB publishes novena in memory of Pope Francis
 Late Pope ‘respectfully approached the conscience of all,’ papal preacher writes
 ‘Believe you can face the adventure of a lifelong love,’ Pope Francis wrote in youth catechism preface
 Vatican publishes list of heads of state, other members of delegation at papal funeral
 Cardinals discuss social issues, individualism, relativism
 Focus on Christ and be open to the Holy Spirit, abbot tells cardinals
 Vatican holds Jubilee event for persons with disabilities
 Do not be afraid of ‘necessary changes’ in the Church, Cardinal Reina preaches

Released Tuesday, Apr. 29

 Cardinals settling details of conclave schedule
 Bankruptcy court judge prods New Orleans archdiocese
 Cardinals issue thanks to leaders who attended papal funeral
 Trump supporters hope to influence conclave?
 Vatican newspaper editor writes about Pope Francis’s neck
 Remember Pope Francis by addressing ‘ecological debt,’ pontifical academy president urges
 Vatican City issues sede vacante postage stamps
 300,000 attend national requiem Mass for late Pope in Timor-Leste
 Papal video to youth: ‘Learn to listen to others’
 Cardinals discuss evangelization, interfaith relations, abuse; new cardinal assistants chosen
 200,000 in attendance at Mass as Cardinal Parolin emphasizes late Pope’s teaching on mercy
 Nearly 35 million attended papal events during late Pope’s pontificate
 Cardinals visit the tomb of Pope Francis, pray Vespers

Released Monday, Apr. 28

 New Jersey high court hearing case on state probe of clerical abuse
 Irish Bishop Comiskey, who resigned in 2002, dead at 89
 Former US ambassador to Vatican reveals bid for Ukraine peace conference
 Ecumenical church leaders among mourners at papal funeral
 Study shows frequent, serious complications from abortion pill
 Supreme Court to hear test case on Catholic charter school
 Vancouver archbishop asks prayers after truck kills 11 at festival
 Cardinal Becciu drops campaign for vote in conclave
 Papal conclave will begin May 7
 Late Pontiff interned in Santa Maria Maggiore, as coffin welcomed by the poor and transgendered
 Lay curial prefect writes of ‘everyone together with Pope Francis in a fraternal embrace’
 At least 200,000 attend Pope Francis’s funeral Mass
 Vatican diplomat speaks out against arbitrary expulsion of refugees
 Jewish scholar pays tribute to late Pope
 Vatican newspaper editor sees ‘convergence’ between Teilhard and Pope Francis
 Those who are ‘last’ are the last to say goodbye to Francis, Vatican spokesman writes
 Over 150,000 mourners visit St. Peter’s Basilica before late Pope’s coffin closed

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