Stories for week of May 25, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Saturday, May. 31

 Background: World Communications Day

Released Friday, May. 30

 Catholic share of Peru’s population declines
 Washington bishops challenge state law that threatens confessional seal
 Egyptian government denies plan to seize historic monastery
 Vatican Library to digitize 80,000 rare manuscripts
 Eighth Buddhist-Christian Colloquium issues joint statement
 German archdiocese claims no knowledge of outrageous performance in cathedral
 Future Pontiff urged Bishop Martin to slow changes in Charlotte
 Papal message to participants in the commemoration of 500 years of the Anabaptist movement
 Letter to young people for the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si’
 Pope visits papal villa in Castel Gandolfo. Will he summer there?
 New Ge’ez missal presented to Ethiopian, Eritrean churches
 Pontiff’s pectoral cross contains relics of St. Leo the Great, St. Augustine, 2 Augustinian saints
 Pope Leo pays tribute to Blessed Cardinal Wyszyński
 Russian foreign minister pledges that Russian Orthodox Church will regain ‘central place’ in Ukrainian life
 To bring at least one person to Baptism: Ukrainian Catholic leader assigns a personal missionary task to the faithful
 Holy Land’s Catholics celebrate the Ascension of the Lord
 Communicating hope in a time of crisis: Reflection from the Holy Land
 Vatican newspaper draws attention to ‘martyred Sudan’
 Renewed papal plea for Gaza, release of hostages
 Dozens killed in new wave of attacks on Christian communities in Nigeria’s Middle Belt

Released Thursday, May. 29

 CWN closed for Ascension Thursday

Released Wednesday, May. 28

 Germany’s priestly ordinations hit record low
 Pray for peace in Ukraine, Pope urges
 Pope, at audience, says personal encounters show who we are
 New president not likely to bring change at Pontifical Academy for Life
 Cardinal Ranjith hopeful new government in Sri Lanka will pursue justice
 Can Leo XIV help the Swiss Church out of its crisis?
 Togo’s bishops lament end to presidential term limits
 Polish order appeals for prayers as priests face draconian sentences in Belarus
 Charlotte priests urge bishop to reconsider decision to end traditional Latin Mass in parishes
 In loss for religious-freedom advocates, Supreme Court rejects Apache appeal of mine on sacred land
 Vatican City issues postage stamps with Pope Leo’s photo
 Filmmaker tells life of Cardinal Czerny
 Missionary assesses situation in Myanmar, lauds faith of nation’s Catholics

Released Tuesday, May. 27

 New president named for Pontifical Academy for Life
 Pope issues ‘conclave bonus’ for Vatican employees
 Vatican releases message for World Tourism Day
 Cardinal Parolin: Israel’s attacks on Gaza ‘unacceptable’
 Milwaukee Catholic Charities, in suit, charges employee stole millions
 Cardinal Becciu meets with Pontiff
 Pope meets Italian soccer league winners
 Peruvian abuse victims say future Pope Leo helped when others didn’t
 Supreme Court gives relief to Maine lawmaker who was denied vote over transgender views
 Vatican diplomat deplores targeting of civilians, hospitals in war
 Buddhist-Christian dialogue focuses on peacemaking
 Cardinal Grech: We walk with the wounded because we are wounded
 Paterson, New Jersey—largest Peruvian community outside Peru—elated following papal election
 Ethiopian leader, Pontiff discuss education, peace
 Pope Leo ‘reflects the wisdom of the ages,’ North Macedonian leader says following meeting
 Jerusalem cardinal hails Jordan as ‘beacon of peace, coexistence, and prosperity’
 Be signs of hope, Pope tells African Catholics

Released Monday, May. 26

 Pope Francis’ choice to live in ‘modest’ residence imposed heavy costs
 Supreme Court decision on Oklahoma charter school: only a temporary setback?
 Archbishop Paglia steps down from Pontifical Academy for Life
 Russia rejects Vatican site for Ukraine peace talks
 Cardinal Kasper: Women’s diaconate would be ‘sensible pastoral step’
 Priest shot, in critical condition in Benue State, Nigeria
 Leo’s Peruvian goddaughter shares testimony
 Papal visit to Santa Maria Maggiore highlights Marian devotion
 US bishops offer prayers, solidarity following shooting at Capital Jewish Museum
 Pope Leo XIV installed as Bishop of Rome, emphasizes listening to God and others
 ‘With you I am Roman’: reviving tradition, Pontiff receives homage of Rome’s mayor
 Pontiff encourages prayer for Church in China, recalls Laudato Si’
 Father Stanislaus Streich, martyr of Communism, beatified in Poland
 God’s indwelling helps us become compassionate Christians: papal Regina Caeli address
 Pope Leo emphasizes memory, mission in address to Curia

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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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