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St. Paulinus Catholic Church was vandalized sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning prior to Palm Sunday liturgy 2023. / Father Ryan SalisburyBoston, Mass., Apr 3, 2023 / 15:30 pm (CNA).The pastor of a Catholic church in Syracuse, Nebraska, was shocked when he discovered Saturday morning that the altar had been tipped over, a statue desecrated, and several other objects damaged. "Somehow, in the Lords providence, this was allowed," Father Ryan Salisbury, pastor of St. P...

As Holy Week 2023 processions began in Spain, three wooden carvings of the Virgin Mary were damaged by fire in three separate incidents. / Credit: Brotherhood of Holy Tuesday (Chiclana), Brotherhood of the Virgen del Rocío (Vélez), and Virgen de Gracia Parish (Almadén)ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 3, 2023 / 17:00 pm (CNA).As Holy Week processions began in Spain, three wooden carvings of the Virgin Mary were damaged by fire in three separate incidents. The cause of each of the fires appears to be acci...

Archbishop Michael O. Jackels speaks to McConnell AFB airmen at the 2013 McConnell National Prayer Breakfast March 7, 2013, at the McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. / Katrina M. Brisbin/U.S. Air ForceVatican City, Apr 4, 2023 / 05:00 am (CNA).Pope Francis on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Archbishop Michael O. Jackels from the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa.An April 4 statement from the United States bishops conference said Jackels resignation was for health reasons...

NHS National Health Service sign UK. / TK Kurikawa/ShutterstockWashington D.C., Apr 4, 2023 / 11:54 am (CNA).A Maltese Catholic priest who served as a chaplain in a London hospital received £10,000 in a settlement with the United Kingdoms National Health Service after he alleged he was fired for expressing the Churchs teaching on homosexuality. Father Patrick Pullicino, who is also a medical doctor, sued the London NHS Trust for harassment, religious discrimination, and victimization. The 73-ye...

The installation ceremony of Bishop John Peng Weizhao in Nanchang, China, on Nov. 24, 2022. / Chinese Catholic Patriotic AssociationVatican City, Apr 4, 2023 / 09:56 am (CNA).A Chinese bishop was installed Tuesday as the bishop of Shanghai without the Vaticans approval, according to Asia News.The report says Bishop Joseph Shen Bin of Haimen was appointed to lead the Diocese of Shanghai by the Council of Chinese Bishops, the state-sanctioned bishops conference.Shen Bin is also the head of the Cou...

Pope Francis meets with executives and employees of the Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale, Italy's main welfare agency, April 3, 2023. / Credit: Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Apr 3, 2023 / 09:00 am (CNA).Pope Francis has urged Italys main welfare agency not to forget the contribution of foreign workers."It should not be forgotten that foreign workers who do not yet have Italian citizenship also contribute to the pension system," the pope said in the Vaticans Apostolic Pala...

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Alex Schadenberg of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition speaks with listeners at a March 2023 presentation at St. Nicholas Church in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. "Most people ask for euthanasia because they are going through a difficult time of life," Schadenberg said. / Credit: Nicholas ElbersVancouver, Canada, Apr 3, 2023 / 07:47 am (CNA).Caring and compassion are the most effective solutions we have to combat the growing requests for Medical Assistance in Dying, Euthanasia Pre...

LyLena Estabine, a junior at Harvard University, is in the OCIA program at St. Pauls Catholic Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and plans to join the Church at the Easter Vigil on April 8, 2023. / Credit: LyLena EstabineBoston, Mass., Apr 2, 2023 / 05:00 am (CNA).The Churchs teaching on Mary and the Eucharist were the two biggest hurdles for 21-year-old LyLena Estabine, a former Protestant, in accepting the Catholic faith.Ahead of Holy Week and her full entrance into the Catholic Church, Estab...

Pope Francis presided over Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square on April 2, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNAVatican City, Apr 2, 2023 / 04:25 am (CNA).Pope Francis presided over Mass for Palm Sunday 2023 in St. Peters Square on April 2. Below is the full text of his homily:"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (Mt 27:46). This is the cry that todays liturgy has us repeat in the responsorial psalm (cf. Ps 22:2), the only cry that Jesus makes from the cross in the Gospel we have he...