Stories for week of February 16, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Saturday, Feb. 22

 Pope’s condition ‘critical’

Released Friday, Feb. 21

 Doctors’ briefing: Pope not out of danger
 Bishop, staff robbed by soldiers in Democratic Republic of Congo
 British court backs Vatican in ‘trial of the century’ lawsuit
 In setback for USCCB, judge declines to reinstate refugee resettlement program funding
 Vatican releases official medal for Jubilee year
 Ecumenical Patriarch sends message of support to ailing Pope
 Jerusalem’s Christian leaders back Armenian Patriarchate as Israel threatens to confiscate property
 Ukrainian Catholic leader: Russian ideology, not NATO expansion, led to war
 Father Spadaro: Pope’s health situation is ‘delicate’ but not cause for alarm
 IVF destroys human life, USCCB committee chairmen warn following Trump executive order
 Vatican cardinal visits Lebanon to convey Pope’s closeness

Released Thursday, Feb. 20

 Vance offers profession of faith at DC conference
 HHS pronounces: sex cannot be changed
 RFK Jr. promises study of abortion-pill safety
 Bishop Burbidge decries Trump support for IVF
 Peruvian cardinal latest to be sentenced without trial
 Church leaders discuss evangelization through culture at Vatican meeting
 Catholic Charities agencies across country cut funding, lay off staff amid funding freeze
 Archbishop sees progress in Mosul
 Kansas lawmakers override governor’s veto, protect minors from ‘transgender’ interventions
 New jihadist attacks in Burkina Faso
 Police thwart attacks on Kinshasa churches by political activists
 USCCB publishes document on religious liberty, migration, and the border
 Governments should promote and foster family life, Vatican diplomat says at UN
 Cardinal Cupich: USAID freeze ‘could actually cause death’

Released Wednesday, Feb. 19

 Gerald Ridsdale, notorious abuser, dies in prison at 90
 Refusal to sell same-sex wedding cake violates state law, California court rules
 USCCB issues note for clergy on addressing IVF
 Synod study group leaders meet; faithful have until March 31 to contribute
 Holy hour for Pope’s health scheduled for all of Rome’s parishes
 Italian Premier Meloni visits Pope in hospital, says he’s in good spirits
 New York Times exposes shoddy practices at Planned Parenthood
 Pillar journalist’s talks cancelled in Chicago
 US bishops’ conference sues Trump administration over refugee funding
 European bishops’ conference: support Syrian Christians
 Canadian bishop resigns; denies abuse charge
 Polish priest’s murderer confesses
 Trump executive order promises support for IVF
 Pope’s catechetical message: imitate the Magi

Released Tuesday, Feb. 18

 Cardinal Fernandez rips claims of gender ideology
 US dioceses vary widely in attracting seminarians
 Turmoil in the Diocese of Rome
 Pope’s hospital stay lengthened [updated Fri. AM]
 Federal judge halts Trump’s cutoff of federal funds for ‘gender-affirming care’ for minors
 French bishops’ commission produces video series to counter abusers’ manipulation of Bible
 New UK immigration bill ‘punishes’ refugees, say Catholic bishops and Jesuit Refugee Service
 Peace without justice is ‘empty,’ Ukrainian Catholic leader warns
 Pakistani Christian discusses challenges faced by converts from Islam
 Holy See condemns M23 military offensive in eastern DR Congo
 Abducted Nigerian priest released
 Cardinal Pierre: Work for world peace, just treatment of migrants, abolition of death penalty

Released Monday, Feb. 17

 Should US bishops refuse federal funds?
 Political clerics should respect province of laity, priest argues
 Female Anglican priest ‘concelebrates’ at Brazilian archbishop’s installation
 Pope, from hospital, continues daily calls to Gaza
 Rising costs decimate Catholic schools in New York City
 Two Irish dioceses to be headed by a single bishop
 Church leaders in Holy Land reject Trump plan for Gaza
 Pope’s doctors report ‘complex clinical picture’
 Pope appoints religious sister to run Vatican City State
 Priest brutally murdered in Myanmar
 Connecticut diocese reaches $31M settlement with abuse victims
 Kansas governor vetoes ban on ‘transgender’ interventions for minors
 Build bridges by ‘organizing hope,’ Vatican official tells Catholic social ministry gathering
 Pope calls artists to be ‘custodians of the beatitudes’ during Jubilee
 Report: Cardinal Gregory cleared of harassment allegation
 Pope’s health stable as he continues treatment in hospital

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Today is Wednesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time. The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Porphyrius of Gaza (d. 420), a wealthy Greek who became a hermit first in the desert of Skete in Egypt and then in Palestine on the banks of the Jordan. Much against his will he was raised to the…

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