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Ethics and Public Policy Center at 50: A Part of America’s ‘Secret Sauce’

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2 immigrants named US bishops; 1 was Bishop Strickland's vicar general (CWN)

Pope Leo XIV appointed Auxiliary Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala of Washington, DC, as the new bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia.

Former federal prosecutor: 'I'd like to prosecute any nun who still wears the head habit' (National Catholic Register)

The Senate Judiciary Committee released text messages of federal prosecutors who expressed a desire to prosecute nuns as they investigated the January 6, 2021, United States Capitol attack.

A photograph “shows three women wearing traditional habits standing on the National Mall near the stage for the rally and does not show them trying to breach restricted areas or enter the U.S. Capitol,” the National Catholic Register reported. “The women appear to be associated with a convent that is not in communion with the Roman Catholic Church.”

“I was appalled, but sadly not surprised, to discover evidence of Biden DOJ [Department of Justice] prosecutors threatening to use the power of the federal justice system to target people of faith,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), chairman of the Judiciary Committee.

Bishop Campbell, author of 'DEI means God,' retires (CWN)

Pope Leo XIV accepted the resignation of Bishop Roy Campbell from the office of auxiliary bishop of Washington, DC. The prelate, now 78, was ordained to the priesthood at 59 and consecrated a bishop at 69.

Employees at Padre Pio's hospital begin hunger strike (Foggia Today (Italian))

Unions representing employees at the Home for the Relief of Suffering, a hospital founded by St. Pio of Pietrelcina in 1956, announced the beginning of a hunger strike on May 2.

Foggia Today reported that the unions have four non-negotiable demands: “guarantee of quality care for all patients who see the hospital as a national point of reference; protection of the rights and future of hundreds of workers and their families, defense of the original mission of Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza; [and] enhancement of the historical and social heritage of the territory.”

“We are not willing to watch a heritage of faith, solidarity and professionalism crumble,” the union representatives said in a joint statement.

The Foggia Today article did not report on the hospital management’s reaction.

Vatican publishes writings of future Pope Leo, when he was Augustinian prior general (CWN)

The Vatican publishing house has published Liberi Sotto la Grazia (Free under Grace), a compilation of writings of the future Pope Leo from 2001-2013, when he was prior general of the Order of Saint Augustine.

Moscow archbishop resigns at 65 (CWN)

Pope Leo XIV accepted the resignation of Archbishop Paolo Pezzi, F.S.C.B., as head of the Archdiocese of the Mother of God at Moscow. Archbishop Pezzi, 65, had led the archdiocese since 2007.

Vatican newspaper decries Israeli attack on Catholic school building in Lebanon (CWN)

The Vatican newspaper decried the Israeli army’s attack on a Catholic school building in Yaroun, Lebanon.

May. 4 Monday of the Fifth Week of Easter, Weekday

England celebrates the Feast of the English Martyrs, a group of forty men, women, religious, priests, and lay people who were canonized by Pope Paul VI on October 25, 1970 (in Wales this feast is celebrated October 25th as the Six Welsh Martyrs and Companions).

In Syria, Icon Restoration Becomes Quiet Fight to Preserve Christian Memory

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