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Franciscan friar describes 'terrifying night' in Jerusalem (CWN)

A friar of the Franciscans’ Holy Land province described the night of March 5-6 in Jerusalem as a “terrifying night.”

Italian journalist, in Vatican newspaper, rues demographic collapse (CWN)

In a front-page op-ed in the Vatican newspaper, an award-winning Italian journalist lamented the demographic collapse in her native Milan since her childhood and linked it to a despair over the once self-evident proposition that “it is good that humanity exists.”

Vatican newspaper condemns airstrike on Iranian elementary school (CWN)

In a strongly worded op-ed, the Vatican newspaper condemned the airstrike on a girls’ elementary school in Iran on the opening day of the Iran war.

The Sisters of Life’s Message Answers ‘The Great Ache in the Heart of Man’

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Trump Administration Repeals Gender, Sexuality Affirmation Rules for Foster Homes

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Mar. 7 Saturday of the Second Week of Lent; Opt. Mem. of Sts. Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs, Opt. Mem.

The parable of the prodigal son brings out even more clearly the free choice of God. This time his choice falls on one who is least worthy of it. The prodigal son of the parable is a figure representing us. We are the real prodigal sons whom God has forgiven and brought back into his love and made heirs of the messianic promises. We do not know why we were chosen. If God is so good to forgive our past, call us to salvation and make us recipients of the heritage of his kingdom, it is important that we return to him with a truly contrite heart, and never wander back to the path of sin. How well the Eucharistic celebration today expresses our sentiment of gratitude for the pardon and salvation he sends us through his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. --St. Andrew Bible Missal

US Bishops’ Pro-Birthright-Citizenship Brief Gets Mixed Reviews

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Catholic Bishops’ Conferences Around the World Call for End to Iran War

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