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National Catholic Prayer Breakfast: An Invigorating Respite in a City Rife With Intrigue
Posted on 03/20/2026 11:27 AM (The Daily Register)
Milwaukee parish vandalized (Marquette Tribune)
Posted on 03/20/2026 06:03 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“Most of the damaged items were from the 1960s and 1970s, aside from a statue of St. Anne which is over a century old,” according to a local media report.
The church’s pastor, Father Michael Simone, S.J., said that the perpetrator was experiencing a mental health crisis. “He needs our prayers,” he said. “He needs our help.”
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has documented over 400 acts of vandalism, arson, and other destruction at parishes and other Catholic sites in the United States since 2020. A tracker from CatholicVote.org lists additional attacks.
Our people are dying, Nigerian bishops tell the Pope (EWTN News)
Posted on 03/20/2026 06:03 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“We discussed with him the violence, the insurgencies, and the difficulties we face as apostles on the ground,” said Archbishop Matthew Ndagoso, who leads Nigeria’s episcopal conference.
The issue of violence against Christians “came up very strongly with the Pope, and he told us that he will use whatever possibilities he has to highlight our situation and see what he can do for us,” added Archbishop Adewale Martins of Lagos.
Termite company to pay $25.8M to Alabama archdiocese (Alabama Media Group)
Posted on 03/20/2026 06:03 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Termite damage led to the partial closing of the archdiocese’s cathedral in April 2025.
Cesar Chavez Mass canceled in Los Angeles archdiocese following abuse allegations (EWTN News)
Posted on 03/20/2026 06:03 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“The Chavez family informed the archdiocese that they had decided not to move forward with having a Mass this year,” an archdiocesan spokeswoman said.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre remains closed (CNEWA)
Posted on 03/20/2026 05:03 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“All holy sites in the Old City of Jerusalem, including the Western Wall, the Temple Mount and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, will remain closed… for security reasons in light of the current tensions in the region,” said the head of Israel’s Civil Administration.
Israeli officials closed the church on February 28, the first day of the war; on March 12, Iranian missile fragments fell near the church. Church officials expect that only clergy and religious will be permitted to celebrate Easter there.
Taybeh: West Bank Christian town under renewed settler incursion (Vatican News)
Posted on 03/20/2026 04:03 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
The settlers, according to the report, took control of a cement factory and quarry in Taybeh, the site of repeated attacks in 2025.
Father Bashar Fawadleh, pastor of the Latin-rite parish there, appealed for international assistance: “we ask the world to come and see, to stop these actions, and to allow us to live in safety and peace.”
Cardinal Gugerotti says civilization faces catastrophe, laments plight of Middle East Christians (Vatican News)
Posted on 03/20/2026 04:03 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“Those who promote war today are destroying everything that has been built since the Second World War,” said Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti. “I am not speaking only of ideals, but also of people and things—even historical monuments of immense value.”
Cardinal Gugerotti made his remarks in an interview devoted to the annual worldwide Good Friday collection for the Church in the Holy Land. Lamenting the plight of Christians in the Middle East, the prelate said:
Christian communities, which have always had the sense of being merely tolerated, now fear that they may no longer be tolerated at all. As a result, they want to flee.
New regulations for Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network (Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network)
Posted on 03/20/2026 04:03 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“The new document establishes clear criteria regarding the nature and functioning of the Network at an international level and marks a new step in its development as a work entrusted directly by the Holy See to the Society of Jesus,” the Network said in a March 19 statement. “In this sense, it reaffirms its place within the mission of the Jesuits and its priority status in apostolic ministries.”
The Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network was founded in 1844 by young Jesuits; it was formerly known as the Apostleship of Prayer.
Pope marks anniversary of Amoris Laetitia, convokes meeting of world's episcopal conference presidents (Dicastery for Communication)
Posted on 03/20/2026 04:03 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“On 19 March 2016, Pope Francis offered the universal Church a luminous message of hope regarding conjugal love and family life, which was the fruit of three years of synodal discernment enriched by the Jubilee Year of Mercy,” Pope Leo wrote. “On this tenth anniversary, we give thanks to the Lord for the stimulus that has encouraged reflection and pastoral conversion in the Church, and ask God for the courage to persevere on this path, always welcoming the Gospel anew in the joy of being able to proclaim it to all.”
The Pontiff concluded by convoking a meeting of the world’s episcopal conference presidents:
In light of the changes that continue to impact families, I have decided to convene the presidents of the Episcopal Conferences from around the world in October 2026, in an effort to proceed, in mutual listening, to a synodal discernment on the steps to be taken in order to proclaim the Gospel to families today, in light of Amoris Laetitia and taking into account what is currently being done in the local Churches.