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Mar. 12 Thursday of the Third Week of Lent, Weekday

Today, the mid-point of Lent, was celebrated with somewhat joyful spirit in ancient times. This day was a breathing space in the center of Lent's austerities. Today's ancient Entrance Antiphon and Opening Prayer express this encouraging spirit. Modern Lent is less austere, less in need of any breathing space. Today's lesson: be faithful to God, and do not ever fall away. It is a lesson to strengthen us for the remainder of Lent. --The Vatican II Weekday Missal

10,000 Austrian Students Petition to End Mandatory Fees Funding Abortions

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Lebanese Christians Refusing to Flee War Zone, Fearing Occupation of Homeland

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Pope Leo Calls Maronite Priest Killed in Bombing ‘a True Shepherd’

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No Longer ‘Unclaimed’: Hundreds Gather to Give Navy Veteran a Hero’s Farewell

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Pope accepts resignations of Chaldean Patriarch and bishop amid corruption scandal (Pillar)

Pope Leo XIV accepted the resignations of Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako, the Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, and Bishop Emanuel Hana Shaleta, the Chaldean Catholic bishop of San Diego, on March 10.

Bishop Shaleta was arrested on March 5 at San Diego International Airport while attempting to leave the country and pleaded not guilty on March 9 to embezzlement and money laundering charges. The Pillar reported last month that the prelate was under Vatican investigation for alleged financial and sexual misconduct and that he had submitted his resignation.

Cardinal Sako, 76, has been the Eastern Catholic church’s Patriarch since 2013. The prelate said that he “freely decided to submit my resignation to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV” so that “I could devote myself quietly to prayer, writing, and simple service.” According to The Pillar, Cardinal Sako had considered transferring Bishop Shaleta to a post in Iraq.

Pope Leo also appointed Iraqi Bishop Saad Sirop, a critic of Cardinal Sako’s governance, as apostolic administrator of the San Diego eparchy. In 2006, then-Father Sirop was abducted by Islamist terrorists; during his 28-day captivity, he was tortured and refused to renounce his faith.

Leading Pakistani prelate transferred to far smaller jurisdiction (CWN)

Pope Leo XIV transferred Archbishop Sebastian Shaw, OFM, of Lahore, Pakistan’s most populous archdiocese, to the Apostolic Vicariate of Quetta, the nation’s smallest ecclesiastical jurisdiction.