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St. Mark Church, Bristol gets facelift for Holy Week
The scaffolding came down and the drop cloths were removed just in time for parishioners to mark Palm Sunday Masses April 10 at the 177-year old church with its fresh paint amid an ongoing restoration.
Maryland lawmakers override governor’s veto of expansive abortion bill
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Catholic, said the bill that he vetoed "endangers the health and lives of women by allowing nonphysicians to perform abortions." On April 9, Maryland's legislature overrode his veto of a day earlier.
As Colorado expands abortion, Oklahoma lawmakers OK near-total ban
The two states represent many that have either enacted more permissive or restrictive measures in anticipation of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on a Mississippi case that, if upheld, would return the abortion issue to the states.
German bishops counter Catholic youth on abortion advertising
Germany's Catholic bishops opposed the Federation of German Catholic Youth's call to end the country's ban advertisements for abortion. Germany’s new coalition government favors abolishing the ban.
‘Let an Easter truce begin’ in Ukraine, pope says
"What kind of victory will it be to plant a flag on a pile of rubble?" Pope Francis said on Palm Sunday, April 10. Without specifically naming the war in Ukraine, he said Jesus invites humanity to break the vicious cycle of evil.
Pontifical Academy of Sciences raises alarm about nuclear weapons
Russia's war on Ukraine raises the possibility of the use of nuclear weapons, the unleashing of radioactive material from nuclear power plants and a new push to develop or acquire nuclear weapons, said council members.
Legionaries’ updated abuse report reveals four new allegations
The allegations of sexual abuse against members of the order between March 2021 and March 2022 joined new allegations against priests already undergoing canonical procedures after being named in previous reports.
French bishops urge ‘integral ecology’ in response to climate change
The head of the French bishops' conference said humanity is "not condemned to behave like predators, sowing death and desolation on the earth." Earlier, the IPCC called for "drastic change in modes of consumption, production, transport and heating."
‘Naked evil’ of atrocities in Ukraine only ‘tip of the iceberg,’ say archbishop, faithful
Civilian massacres at Bucha and other towns foreshadow more carnage amid Russia's brutal invasion, said Archbishop Borys Gudziak and local Ukrainian Catholics.
Catholic schools’ agreement with Faith in the Future to end June 30
The foundation’s management of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s 15 Catholic high schools since 2012 will end this spring, according to a letter by both parties released April 8.