Daily News

Morning must-reads

February 26

Pope's clinical condition 'remains critical but stable'

Holy See Press Office has issued twice-daily updates

Rome: Cardinal Tagle leads Rosary for Pope’s recovery

Again hundreds of faithful & many cardinals participate

Spain: Islamists call ‘lone wolves’ to attack churches

Rights org urges gov't to strengthen security at events

Vatican condemns online ‘credibly accused’ clergy lists

DDF, Dicastery for Clergy, & Pope have warned on same

USF, Mt. St. Mary's L.A. nix COVID jab requirement

After Trump EO; they were last two Catholic holdouts

Hindu nationalist: ‘Let's attack Christians on March 1st’

India: Archbishop calls know-nothing gov't to account

February 25

St. Peter’s Square: Hundreds gather to pray for Pope

Cdl. Parolin leads Rosary; 27 cardinals in attendance

Fed. judge blocks ICE arrests at some religious sites

Including Quaker meeting houses, a Sikh temple in CA

Religious leaders to Congress: No RFRA waivers

Critical statute 'must remain above partisan politics'

Myanmar priest senselessly murdered by militiamen

Witnesses report his last words: 'I only kneel before God'

Jesuit USF, Mt. St. Mary’s L.A. still require COVID jab

Trump EO threatens to cut off federal funds for same

Cause advances for Servant of God Fr. Emil Kapaun

Kansan served as U.S. Army chaplain during WWII

February 24

Vatican: Pope Francis’s condition ‘remains critical’

On oxygen therapy; tests show 'initial, mild renal failure'

DR Congo: 70 Christians killed in Islamist massacre

Bodies found in Protestant church in North Kivu village

Patriarchs, heads of churches rip Jerusalem gov't

For threatening Armenian Orthodox with property seizure

Generational change afoot in Curia, college of cardinals

Eight heads of dicasteries have or soon will hit age 75

Anglicans begin process to elect new Abp. of Canterbury

Nominations, deliberation, discernment will take months

Ukraine war: Estimated 250,000 dead, 800,000 wounded

High cost in human life, econ. destruction; no clear gain

February 21

Judge declines to restore refugee funding to USCCB

'Very tentative' ruling; will revisit fund freeze next week

Spadaro: Pope's case 'delicate' but no cause for alarm

Says, 'He is not someone who lets go or gives in easily'

V.P. Vance offers profession of faith at CPAC conf.

Christians 'shouldn’t fear death' but fear losing soul

U.S. bishops urge ‘ethical alternatives’ to IVF after EO

Restorative repro care treats root causes of infertility

London ARC conf.: Christianity necessary to save West

Bp. Barron: A generation suffocated under secularism

Beijing unhappy with Trump turn toward Russia

Some see 'Nixon in reverse' move to isolate China

February 20

Pope shows ‘slight improvement’ on day 7 in hospital

Has breakfast in armchair; visited by PM Meloni yesterday

USCCB issues document on rel. liberty & migration

Brief 'backgrounder' by Committee on Religious Liberty

Catholic Charities agencies across U.S. lay off staff

Seek to continue some services, secure state funding

Kansas lawmakers override gov veto of 'Help Not Harm'

Act protects minors from trans surgeries/hormones

Christendom launches Inst. for Liturgical Formation

To meet bishops,' pastors' need for qualified liturgists

Argentina: Another bishop resigns amid allegations

Cites 'personal reasons'; longtime friend of Bergoglio

February 19

USCCB sues Trump admin. over refugee-funding halt

Has two contracts with fed. gov't worth $65M for FY2025

Pro-lifers decry new Trump order expanding IVF access

EO directs council to report back on how to lower costs

Rome diocese has been episcopal revolving door

Six auxiliaries left last year; clergy report low morale

U.S.: Most 'vocation-rich' dioceses are less populous

Among the biggest, the most vocation-rich is Philadelphia

2025 Nat'l Eucharistic Pilgrimage route announced

Covers 3,300 miles from Indy to L.A., beginning in May

N.Y. Times reports on squalor at PP clinics nationwide

Woes blamed on others but are built into grisly deeds

February 18

Pope cancels weekend jubilee audience and Mass

Nixes appearances as respiratory infection persists

Brazil: Anglican female priest ‘concelebrates’ at Mass

At creation of archdiocese & seating of its first bishop

Ireland: ‘In persona episcopi’ experiment advances

Pope has done same in Canada, Italy, Spain, and Wales

Costs, lost faith decimate Catholic schools in NYC

Imminent closures will make for 12% closed since 2020

Notre Dame provost: Faith & DEI ‘equally important’

Admin still chase same policies as elite academic peers?

Pakistan: Mother details woes for converts from Islam

Constantly fears for children, at school, market, outside

February 17

Vatican: Pope is battling complex respiratory infection

Revised treatment requires 'an appropriate hospital stay'

VP Vance: Free speech, rel. freedom being lost in EU

Says greatest worry is the 'threat from within': tyranny

Cdl. Gregory cleared by ‘Vos estis’ probe before exit

Allegation made by local priest himself facing probe

By 2100, 97% of world’s countries to have baby bust

But not Nigeria, DR Congo, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Angola

Catholic woman to help draft Syria’s new constitution

Professor is only Christian on 7-member committee

N.Y. Encounter panel: Tech costs us our humanity

Free conf. held by Communion & Liberation members

February 14

Pope admitted to Gemelli Hospital for bronchitis

For tests and continued treatment of chronic issue

Protestant, Jewish groups sue Trump over ICE policy

Which allows agents to conduct raids on churches

IL Dems move to purge Hyde's name from buildings

Seek to cancel him solely for opposition to abortion

Hundreds of rabbis protest 'ethnic cleansing' in Gaza

Full-page ad in N.Y.Times condemns Trump proposal

Church in Germany fractures further over migrant bill

Strife within ZdK and Catholic women’s & youth orgs

Cdl. Gregory regrets his response to Covid pandemic

Now he would say, as Pope JPII often said, ‘Be not afraid’

February 13

Abp. Gomez: Both parties avoided fixing immigration

Spreads blame; reminds that Obama admin. deported 5M

Miami archbp.: Bishops never pushed for ‘open borders’

We just urge rich nation to be generous in admitting poor

Pope Francis waded directly into U.S. political debate

But does a papal ‘hot take’ on immigration help anything?

CUA panel discusses religious revival in America

Sees 'New Atheism' as dead; renewed interest in religion

St. JPII Nat'l Shrine to host exhibit on Shroud of Turin

Ash Wednesday, Mar. 5, through Easter Sun., April 20

UK pro-lifer again embroiled in buffer-zone controversy

Police officer said her 'mere presence' was offensive

February 12

Caritas International rips ‘reckless’ closing of USAID

Claims money spigot's abrupt turn-off 'will kill millions'

Myanmar cathedral bombed days after its designation

In newly-formed diocese in only Christian-majority state

St. Teresa of Calcutta’s feast day inscribed for Sept. 5

DDW releases liturgical texts to accompany memorial

Tucson's Weisenburger named new Detroit archbishop

After Pope accepts resignation of Archbishop Vigneron

Vatican has suffered string of physical & cyber attacks

Does Curia regard upgraded security as too costly?

Sorbonne Univ.'s historic chapel to reopen to public

Only for concerts, lectures, debates, tours; not for Mass yet

February 11

Pope supports U.S. bishops in immigrant advocacy

Sends them letter on dignity, pastoral accompaniment

Abp. Naumann: Need immigration process that works

Desires conversation with Trump and/or Vance about it

Tobin commissions probe into last McCarrick probe

Focus on Msgr. Joseph Reilly, now prez of Seton Hall U.

Pres. Trump establishes White House Faith Office

Will enforce constitutional, fed. rel. liberty protections

DR Congo bishop: Truce in city of Goma is holding

Congolese bishops present peace project to president

UC Berkeley received $87M from China, then cut ties

'Relinquishing ownership' in Shenzhen 'non-profit entity'

February 10

USCCB lays off 50 amid migrant funding ‘uncertainty’

In migration/refugee services, citing delay in fed. funds

Houston Cath. Charities cuts staff amid grant freeze

Fed. grants made up over 80% of its $101M in revenue

Camden, NJ diocese blocked AG’s abuse probe

Judge said process could amount to judicial 'hit-and-run'

DOJ ends lawsuit against Tenn. trans-surgeries ban

Official asks court still to issue a ruling to set precedent

Pope moves weekend audiences to Casa Santa Marta

Has suffered repeated bouts of bronchitis, or 'severe cold'

Georgia Tech received millions in funds from China

$32M unreported; partnership ended after scrutiny

February 7

U.S. Sunday Mass attendance back to pre-2020 levels

Approx. 24% of all Catholics, per CARA at Georgetown Univ.

NCAA bans men from women’s sports after Trump EO

Previous policy based on measure of testosterone level

Pope extends term of dean of College of Cardinals

Although Cdl. Re is 91 & role is key in event of conclave

Bishop Zanchetta appeal rejected in sex-abuse case

He is still in Rome, in good standing despite conviction

Trump creates DOJ task force to fight anti-Christian bias

AG Bondi to prosecute anti-Christian violence, vandalism

U.S. private military contractors are going to Gaza

To work checkpoints & security, part of ceasefire deal