Days after tabernacle was stolen, donors provide replacement (Crux) Days after a tabernacle containing the Eucharist was stolen from a parish near Baltimore, parishioners received some good news when the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur donated one of their tabernacles to the grieving faith community. The replacement tabernacle arrived at St. John the Evangelist Church in Hydes a few hours after the parish celebrated a rededication Mass and Holy Hour of Reparation April 1…
Pope appoints coadjutor bishop for Great Falls-Billings (Holy See Bulletin) The Holy Father has appointed Rev. Jeffrey M. Fleming, currently Chancellor, Moderator of the Curia and Adjunct Judicial Vicar of the Diocese of Helena, Montana, as Coadjutor Bishop of Great Falls-Billings (USA)…
Pope presides over prayer vigil with teenage pilgrims (Vatican News) A large group of young Italian pilgrims held a prayer vigil with Pope Francis on Easter Monday evening under the banner: “Follow Me.” The event marked the first time a large event that was not a Mass was held in St. Peter’s Square since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, over 2 years ago. The prayer vigil was organized by the Italian Bishops’ Conference (CEI), and saw several teenagers share their experience of trials and faith and receive the Pope’s encouragement and blessing…
Migrant crossings spike as U.S. plans to lift curbs on asylum (AP) Migrants attempted to cross the U.S.-Mexico border at the highest level in two decades as the U.S. prepares for even larger numbers with the expected lifting of a pandemic-era order that turned away asylum seekers. Human rights groups and other migrant advocates say the U.S. has a legal obligation to permit people to seek asylum and have called for the lifting of the public health order. “The United States can and must welcome people seeking asylum because it is the law, because it is right, and because we can,” the Catholic Legal Immigration Network said in a statement…
Burger King apologizes for offensive Holy Week ads in Spain (CNA) The fast-food chain chose to use on billboards throughout Spain the words of Jesus at the Last Supper consecrating the bread, modifying them to promote a new vegetarian burger. The ad campaign provoked the outrage of thousands of Catholics, several priests, and a bishop. One of the billboards read: “Take all of you and eat of it. Which doesn’t have meat. 100% vegetarian. 100% flavor. Big King Vegetable.” Another ad read, “Flesh of my flesh,” with the word “flesh,” which is the same word for meat in Spanish, crossed out, and replaced with “vegetable…”
