Weekly Newsletter 19th March 2022 (112). 163 new jobs posted this week.

Hope in Christ, Pope Francis urges religious education conference
Pope Francis talks to young people in St. Peter’s Basilica, March 15, 2022. | Vatican Media. Pope Francis encouraged those participating in the Los Angeles …

‘You are not forgotten,’ Pope Francis tells Syrians entering 12th year of war
A Syrian refugee. | thomas koch via Shutterstock. Pope Francis has said that the Catholic Church’s message to Syrians as their country enters its 12th …

Bishops unite with Pope in Act of Consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Immaculate Heart of Mary. Image Credit: Diana Ringo – Wiki Media At St Peter’s Basilica in Rome on Friday, 25 March 2022, the Holy Father, …

Our Lady of Fatima pilgrim statue arrives in Ukraine prior to March 25 consecration
Our Lady of Fatima. | Ricardo Perna / Shutterstock. A special statue of Our Lady of Fatima has arrived in Ukraine, ahead of Pope Francis’ …

Bishop for Life Issues comments after Lords reject Health and Care Bill amendment
Bishop John Sherrington, Lead Bishop for Life Issues. Credit: CBCEW Bishop John Sherrington, Lead Bishop for Life Issues, has reiterated the Church’s support for high-quality …

Vatican cardinal celebrates Mass for peace in Ukraine
Cardinal Pietro Parolin celebrates Mass for Peace in Ukraine at St. Peter’s Basilica, March 16, 2022. | Daniel Ibañez/CNA. Cardinal Pietro Parolin on Wednesday celebrated …

Latvia’s foreign minister: The Church must keep its moral compass
Pope Francis meets Latvian foreign minister Edgars Rinkēvičs at the Vatican, March 14, 2022. | Vatican Media. Latvia’s Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs believes that as …

Catholic leader in Moscow welcomes Russia’s consecration to Immaculate Heart of Mary
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary, Moscow, Russia. | Sergey Ilyin-Mikhalski (Public Domain). A Catholic archbishop in Moscow has welcomed …

Three hurt when Catholic charity’s van struck by artillery fire in Ukraine
Three aid workers were hurt when the delivery van they were riding in was struck by artillery fire in Ukraine. | Vulnerable People Project Three …

Pope Francis discusses Ukraine war with Russian Orthodox leader
Pope Francis meets with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill in Havana, Cuba. on Feb. 12, 2016. | Vatican Media. Pope Francis has discussed the Ukraine war …

Ukrainian Catholic leader: Innocent children’s blood is ‘on the hands of the criminals who began this war’
A kindergarten in Okhtyrka, a city in northeastern Ukraine that has seen intense fighting. | Secretariat of the Major Archbishop in Rome. A Ukrainian Catholic …

British doctor allowed to continue ‘abortion pill reversal’ treatment after licensing body investigation
Doctor Dermot Kearney. | Christian Concern. A Catholic doctor will again be allowed to offer a treatment known as “abortion pill reversal,” after a British …

Jesus ‘bears the wounds of Ukraine today,’ says Catholic leader
A crucifix at the Bernardine Church in Lviv, western Ukraine. | N_Dmitriy/Shutterstock. The Crucified Lord bears the wounds of the war in Ukraine, Major Archbishop …

Catholic theologians are standing up for Ukraine — and so are their Orthodox peers
Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, pictured on June 3, 2011. | Tanya Dedyukhina via Wikimedia (CC BY 3.0). In what can be considered an …

Pope Francis to consecrate Ukraine and Russia to Immaculate Heart of Mary
Pope Francis in front of a statue of Our Lady of Fatima on the feast day of Our Lady of Fatima. | Daniel Ibañez/CNA Pope …

Churches in England call for an end to war in Ukraine
Cardinal Vincent Nichols and Archbishop Justin Welby Presidents of Churches Together in England (CTE) have appealed for ‘the immediate cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of …

Here’s why Pope Francis is warning against the ‘temptation of activism’
Pope Francis meets members of the Anima per il Sociale nei Valori d’Impresa association at the Vatican’s Clementine Hall, March 14, 2022. | Vatican Media. …

‘We will not be silenced,’ says UK Catholic activist after Hong Kong jail threat
British human rights campaigner Benedict Rogers | Courtesy photo A Catholic activist insisted on Monday that his UK-based human rights monitoring group would not be …

Pope Francis: Ask the Holy Spirit to awaken your desire to pray
Source: CNA Noting that Luke’s Gospel reveals that Peter, James, and John had fallen asleep prior to Jesus’ Transfiguration, Pope Francis urged the faithful during …
