Worth noting on the European Parliament vote:

“In order to actually modify the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, the Treaties of the European Union must pass the modification with the unanimous approval of all member states.”

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🔸Swiss commission to “test forms of synodal decision-making at national level” 🇨🇭

🔸Pope: Disabled “treated as foreign bodies in society” 🇮🇪

🔸Scottish bishop-elect mourned 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

🔸Maronite head urges calm 🇱🇧

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Today, Pope Francis named Bishop Paul Dempsey, head of Ireland’s Diocese of Achonry since 2020, as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Dublin.

The unusual move sheds light on significant changes in the Irish Catholic world 🇮🇪:

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Pope Francis has revived the papal title 'Patriarch of the West', dropped by Benedict XVI in 2006 - but what does it mean?
And is this about... synodality?
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🔸Pope tackles virtue of fortitude at general audience 🇻🇦

🔸Overhaul for Church in west of Ireland 🇮🇪

🔸Vatican “foreign minister” begins Vietnam trip 🇻🇳

🔸“Patriarch of the West” title reportedly revived 🇻🇦

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“From many a place and many a person, I have been told in these past few days: ‘You are preparing for a difficult Easter!’”

— Holy Thursday homily by Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem 🇨🇾 🇮🇱 🇯🇴 🇵🇸

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🔸Pope to priests: “Pray, intercede, shed tears for others” 🇻🇦

🔸Russia sanctions Ukrainian Catholic bishops in Canada 🇨🇦

🔸Bishop criticizes assisted suicide bill 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Plus: India’s imperiled Christians 🇮🇳

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The German bishops’ conference and the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK) have created working groups to further the work of the synodal way, following talks between bishops and Vatican officials in Rome, reports katholisch.de:

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Adult baptisms are booming in Belgium and France.

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📈 by Brendan Hodge 🇧🇪 🇫🇷

How Catholics in Amsterdam continue a centuries-old tradition:

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In a rare step, Belgium’s Mechelen-Brussels archdiocese has stripped a community known for its “innovative” lay-led liturgies of its parish status 🇧🇪.

But lots of questions remain:

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🔸At general audience, reinvigorated pope reflects on patience 🇻🇦

🔸Pope writes to Holy Land Catholics 🇨🇾 🇮🇱 🇯🇴 🇵🇸

🔸Adult baptisms surge in France and Belgium 🇫🇷 🇧🇪

Plus: A ‘liturgy war’ milestone 🇮🇳

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