Day: March 21, 2026

Gospel and Word of the Day – 22 March 2026 – A reading from the Book of Ezekiel 37:12-14 Thus says the Lord GOD: O my people, I will open your graves and have you rise from them, and bring you back to the land of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and have you rise from them, O my people! I will put my spirit in you that you may live, and I will settle you upon your land; thus you shall know that I am the LORD. I have promised, and I will do it, says the LORD.   A reading from the Letter to the Romans 8:8-11 Brothers and sisters: Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh; on the contrary, you are in the spirit, if only the Spirit of God dwells in you. Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the spirit is alive because of righteousness. If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also, through his Spirit dwelling in you.From the Gospel according to John 11:1-45 Now a man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who had anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and dried his feet with her hair; it was her brother Lazarus who was ill. So the sisters sent word to him saying, “Master, the one you love is ill.” When Jesus heard this he said, “This illness is not to end in death, but is for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when he heard that he was ill, he remained for two days in the place where he was. Then after this he said to his disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.” The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you, and you want to go back there?” Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in a day? If one walks during the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. But if one walks at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.” He said this, and then told them, “Our friend Lazarus is asleep, but I am going to awaken him.” So the disciples said to him, “Master, if he is asleep, he will be saved.” But Jesus was talking about his death, while they thought that he meant ordinary sleep. So then Jesus said to them clearly, “Lazarus has died. And I am glad for you that I was not there, that you may believe. Let us go to him.” So Thomas, called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go to die with him.” When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, only about two miles away. And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat at home. Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you.” Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise.” Martha said to him, “I know he will rise, in the resurrection on the last day.” Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” She said to him, “Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who is coming into the world.” When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary secretly, saying, “The teacher is here and is asking for you.” As soon as she heard this, she rose quickly and went to him. For Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still where Martha had met him. So when the Jews who were with her in the house comforting her saw Mary get up quickly and go out, they followed her, presuming that she was going to the tomb to weep there. When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” When Jesus saw her weeping and the Jews who had come with her weeping, he became perturbed and deeply troubled, and said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Sir, come and see.” And Jesus wept. So the Jews said, “See how he loved him.” But some of them said, “Could not the one who opened the eyes of the blind man have done something so that this man would not have died?” So Jesus, perturbed again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay across it. Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the dead man’s sister, said to him, “Lord, by now there will be a stench; he has been dead for four days.” Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believe you will see the glory of God?” So they took away the stone. And Jesus raised his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you for hearing me. I know that you always hear me; but because of the crowd here I have said this, that they may believe that you sent me.” And when he had said this, He cried out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, tied hand and foot with burial bands, and his face was wrapped in a cloth. So Jesus said to them, “Untie him and let him go.” Now many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what he had done began to believe in him.The Gospel passage for this fifth Sunday of Lent is the resurrection of Lazarus (…). Jesus could have avoided the death of his friend Lazarus, but he wanted to share in our suffering for the death of people dear to us, and above all, he wished to demonstrate God’s dominion over death. In this Gospel passage we see that the faith of man and the omnipotence of God, of God’s love, seek each other and finally meet. It is like a two lane street: the faith of man and the omnipotence of God’s love seek each other and finally meet. We see this in the cry of Martha and Mary, and of all of us with them: “If you had been here!”. And God’s answer is not a speech, no, God’s answer to the problem of death is Jesus: “I am the resurrection and the life” … have faith. Amid grief, continue to have faith, even when it seems that death has won. Take away the stone from your heart! Let the Word of God restore life where there is death. Today, too, Jesus repeats to us: “Take away the stone”. (…) Christ lives, and those who welcome him and follow him come into contact with life. (Francis, Angelus, 29 March 2020)

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A reading from the Book of Ezekiel
37:12-14

Thus says the Lord GOD:
O my people, I will open your graves
and have you rise from them,
and bring you back to the land of Israel.
Then you shall know that I am the LORD,
when I open your graves and have you rise from them,
O my people!
I will put my spirit in you that you may live,
and I will settle you upon your land;
thus you shall know that I am the LORD.
I have promised, and I will do it, says the LORD.

 

A reading from the Letter to the Romans
8:8-11

Brothers and sisters:
Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
But you are not in the flesh;
on the contrary, you are in the spirit,
if only the Spirit of God dwells in you.
Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
But if Christ is in you,
although the body is dead because of sin,
the spirit is alive because of righteousness.
If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you,
the one who raised Christ from the dead
will give life to your mortal bodies also,
through his Spirit dwelling in you.

From the Gospel according to John
11:1-45

Now a man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany,
the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
Mary was the one who had anointed the Lord with perfumed oil
and dried his feet with her hair;
it was her brother Lazarus who was ill.
So the sisters sent word to him saying,
“Master, the one you love is ill.”
When Jesus heard this he said,
“This illness is not to end in death,
but is for the glory of God,
that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
So when he heard that he was ill,
he remained for two days in the place where he was.
Then after this he said to his disciples,
“Let us go back to Judea.”
The disciples said to him,
“Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you,
and you want to go back there?”
Jesus answered,
“Are there not twelve hours in a day?
If one walks during the day, he does not stumble,
because he sees the light of this world.
But if one walks at night, he stumbles,
because the light is not in him.”
He said this, and then told them,
“Our friend Lazarus is asleep,
but I am going to awaken him.”
So the disciples said to him,
“Master, if he is asleep, he will be saved.”
But Jesus was talking about his death,
while they thought that he meant ordinary sleep.
So then Jesus said to them clearly,
“Lazarus has died.
And I am glad for you that I was not there,
that you may believe.
Let us go to him.”
So Thomas, called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples,
“Let us also go to die with him.”

When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus
had already been in the tomb for four days.
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, only about two miles away.
And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary
to comfort them about their brother.
When Martha heard that Jesus was coming,
she went to meet him;
but Mary sat at home.
Martha said to Jesus,
“Lord, if you had been here,
my brother would not have died.
But even now I know that whatever you ask of God,
God will give you.”
Jesus said to her,
“Your brother will rise.”
Martha said to him,
“I know he will rise,
in the resurrection on the last day.”
Jesus told her,
“I am the resurrection and the life;
whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live,
and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die.
Do you believe this?”
She said to him, “Yes, Lord.
I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God,
the one who is coming into the world.”

When she had said this,
she went and called her sister Mary secretly, saying,
“The teacher is here and is asking for you.”
As soon as she heard this,
she rose quickly and went to him.
For Jesus had not yet come into the village,
but was still where Martha had met him.
So when the Jews who were with her in the house comforting her
saw Mary get up quickly and go out,
they followed her,
presuming that she was going to the tomb to weep there.
When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him,
she fell at his feet and said to him,
“Lord, if you had been here,
my brother would not have died.”
When Jesus saw her weeping and the Jews who had come with her weeping,
he became perturbed and deeply troubled, and said,
“Where have you laid him?”
They said to him, “Sir, come and see.”
And Jesus wept.
So the Jews said, “See how he loved him.”
But some of them said,
“Could not the one who opened the eyes of the blind man
have done something so that this man would not have died?”

So Jesus, perturbed again, came to the tomb.
It was a cave, and a stone lay across it.
Jesus said, “Take away the stone.”
Martha, the dead man’s sister, said to him,
“Lord, by now there will be a stench;
he has been dead for four days.”
Jesus said to her,
“Did I not tell you that if you believe
you will see the glory of God?”
So they took away the stone.
And Jesus raised his eyes and said,
“Father, I thank you for hearing me.
I know that you always hear me;
but because of the crowd here I have said this,
that they may believe that you sent me.”
And when he had said this,
He cried out in a loud voice,
“Lazarus, come out!”
The dead man came out,
tied hand and foot with burial bands,
and his face was wrapped in a cloth.
So Jesus said to them,
“Untie him and let him go.”

Now many of the Jews who had come to Mary
and seen what he had done began to believe in him.

The Gospel passage for this fifth Sunday of Lent is the resurrection of Lazarus (…). Jesus could have avoided the death of his friend Lazarus, but he wanted to share in our suffering for the death of people dear to us, and above all, he wished to demonstrate God’s dominion over death. In this Gospel passage we see that the faith of man and the omnipotence of God, of God’s love, seek each other and finally meet. It is like a two lane street: the faith of man and the omnipotence of God’s love seek each other and finally meet. We see this in the cry of Martha and Mary, and of all of us with them: “If you had been here!”. And God’s answer is not a speech, no, God’s answer to the problem of death is Jesus: “I am the resurrection and the life” … have faith. Amid grief, continue to have faith, even when it seems that death has won. Take away the stone from your heart! Let the Word of God restore life where there is death. Today, too, Jesus repeats to us: “Take away the stone”. (…) Christ lives, and those who welcome him and follow him come into contact with life. (Francis, Angelus, 29 March 2020)

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Judge says religious ministers must have access to detainees at Minnesota ICE facility – #Catholic – Christian ministers including a Jesuit priest won a victory at federal court on March 20 when a U.S. district judge said the Department of Homeland Security must allow them formal pastoral access to detainees at a federal facility in Minneapolis. Judge Jerry Blackwell said in his ruling that the government “may not impose an access protocol … that bars clergy visits in all circumstances” at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building on the outskirts of Minneapolis. A group of Christian objectors, including Father Christopher Collins, SJ, had sued the government in late February, alleging that it was unlawfully “barring faith leaders from offering prayer, pastoral guidance, sacramental ministry, and spiritual comfort” to immigrants detained in the Whipple facility. The government was unconstitutionally obstructing the plaintiffs' “sacred obligation to exercise their faith through ministry to community members in the greatest need of spiritual comfort,” the suit said. In his ruling Blackwell said that his order allowing the ministers access to the facility would last “for the duration” of the lawsuit. Erin Westbrook — an attorney with the law firm Saul Ewing which filed the suit on behalf of the ministers — said in a press release that the plaintiffs view their ministry work as “a core expression of their faith and a constitutionally protected exercise of religion.”“It is vital that they be able to provide pastoral care at the Whipple building at a time when those detained are experiencing profound fear, uncertainty, and isolation,” she said. Prior to the order the government had argued that heavy immigration enforcement in the area had already ended and that clergy had increasingly been allowed back into the building for ministry visits in recent weeks. But Blackwellʼs order requires that officials develop a “written protocol” to ensure clergy access to the facility. The government must respond to requests for access “within a reasonable time,” the judge said, adding that such requests are subject to “reasonable” security measures. The judge ordered the parties in the suit to file a joint status report by April 2 that includes proposed policies and disagreements from both sides.
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Judge says religious ministers must have access to detainees at Minnesota ICE facility – #Catholic – Christian ministers including a Jesuit priest won a victory at federal court on March 20 when a U.S. district judge said the Department of Homeland Security must allow them formal pastoral access to detainees at a federal facility in Minneapolis. Judge Jerry Blackwell said in his ruling that the government “may not impose an access protocol … that bars clergy visits in all circumstances” at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building on the outskirts of Minneapolis. A group of Christian objectors, including Father Christopher Collins, SJ, had sued the government in late February, alleging that it was unlawfully “barring faith leaders from offering prayer, pastoral guidance, sacramental ministry, and spiritual comfort” to immigrants detained in the Whipple facility. The government was unconstitutionally obstructing the plaintiffs' “sacred obligation to exercise their faith through ministry to community members in the greatest need of spiritual comfort,” the suit said. In his ruling Blackwell said that his order allowing the ministers access to the facility would last “for the duration” of the lawsuit. Erin Westbrook — an attorney with the law firm Saul Ewing which filed the suit on behalf of the ministers — said in a press release that the plaintiffs view their ministry work as “a core expression of their faith and a constitutionally protected exercise of religion.”“It is vital that they be able to provide pastoral care at the Whipple building at a time when those detained are experiencing profound fear, uncertainty, and isolation,” she said. Prior to the order the government had argued that heavy immigration enforcement in the area had already ended and that clergy had increasingly been allowed back into the building for ministry visits in recent weeks. But Blackwellʼs order requires that officials develop a “written protocol” to ensure clergy access to the facility. The government must respond to requests for access “within a reasonable time,” the judge said, adding that such requests are subject to “reasonable” security measures. The judge ordered the parties in the suit to file a joint status report by April 2 that includes proposed policies and disagreements from both sides.

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A Jesuit priest had joined other Christian objectors in suing the federal government over being barred from the holding compound.

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106-year-old nun continues serving in the cloister and sharing the Gospel on YouTube #Catholic Sister Anna Maria of the Sacred Heart, an Italian nun, turned 106 on March 14 at her monastery near Milan, where she continues to serve her sick sisters and share reflections on the Gospel on YouTube.Still lucid “in thought and word,” and with 36 years of life in cloister, the nun belongs to the Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament, the Italian newspaper Il Giorno reported. Despite her advanced age, she continues to participate daily in Eucharistic adoration even during the night and assists in the monastery’s infirmary, caring for elderly or ailing nuns.Her birthday celebration took place with a Mass of Thanksgiving and a gathering with family members, experienced through the grilles of the cloister where Sister Anna Maria remains dedicated to prayer.“I do this like so many other things, out of love for Jesus who continually asks me to love my neighbor,” the religious, whose name before entering the convent was Anna Perfumo, said in a video shared by her community.“The years are many, but … with patience, God’s will shall be fulfilled. Pray for me, and I will always remember you on earth and in heaven,” she added.According to Il Giorno, the nun’s life was marked by hardships from the very beginning. At 4 months old, she contracted bronchopneumonia — a condition that was practically fatal in 1920 — and at age 4 she came down with scurvy, a disease that was incurable at that time. “The doctor told my mother: ‘I won’t be coming back tomorrow, because the child will be dead.’ Yet I was miraculously healed,” she said.Before entering the monastery, she worked for years as a governess and schoolteacher in addition to caring for elderly and infirm priests. Nevertheless, she always harbored in her heart the desire to consecrate herself to God in the contemplative life.That longing was finally realized at the age of 70, following the death of her mother. After several attempts, she was admitted to the Adorers’ monastery in Genoa, from where she would be transferred years later to Seregno, where she currently lives.In a video, Sister Anna Maria expressed her gratitude for the expressions of affection she had received and spoke about her late vocation: “It’s true; I had to wait quite a long time before fulfilling God’s will. But when it is God who desires something, it will always come to pass. That’s why one must have great confidence, great faith, great hope, and great patience.”In her message, she also shared a reflection on the passage of time and on faithfulness: “My grandfather used to tell us that it’s faithfulness that keeps us young and that it’s necessary to keep our eyes and souls open to what is beautiful, good, and true; in this way, one will experience a serene old age. Love keeps the heart young.”Finally, she extended a greeting for the Easter season: “Life is Christ — the Way, the Truth, and the Life. May the Lord grant you peace and joy… and also peace among peoples, for the sake of fraternity among nations.”The Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament are a contemplative, cloistered order of women whose life is centered on the continuous adoration of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. Their mission is to intercede for the Church and the world from the silence of the monastery, offering their lives as a constant prayer.The congregation was founded in 1807 in Rome by Blessed Maria Magdalena of the Incarnation (Caterina Sordini) with the charism of Eucharistic adoration.This story was first published by ACI Prensa, the Spanish-language sister service of EWTN News. It has been translated and adapted by EWTN News English.
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106-year-old nun continues serving in the cloister and sharing the Gospel on YouTube #Catholic Sister Anna Maria of the Sacred Heart, an Italian nun, turned 106 on March 14 at her monastery near Milan, where she continues to serve her sick sisters and share reflections on the Gospel on YouTube.Still lucid “in thought and word,” and with 36 years of life in cloister, the nun belongs to the Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament, the Italian newspaper Il Giorno reported. Despite her advanced age, she continues to participate daily in Eucharistic adoration even during the night and assists in the monastery’s infirmary, caring for elderly or ailing nuns.Her birthday celebration took place with a Mass of Thanksgiving and a gathering with family members, experienced through the grilles of the cloister where Sister Anna Maria remains dedicated to prayer.“I do this like so many other things, out of love for Jesus who continually asks me to love my neighbor,” the religious, whose name before entering the convent was Anna Perfumo, said in a video shared by her community.“The years are many, but … with patience, God’s will shall be fulfilled. Pray for me, and I will always remember you on earth and in heaven,” she added.According to Il Giorno, the nun’s life was marked by hardships from the very beginning. At 4 months old, she contracted bronchopneumonia — a condition that was practically fatal in 1920 — and at age 4 she came down with scurvy, a disease that was incurable at that time. “The doctor told my mother: ‘I won’t be coming back tomorrow, because the child will be dead.’ Yet I was miraculously healed,” she said.Before entering the monastery, she worked for years as a governess and schoolteacher in addition to caring for elderly and infirm priests. Nevertheless, she always harbored in her heart the desire to consecrate herself to God in the contemplative life.That longing was finally realized at the age of 70, following the death of her mother. After several attempts, she was admitted to the Adorers’ monastery in Genoa, from where she would be transferred years later to Seregno, where she currently lives.In a video, Sister Anna Maria expressed her gratitude for the expressions of affection she had received and spoke about her late vocation: “It’s true; I had to wait quite a long time before fulfilling God’s will. But when it is God who desires something, it will always come to pass. That’s why one must have great confidence, great faith, great hope, and great patience.”In her message, she also shared a reflection on the passage of time and on faithfulness: “My grandfather used to tell us that it’s faithfulness that keeps us young and that it’s necessary to keep our eyes and souls open to what is beautiful, good, and true; in this way, one will experience a serene old age. Love keeps the heart young.”Finally, she extended a greeting for the Easter season: “Life is Christ — the Way, the Truth, and the Life. May the Lord grant you peace and joy… and also peace among peoples, for the sake of fraternity among nations.”The Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament are a contemplative, cloistered order of women whose life is centered on the continuous adoration of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. Their mission is to intercede for the Church and the world from the silence of the monastery, offering their lives as a constant prayer.The congregation was founded in 1807 in Rome by Blessed Maria Magdalena of the Incarnation (Caterina Sordini) with the charism of Eucharistic adoration.This story was first published by ACI Prensa, the Spanish-language sister service of EWTN News. It has been translated and adapted by EWTN News English.

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Sister Anna Maria shares about her late-in-life vocation, some wisdom on living a long life, and how her advanced age has not stopped the elderly nun from keeping active.

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Israeli settlers step up aggressions against Christians in West Bank, Jerusalem bishop says – #Catholic – Christians in the West Bank continue to face an onslaught of aggressions by Israeli settlers, threatening their presence in the region, according to Auxiliary Bishop William Shomali of Jerusalem.“The aggressions against Christians in the West Bank are multiplying,” Shomali said in a March 20 interview with “EWTN News Nightly.”The situation for Palestinian Christians had been “calm” in the Bethlehem area, he said. “But now, there is more expansion of the settlements and more aggressions from the side of the settlers.”Shomali said settlers have prevented Palestinian Christians from accessing their land through various threats, physical aggression, and property damage, including burning their cars.“This happened mainly in the Christian village of Taybeh, and we communicated this news to all the world, even to the American ambassador in Tel Aviv, who came to visit the place, and he promised to do something, but not many things were done,” Shomali said.In Birzeit, a Palestinian Christian town about six miles north of Ramallah in the West Bank, Shomali said settlers have been coming “almost every day to threaten people in their own homes or in their work.”“This has become a real threat to Christian families,” he said, “because they lost their livelihood and their source of income.” The Church must intervene and provide aid for them to survive, the bishop said.Shomali said Israeli settlers have also recently occupied land belonging to a convent of sisters in a village near Bethlehem called Urtas. The sisters “have a hill where they plant and grow olives and other things,” he said. “Settlers came to occupy this hill and to make it theirs, where they think of building a new settlement.”He also noted a settlement to be built on the Shepherds’ Field of his own village, Beit Sahour, which he said is a piece of land that belongs to Christian families there. “I heard just today, that a piece of land, one acre, was also entered by settlers who put an Israeli flag to mean that this land now is Israeli, while there is a deed of ownership to a Christian family that I know from Beit Sahour,” he said. “So slowly, slowly, the land of Palestine that Israels call now Judea and Samaria, the biblical name, is becoming less and less Palestinian and more and more settlers’ land.”
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Israeli settlers step up aggressions against Christians in West Bank, Jerusalem bishop says – #Catholic – Christians in the West Bank continue to face an onslaught of aggressions by Israeli settlers, threatening their presence in the region, according to Auxiliary Bishop William Shomali of Jerusalem.“The aggressions against Christians in the West Bank are multiplying,” Shomali said in a March 20 interview with “EWTN News Nightly.”The situation for Palestinian Christians had been “calm” in the Bethlehem area, he said. “But now, there is more expansion of the settlements and more aggressions from the side of the settlers.”Shomali said settlers have prevented Palestinian Christians from accessing their land through various threats, physical aggression, and property damage, including burning their cars.“This happened mainly in the Christian village of Taybeh, and we communicated this news to all the world, even to the American ambassador in Tel Aviv, who came to visit the place, and he promised to do something, but not many things were done,” Shomali said.In Birzeit, a Palestinian Christian town about six miles north of Ramallah in the West Bank, Shomali said settlers have been coming “almost every day to threaten people in their own homes or in their work.”“This has become a real threat to Christian families,” he said, “because they lost their livelihood and their source of income.” The Church must intervene and provide aid for them to survive, the bishop said.Shomali said Israeli settlers have also recently occupied land belonging to a convent of sisters in a village near Bethlehem called Urtas. The sisters “have a hill where they plant and grow olives and other things,” he said. “Settlers came to occupy this hill and to make it theirs, where they think of building a new settlement.”He also noted a settlement to be built on the Shepherds’ Field of his own village, Beit Sahour, which he said is a piece of land that belongs to Christian families there. “I heard just today, that a piece of land, one acre, was also entered by settlers who put an Israeli flag to mean that this land now is Israeli, while there is a deed of ownership to a Christian family that I know from Beit Sahour,” he said. “So slowly, slowly, the land of Palestine that Israels call now Judea and Samaria, the biblical name, is becoming less and less Palestinian and more and more settlers’ land.”

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“The aggressions against Christians in the West Bank are multiplying,” Auxiliary Bishop William Shomali of Jerusalem told “EWTN News Nightly.”

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New Colorado program trains deacons, priests to walk together ‘in darkness’ – #Catholic – Chaplains are often the first responders in a crisis — when people are struggling with grief or trauma they often reach out to their priests and deacons. The nature of the work means clergy often face emotional stress. So who shepherds the shepherds?The solution, for Deacon Ernie Martinez, starts with brother priests and deacons.Martinez, director of deacons for the Archdiocese of Denver, has spent 40 years working with the Denver Police Department. Taking inspiration from its long-standing police support program, he helped launch the Clergy Outreach and Resilience (COR), which teaches clergy how to recognize signs of stress and burnout in one another.“I have seen in both policing and ministry that without support, even the strongest men can find themselves battling darkness, including thoughts of hopelessness, or worse,” Martinez told EWTN News.“Priests and deacons walk daily with people through death, trauma, addiction, broken families, and profound suffering,” Martinez said. “They absorb that pain. They carry it, often without peer support training or awareness, and too often, they carry it alone.”The program launched in January with a four-day certification program led by clinical psychologist John Nicoletti. About 40 clergy members attended, mostly deacons.“We are forming clergy who are trained to recognize distress, to step in early, to walk with a brother in crisis, and, when necessary, to help him get the care he needs: spiritually, emotionally, and clinically,” Martinez said. “It is about creating a culture where asking for help is not seen as weakness but as wisdom.”The weight of service“This program was born at the intersection of two worlds I have lived deeply — law enforcement and ordained ministry,” Martinez said.“After 40 years with the Denver Police Department, I witnessed firsthand the weight men and women carry in silence,” Martinez said. “I saw what happens when that weight has nowhere to go.”“In law enforcement, we learned that peer support, one trusted brother or sister walking with you in the darkness, can mean the difference between life and death,” Martinez continued. Deacon Ernie Martinez, the Archdiocese of Denver’s director of deacons, helped launch the Clergy Outreach and Resilience (COR) program. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Deacon Ernie Martinez “When I stepped more fully into my role serving the Church, I recognized that our clergy carry a similar, and in many ways even heavier, burden,” Martinez said.Clergy “absorb that pain” that the people they walk with carry, according to Martinez.“Scripture reminds us clearly: ‘Bear one another’s burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ’ (Gal 6:2),” Martinez said. “The challenge is that many of our clergy have been doing the bearing, but without someone helping to carry their burden.”“And the reality is this: When that weight builds over time, it can lead to deep isolation, burnout, and even moments of despair,” Martinez said.“My hope for the Archdiocese of Denver and the Diocese of Colorado Springs is simple but urgent: that no priest or deacon ever feels alone in his suffering again,” he said.‘True fraternity’The Clergy Outreach and Resilience program “is about building what the Church has always called us to be: true fraternity,” Martinez said.“As the Holy Father has emphasized, authentic bonds are essential to our humanity; without them, we risk isolation and interior collapse,” Martinez said.Martinez co-founded the program with Father Brad Noonan as well as with the support of both Archbishop Emeritus Samuel Aquila and Archbishop-designate James Golka of Denver and others.Noonan spent more than 26 years as a fire department chaplain and 14 years as a police chaplain. Currently the pastor at Our Lady of the Pines Catholic Church in Colorado Springs, Noonan said he likes how the program “provides a one-on-one support program for priests and deacons.”“I have seen one-on-one trained peer support help firefighters and law enforcement, including the International Association of Fire Fighters,” Noonan told EWTN News.“When I first started in the fire service there were some elements to help firefighters deal with the emotional demands of the job,” he recalled.Support didn’t always begin with formal meetings with a counselor. It often involved “dining-table talk after a bad call” or talking on the way back in the fire engine, Noonan explained.“There are a lot of mental and emotional stressors that priests and deacons encounter everyday,” Noonan explained. “It is our hope that this program develops well and expands throughout the United States and across the world.” About 40 clergy members, mostly deacons, attend the January 2026 launch event for the new Clergy Outreach and Resilience (COR) program, a joint effort between the Archdiocese of Denver and the Diocese of Colorado Springs in Colorado. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Deacon Ernie Martinez “What makes this program unique is that it integrates proven peer-support practices from high-stress professions with a deeply Catholic vision of brotherhood rooted in Christ,” Martinez said.“This is not just about mental health; it is about spiritual fatherhood and fraternity,” Martinez said. “It is about living the command of Christ: ‘Love one another as I have loved you’ (Jn 15:12).”“When a shepherd is supported, he can stand firm,” Martinez said.“As St. Paul writes: ‘We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed but not driven to despair’ (2 Cor 4:8),” Martinez quoted. “That is the resilience we are building.”“This is about carrying the weight, together,” Martinez said. “And ultimately, it is about hope.”
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New Colorado program trains deacons, priests to walk together ‘in darkness’ – #Catholic – Chaplains are often the first responders in a crisis — when people are struggling with grief or trauma they often reach out to their priests and deacons. The nature of the work means clergy often face emotional stress. So who shepherds the shepherds?The solution, for Deacon Ernie Martinez, starts with brother priests and deacons.Martinez, director of deacons for the Archdiocese of Denver, has spent 40 years working with the Denver Police Department. Taking inspiration from its long-standing police support program, he helped launch the Clergy Outreach and Resilience (COR), which teaches clergy how to recognize signs of stress and burnout in one another.“I have seen in both policing and ministry that without support, even the strongest men can find themselves battling darkness, including thoughts of hopelessness, or worse,” Martinez told EWTN News.“Priests and deacons walk daily with people through death, trauma, addiction, broken families, and profound suffering,” Martinez said. “They absorb that pain. They carry it, often without peer support training or awareness, and too often, they carry it alone.”The program launched in January with a four-day certification program led by clinical psychologist John Nicoletti. About 40 clergy members attended, mostly deacons.“We are forming clergy who are trained to recognize distress, to step in early, to walk with a brother in crisis, and, when necessary, to help him get the care he needs: spiritually, emotionally, and clinically,” Martinez said. “It is about creating a culture where asking for help is not seen as weakness but as wisdom.”The weight of service“This program was born at the intersection of two worlds I have lived deeply — law enforcement and ordained ministry,” Martinez said.“After 40 years with the Denver Police Department, I witnessed firsthand the weight men and women carry in silence,” Martinez said. “I saw what happens when that weight has nowhere to go.”“In law enforcement, we learned that peer support, one trusted brother or sister walking with you in the darkness, can mean the difference between life and death,” Martinez continued. Deacon Ernie Martinez, the Archdiocese of Denver’s director of deacons, helped launch the Clergy Outreach and Resilience (COR) program. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Deacon Ernie Martinez “When I stepped more fully into my role serving the Church, I recognized that our clergy carry a similar, and in many ways even heavier, burden,” Martinez said.Clergy “absorb that pain” that the people they walk with carry, according to Martinez.“Scripture reminds us clearly: ‘Bear one another’s burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ’ (Gal 6:2),” Martinez said. “The challenge is that many of our clergy have been doing the bearing, but without someone helping to carry their burden.”“And the reality is this: When that weight builds over time, it can lead to deep isolation, burnout, and even moments of despair,” Martinez said.“My hope for the Archdiocese of Denver and the Diocese of Colorado Springs is simple but urgent: that no priest or deacon ever feels alone in his suffering again,” he said.‘True fraternity’The Clergy Outreach and Resilience program “is about building what the Church has always called us to be: true fraternity,” Martinez said.“As the Holy Father has emphasized, authentic bonds are essential to our humanity; without them, we risk isolation and interior collapse,” Martinez said.Martinez co-founded the program with Father Brad Noonan as well as with the support of both Archbishop Emeritus Samuel Aquila and Archbishop-designate James Golka of Denver and others.Noonan spent more than 26 years as a fire department chaplain and 14 years as a police chaplain. Currently the pastor at Our Lady of the Pines Catholic Church in Colorado Springs, Noonan said he likes how the program “provides a one-on-one support program for priests and deacons.”“I have seen one-on-one trained peer support help firefighters and law enforcement, including the International Association of Fire Fighters,” Noonan told EWTN News.“When I first started in the fire service there were some elements to help firefighters deal with the emotional demands of the job,” he recalled.Support didn’t always begin with formal meetings with a counselor. It often involved “dining-table talk after a bad call” or talking on the way back in the fire engine, Noonan explained.“There are a lot of mental and emotional stressors that priests and deacons encounter everyday,” Noonan explained. “It is our hope that this program develops well and expands throughout the United States and across the world.” About 40 clergy members, mostly deacons, attend the January 2026 launch event for the new Clergy Outreach and Resilience (COR) program, a joint effort between the Archdiocese of Denver and the Diocese of Colorado Springs in Colorado. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Deacon Ernie Martinez “What makes this program unique is that it integrates proven peer-support practices from high-stress professions with a deeply Catholic vision of brotherhood rooted in Christ,” Martinez said.“This is not just about mental health; it is about spiritual fatherhood and fraternity,” Martinez said. “It is about living the command of Christ: ‘Love one another as I have loved you’ (Jn 15:12).”“When a shepherd is supported, he can stand firm,” Martinez said.“As St. Paul writes: ‘We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed but not driven to despair’ (2 Cor 4:8),” Martinez quoted. “That is the resilience we are building.”“This is about carrying the weight, together,” Martinez said. “And ultimately, it is about hope.”

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When people are in crisis, they reach out to their priests and deacons. But who shepherds the shepherds? The answer, for Deacon Ernie Martinez, starts with brother priests and deacons.

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March 21, 1866: The birth of Antonia Maury

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Born March 21, 1866, in New York, Antonia Maury was born into a family with an astronomical legacy: Her grandfather, John William Draper, was the second person to photograph the Moon (and the first whose photo survived to be shown publicly). Her uncle and aunt, Henry and Anna Draper, made several landmark astrophotographs themselves andContinue reading “March 21, 1866: The birth of Antonia Maury”

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World Down Syndrome Day: What you may not know about the Special Olympics – #Catholic – For decades, Special Olympics has provided sports training and athletic competition to help children and adults with intellectual disabilities develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, and foster a sense of community among individuals both with and without disabilities.March 21 marks World Down Syndrome Day, a global awareness day to advocate for the legal rights of people with Down syndrome and promote greater inclusion for people with the genetic condition, which can cause intellectual disabilities, developmental delays, distinct physical characteristics, and increased risks of certain health problems.The day helps to draw attention to the nearly half a million Americans with Down syndrome and the 3,000 to 5,000 children who are born with the chromosome disorder every year.To promote community among people with Down syndrome and other challenges, Special Olympics works to create opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, and experience joy.Here are five facts you may not know about the global organization:1. Special Olympics is active on every continent.Special Olympics is the world’s largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities with nearly 5 million Special Olympics athletes.It has programs operating across the globe every day and holds the Special Olympics World Games every two years alternating between summer and winter. Anyone over the age of 8 with intellectual disabilities is eligible to compete.Programs and training are present in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. As of 2024, it was active in 177 countries spanning each continent.From weight lifting to speed skating, the programs and games offer a diverse range of athletics with more more than 30 Olympic-style sports available. Soccer, basketball, and bocce are some of the most popular.In 2022 alone, there were 46,000 Special Olympics sports competitions, averaging to 126 per day. About 16,000 of the competitions were Unified, meaning people with and without intellectual disabilities competed on the same teams.2. The organization operates in tens of thousands of schools.Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools program is active in nearly 11,000 schools in the U.S. It has trained youth leaders and educators to create more inclusive education systems by including students in all aspects of school life.The program is aimed at promoting social inclusion through implemented activities in K–12 schools and across college campuses. Through the programming, young people with and without disabilities come together on sports teams, create student clubs, and foster youth leadership. As many as 19.5 million young people are taking part in the experiences.3. The movement all started in a backyard.The Special Olympics movement began in 1962 when its founder, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, hosted a summer camp in her backyard for kids with disabilities at her Maryland farm.“Camp Shriver” was motivated by the unfair treatment of children with disabilities including Shriver’s sister, Rosemary Kennedy, who had an intellectual disability and loved sports.Shriver reached out to schools and clinics in her area to find special-needs children who might be interested in her camp. She then recruited high school and college students to act as counselors, ending up with 34 children and 26 counselors.The children swam, played soccer, shot baskets, and rode horses. Not only did the camp prove the kids could play sports, but it also helped the young counselors see the participants in another light — as children who merely wanted to have fun and compete, just like any other kid.Shriver passed away in 2009, but her son Timothy Shriver has carried on her legacy and led Special Olympics for three decades. For his work as an outspoken advocate for people with disabilities, he received the University of Notre Dame’s 2026 Laetare Medal.4. Multiple Special Olympics athletes have set world records.Special Olympics is not only creating unity and confidence but also has built up record-breaking athletes.Chris Nikic set a Guinness World Record by becoming the first person with Down syndrome to complete a full IRONMAN in November 2020. The Special Olympics Florida athlete has also competed in golf, track and field, swimming, basketball, and triathlons.In 2024, Lloyd Martin, an athlete with Down syndrome, ran the TCS London Marathon in a little under seven hours at the age of 19. He set a new Guinness World Record for the youngest known person with Down syndrome to complete a marathon.Other athletes including cyclists Tom Kelsall and Hannah Kemp have set  Guinness World Records titles for their accomplishments completing in the Ford RideLondon-Essex100, a 100-mile race in the U.K.5. The organization goes beyond sports.While athletics is at the forefront of Special Olympics, it also provides other opportunities and care. The organization offers year-round health support and advocates for better access to social services and health care for people with disabilities.Since 1997, Special Olympics athletes have had access to free health screenings through the Special Olympics Healthy Athletes program, which works to close the gap in health care access between those with disabilities and the rest of the population.Special Olympics Healthy Athletes has conducted more than 2 million screenings and has also trained 300,000 health care professionals.Organization representatives also make an annual visit to Capitol Hill to meet with members of Congress to advocate for the needs of Americans with intellectual disabilities.
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World Down Syndrome Day: What you may not know about the Special Olympics – #Catholic – For decades, Special Olympics has provided sports training and athletic competition to help children and adults with intellectual disabilities develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, and foster a sense of community among individuals both with and without disabilities.March 21 marks World Down Syndrome Day, a global awareness day to advocate for the legal rights of people with Down syndrome and promote greater inclusion for people with the genetic condition, which can cause intellectual disabilities, developmental delays, distinct physical characteristics, and increased risks of certain health problems.The day helps to draw attention to the nearly half a million Americans with Down syndrome and the 3,000 to 5,000 children who are born with the chromosome disorder every year.To promote community among people with Down syndrome and other challenges, Special Olympics works to create opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, and experience joy.Here are five facts you may not know about the global organization:1. Special Olympics is active on every continent.Special Olympics is the world’s largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities with nearly 5 million Special Olympics athletes.It has programs operating across the globe every day and holds the Special Olympics World Games every two years alternating between summer and winter. Anyone over the age of 8 with intellectual disabilities is eligible to compete.Programs and training are present in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. As of 2024, it was active in 177 countries spanning each continent.From weight lifting to speed skating, the programs and games offer a diverse range of athletics with more more than 30 Olympic-style sports available. Soccer, basketball, and bocce are some of the most popular.In 2022 alone, there were 46,000 Special Olympics sports competitions, averaging to 126 per day. About 16,000 of the competitions were Unified, meaning people with and without intellectual disabilities competed on the same teams.2. The organization operates in tens of thousands of schools.Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools program is active in nearly 11,000 schools in the U.S. It has trained youth leaders and educators to create more inclusive education systems by including students in all aspects of school life.The program is aimed at promoting social inclusion through implemented activities in K–12 schools and across college campuses. Through the programming, young people with and without disabilities come together on sports teams, create student clubs, and foster youth leadership. As many as 19.5 million young people are taking part in the experiences.3. The movement all started in a backyard.The Special Olympics movement began in 1962 when its founder, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, hosted a summer camp in her backyard for kids with disabilities at her Maryland farm.“Camp Shriver” was motivated by the unfair treatment of children with disabilities including Shriver’s sister, Rosemary Kennedy, who had an intellectual disability and loved sports.Shriver reached out to schools and clinics in her area to find special-needs children who might be interested in her camp. She then recruited high school and college students to act as counselors, ending up with 34 children and 26 counselors.The children swam, played soccer, shot baskets, and rode horses. Not only did the camp prove the kids could play sports, but it also helped the young counselors see the participants in another light — as children who merely wanted to have fun and compete, just like any other kid.Shriver passed away in 2009, but her son Timothy Shriver has carried on her legacy and led Special Olympics for three decades. For his work as an outspoken advocate for people with disabilities, he received the University of Notre Dame’s 2026 Laetare Medal.4. Multiple Special Olympics athletes have set world records.Special Olympics is not only creating unity and confidence but also has built up record-breaking athletes.Chris Nikic set a Guinness World Record by becoming the first person with Down syndrome to complete a full IRONMAN in November 2020. The Special Olympics Florida athlete has also competed in golf, track and field, swimming, basketball, and triathlons.In 2024, Lloyd Martin, an athlete with Down syndrome, ran the TCS London Marathon in a little under seven hours at the age of 19. He set a new Guinness World Record for the youngest known person with Down syndrome to complete a marathon.Other athletes including cyclists Tom Kelsall and Hannah Kemp have set  Guinness World Records titles for their accomplishments completing in the Ford RideLondon-Essex100, a 100-mile race in the U.K.5. The organization goes beyond sports.While athletics is at the forefront of Special Olympics, it also provides other opportunities and care. The organization offers year-round health support and advocates for better access to social services and health care for people with disabilities.Since 1997, Special Olympics athletes have had access to free health screenings through the Special Olympics Healthy Athletes program, which works to close the gap in health care access between those with disabilities and the rest of the population.Special Olympics Healthy Athletes has conducted more than 2 million screenings and has also trained 300,000 health care professionals.Organization representatives also make an annual visit to Capitol Hill to meet with members of Congress to advocate for the needs of Americans with intellectual disabilities.

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Bishop Barron slams Carrie Prejean for ‘absurd’ claims on removal from Religious Liberty Commission – #Catholic – Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, on March 20 criticized what he described as “absurd” claims from Carrie Prejean Boller that she was booted from the Presidential Commission on Religious Liberty because of her Catholic beliefs. Boller, an outspoken Catholic and a former Miss California USA contestant, was removed from the commission in February after repeatedly criticizing “Zionism” at a commission hearing on Feb. 9. The hearing focused on combatting antisemitism in the U.S., though Boller during the hearing regularly brought up the subject of Zionism, the movement supporting Jewish self‑determination in a homeland in Israel.“I’m a Catholic, and Catholics do not embrace Zionism, just so you know,” Boller said at one point. Elsewhere she asked witnesses if they were willing to “condemn what Israel has done in Gaza.”In announcing Boller’s removal, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick — the chairman of the commission — argued that “no member of the commission has the right to hijack a hearing for their own personal and political agenda on any issue.” “This is clearly, without question, what happened … in our hearing on antisemitism in America,” he said at the time. ‘Simply preposterous’ discrimination claimsBoller has spoken out publicly about the controversy in the weeks since her removal, alleging that she was booted from the commission because of her Catholic faith. In a March 20 post on X, she suggested that the religious liberty commission “does not truly care about religious liberty” and suggested that she was removed “for faithfully articulating the Church’s teaching.”In that post she suggested that Barron — who himself serves on the commission — was not sufficiently defending the Catholic faith by refusing to speak up about the alleged discrimination. “If my religious freedom is not protected, then no one’s is,” she wrote to Barron. “Please speak up. Please stand up for Catholics.”In a blistering response, Barron bluntly dismissed Boller’s allegations as “absurd.”Tweet“Mrs. Prejean Boller was not dismissed for her religious convictions but rather for her behavior at a gathering of the commission last month: browbeating witnesses, aggressively asserting her point of view, [and] hijacking the meeting for her own political purposes,” the bishop said. Barron noted that he “fully subscribes” to the Catholic position on Zionism, which includes unequivocal opposition to antisemitism along with an acknowledgment that Israel has a right to exist but does not “stand beyond criticism.”  “If Mrs. Prejean Boller were dismissed for holding these beliefs, it is difficult to understand why I am still a member of the commission,” Barron wrote. “To paint herself as a victim of anti-Catholic prejudice or to claim that her religious liberty has been denied is simply preposterous,” he argued. The commission met most recently on March 16 to discuss religious freedom in health care. Barron said during the hearing that Catholics are increasingly being pushed out of health care and social services.“We’ve got to come forward in the public space, articulate what is the human good. I think we’ve become more reticent, and we’ve succumbed to the pressures from the secular ideology,” he said.Alongside Barron, other prominent Catholics on the commission include Ethics and Public Policy Center President Ryan Anderson and Cardinal Timothy Dolan. The commission’s advisory board also features San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone; Springfield, Illinois, Bishop Thomas Paprocki; and Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, Bishop Kevin Rhoades.
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Bishop Barron slams Carrie Prejean for ‘absurd’ claims on removal from Religious Liberty Commission – #Catholic – Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, on March 20 criticized what he described as “absurd” claims from Carrie Prejean Boller that she was booted from the Presidential Commission on Religious Liberty because of her Catholic beliefs. Boller, an outspoken Catholic and a former Miss California USA contestant, was removed from the commission in February after repeatedly criticizing “Zionism” at a commission hearing on Feb. 9. The hearing focused on combatting antisemitism in the U.S., though Boller during the hearing regularly brought up the subject of Zionism, the movement supporting Jewish self‑determination in a homeland in Israel.“I’m a Catholic, and Catholics do not embrace Zionism, just so you know,” Boller said at one point. Elsewhere she asked witnesses if they were willing to “condemn what Israel has done in Gaza.”In announcing Boller’s removal, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick — the chairman of the commission — argued that “no member of the commission has the right to hijack a hearing for their own personal and political agenda on any issue.” “This is clearly, without question, what happened … in our hearing on antisemitism in America,” he said at the time. ‘Simply preposterous’ discrimination claimsBoller has spoken out publicly about the controversy in the weeks since her removal, alleging that she was booted from the commission because of her Catholic faith. In a March 20 post on X, she suggested that the religious liberty commission “does not truly care about religious liberty” and suggested that she was removed “for faithfully articulating the Church’s teaching.”In that post she suggested that Barron — who himself serves on the commission — was not sufficiently defending the Catholic faith by refusing to speak up about the alleged discrimination. “If my religious freedom is not protected, then no one’s is,” she wrote to Barron. “Please speak up. Please stand up for Catholics.”In a blistering response, Barron bluntly dismissed Boller’s allegations as “absurd.”Tweet“Mrs. Prejean Boller was not dismissed for her religious convictions but rather for her behavior at a gathering of the commission last month: browbeating witnesses, aggressively asserting her point of view, [and] hijacking the meeting for her own political purposes,” the bishop said. Barron noted that he “fully subscribes” to the Catholic position on Zionism, which includes unequivocal opposition to antisemitism along with an acknowledgment that Israel has a right to exist but does not “stand beyond criticism.”  “If Mrs. Prejean Boller were dismissed for holding these beliefs, it is difficult to understand why I am still a member of the commission,” Barron wrote. “To paint herself as a victim of anti-Catholic prejudice or to claim that her religious liberty has been denied is simply preposterous,” he argued. The commission met most recently on March 16 to discuss religious freedom in health care. Barron said during the hearing that Catholics are increasingly being pushed out of health care and social services.“We’ve got to come forward in the public space, articulate what is the human good. I think we’ve become more reticent, and we’ve succumbed to the pressures from the secular ideology,” he said.Alongside Barron, other prominent Catholics on the commission include Ethics and Public Policy Center President Ryan Anderson and Cardinal Timothy Dolan. The commission’s advisory board also features San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone; Springfield, Illinois, Bishop Thomas Paprocki; and Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, Bishop Kevin Rhoades.

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Carrie Prejean Boller had been removed from the commission after critics said she “hijacked” a hearing while criticizing “Zionism.”

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Confirmed: In His Final Days, Charlie Kirk Came To Agree With Whatever You Believe #BabylonBee – U.S. — Following an extensive study that involved gathering information from all internet users, influencers, and podcasters, it has been officially confirmed that, in his final moments, Charlie Kirk affirmed whatever you believe.
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Confirmed: In His Final Days, Charlie Kirk Came To Agree With Whatever You Believe #BabylonBee – U.S. — Following an extensive study that involved gathering information from all internet users, influencers, and podcasters, it has been officially confirmed that, in his final moments, Charlie Kirk affirmed whatever you believe.

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U.S. — Following an extensive study that involved gathering information from all internet users, influencers, and podcasters, it has been officially confirmed that, in his final moments, Charlie Kirk affirmed whatever you believe.

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10 Ways To Honor Chuck Norris #BabylonBee – Action hero and martial arts master Chuck Norris has departed from this world to fight supernatural forces in the place beyond space. As we look back upon his life, each of us should honor his memory in the best way we can.
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10 Ways To Honor Chuck Norris #BabylonBee – Action hero and martial arts master Chuck Norris has departed from this world to fight supernatural forces in the place beyond space. As we look back upon his life, each of us should honor his memory in the best way we can.

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Action hero and martial arts master Chuck Norris has departed from this world to fight supernatural forces in the place beyond space. As we look back upon his life, each of us should honor his memory in the best way we can.

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