Daily News
Morning must-reads

March 21
Africa is home to 20% of all Catholics, poised to pass EU
Namely, of culture of death & ideological colonization
No. of major seminarians fell 11.7% over 12-year period
Org cites 'social/political obstacles, structural challenges'
On effect of religion, prioritizing motherhood, fatherhood
He's a popular, effective, mainstream orthodox Catholic
March 20
Catholic charities won't survive gov't committee proposal
Catholics, including Baton Rogue bishop, aimed to halt it
Says Satanists stole Blessed Sacrament to be used
Funding program will be first of its kind in the U.S.
Former prez of Ireland McAleese pushes culture of death
As giant corp sets sights on land parcel next to college
March 19
Says, 'Sooner or later, the weapons must be used, right?'
Renewed attacks leave over '350 dead, a thousand injured'
Says Church 'has never advocated for wide-open borders'
Report slight improvements in respiratory, motor functions
E.g.: Detroit reports 977 adults; Westminster, England: 500
Given by Biden; to cathedral, to be exhibited in museum
March 18
Police visit, check cellphones, demand weekly reports
Civilians protest ethnic militias & forced recruitment
Further destabilizing already volatile East Africa region
Used by sisters, religious orders to secure residence
Which is 'essential resource' for Church in Holy Land
Abp. laments 'how far culture can drift from reality'
March 17
More diocesan, national, continental meetups in '27-'28
He's seated before chapel altar after concelebrating Mass
'Full of hope' of resolving 1,000 years' worth of problems
Children are widely seen as 'obstacle to women’s lives'
After 'conciliatory tone' of recent Cdl. Roche interview
Due to exposure in Hallow app’s Lent Pray40 Challenge
March 14
Says over 12 years he's expressed himself 'in fullness'
Boise bishop decries offense against human dignity
Diocese remained hands-off after $66M embezzlement
And 15 more, post-COVID, offer some level of protection
Key vote advances his nomination to full U.S. Senate
No British royal appeared at any church on Ash Wednesday
March 13
Francis spends 12th anniv. of his papal election in hosp.
Judge sends refugee-program lawsuit to fed. claims court
Will seek alternatives to use of aborted fetal cells in jabs
Diocese lacks neither money nor priests, but people
Feminism spawned fertility crisis worse than WWII, plague
To protect religious minorities, watch border with Israel
March 12
Calls for new multilateralism, bypassing now hollow UN
Who mark International Women’s Day by wreaking havoc
Urban and rural parishes report remarkable influx
Demand to know why Planned Parenthood got $120M
Written by Sister Hannah Klaus, MD, with the NCBC
Past tensions, divisions give way to 'ecumenical air'
March 11
Docs lift guarded prognosis, voice more positive view
Few Christians were caught up in gov't-rebel violence
Will harm Christians persecuted via false accusations
As political figures discuss drafting new constitution
Counselor: Ban constitutes viewpoint discrimination
120 has evolved to be min., not max., of eligible voters
March 10
Hundreds of Alawites and Christians killed by jihadists
Docs: Condition is 'stable within a complex framework'
Bishops in Central Africa urge regional leaders to act
$1.9M program in S. Sudan; $5M program in Colombia
Of complicity in 2014 kidnapping of businesswoman
Rules it lacks standing to challenge pro-abort state law
March 7
$867B proposed, but no diplomatic efforts for peace
With weak & hoarse voice, while noticeably out of breath
Gov't proposal would affect Christian students, schools
After laicization of founder, brief attempt at reform
Says her many writings are not 'of supernatural origin'
World's largest supplier of birth control, pop-con schemes
March 6
Enforcement on hold until legal challenges settled
Continues some work activities alongside treatment
Policy's expiration affects entering, gaining residency
To reduce disaffiliation & involve family in formation
Incl. tens of millions to CRS, Jesuit Relief Services, Caritas
Most days he celebrates the Novus Ordo Mass in Latin
March 5
After Gaza ceasefire, IDF turned to operations there
Cardinal presides over liturgy at Basilica of Santa Sabina
Nine votes short of 60 needed; House already passed it
To ease pressure on NHS & avoid 'hugely complex task'
'Untouchables' claim active discrimination within Church
Bulk of the funding, 48 grants worth $377M, discontinued
March 4
After setback & treatment, prognosis 'remains reserved'
Nuns still there but recently evicted by Cdl. de Donatis
Archdiocesan spokesman: Robin Hood claim is 'absurd'
USCCB president prays U.S. presses for 'a just peace'
After three years and $216M spent, none were found
Jesuit Boston College gets 'F' from Students for Life