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Catholic News Roundup: March 8, 2025

March 8, 2025

This week’s top stories:

1. RALLY AGAINST KANSAS CAPITOL BLACK MASS

Bishops explore ‘spiritual & legal response’

2. TRUMP’S CATHOLIC ASH WED MESSAGE

‘Sacred reminder of our mortality’

3. NIGERIAN PRIEST MURDERED

Body found on Ash Wednesday

4. PEACE FOR UKRAINE & RUSSIA?

Negotiations loom in Saudi Arabia

5. SYRIA: ISLAMISTS TORTURE, KILL CHRISTIANS

Media blasted over silence

6. CANADA ENDS ‘MASS GRAVES’ INQUIRY

Not a single body found

7. MASS GRAVES HOAX IN IRELAND

All babies in Tuam accounted for

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The name Stella Maris has its roots in a 5th-century translation by St. Jerome of the Hebrew name for Mary, Miryam. Originally written as Stilla Maris, it meant "Drop of the Sea." Through what likely stemmed from a transcription error, this evolved into Stella Maris, which means "Star of the Sea."

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