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Justice Stephen Breyer will retire from the U-S Supreme Court. The 83-year-old associate justice served for 27 years. It is unclear when exactly his retirement will go into effect. He is a member of the liberal wing and has consistently supported abortion throughout his time on the court. President Joe Biden is expected to appoint someone of a similar ideology to the court.
Cardinal Reinhard Marx has offered a personal apology to abuse survivors, in the wake of a report criticizing the handling of cases in his archdiocese of Munich and Freising, in Germany. The report accused Marx of mishandling two cases of abuse. It also accused Pope emeritus Benedict the 16th of mishandling four cases, when he was archbishop of Munich.
The pope will reportedly travel to Malta for two days in April. Francis was initially scheduled to visit Malta in May of 2020, but that visit was postponed. The Vatican has yet to confirm the new trip. An overwhelming majority of Malta’s population are baptized Catholics. Catholicism is the state religion under the Constitution of Malta.
Today the Church honors the foundress of the Ursuline Sisters, Angela Merici.