Catholic News Headlines for Tuesday 5/27/2025

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In the Diocese of Brooklyn a Queens deacon is preparing for ordination to the priesthood, but it’s not his first time learning something new: before entering the seminary, he was studying to be a mechanic.

Brooklyn Bishop Robert Brennan honored those who made the ultimate sacrifice for the U.S. with a special Memorial Day Mass.

Pope Leo XIV has formally taken his seat as the Bishop of Rome, marking the moment with his first Mass at the Basilica of St. John Lateran.