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Read more: The historic pontificate of Pope Leo XIV

From Algeria to Angola, Africans hope message of peace, dialogue will resonate during papal trip

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Algeria is a country with a small Christian community, but one that is “joyful in living fraternally with all the people of this country.”

Grassroots Dorothea Project urges Catholic women to speak against immigration-related injustice
Congress expected to consider war powers resolution after US, Israel strikes on Iran
Bishops, Christian leaders call for peace, urge diplomacy as Middle East conflict escalates
In times of conflict, pray this prayer to St. Francis by Pope Leo
In the face of the mystery of evil, Christians must be signs of hope, pope says

U.S. Church

USCCB president: Prayer, diplomacy needed in Middle East to avert ‘tragedy of immense proportions’

by Gina Christian

The leader of the U.S. Catholic bishops echoed Pope Leo XIV’s call for deescalation and dialogue in the Middle East March 1.

UPDATE: Sorrow, shock, prayer for Catholics in Middle East as US and Israel strike Iran; region now at war

Students pledge to uphold Notre Dame pro-life ethos as march turns from protest to thanksgiving

Church leaders call for healing, reconciliation at Mass of solidarity with migrants in Minneapolis

US bishops among supporters of lawsuit against Trump birthright citizenship executive order

Augustinian shares how Pope Leo fought evil in Peru as new bust unveiled in Chicago

Minnesota Jesuit priest, clergy of other faiths sue DHS over denied entry to ICE facility

World

Catholic clergy call for prayer, peace after US-Israel attacks on Iran, retaliatory strikes

by Gina Christian

Catholic clergy are calling for prayer and peace following U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran Feb. 28 that killed Iran’s supreme leader and prompted counterattacks.

Bill to allow assisted dying in UK expected to fail in Parliament, but local measures advance
Inviting pilgrims back is more than business, it’s family history, Holy Land shop owners say
Pope Leo’s visit to Spain could spark a much-needed ‘spiritual revival’
Our Lady of Guadalupe is the model of ‘perfect inculturation,’ Pope Leo says
Sydney Archdiocese welcomes record numbers at Rite of Election

Spanish bishops clarify Pope Leo XIV’s remarks following media reports

Pope Leo XIV says he considered a vocation with the Salesians as a boy

German bishops’ conference elects proponent of controversial Synodal Way as president

Vatican

Pope warns of ‘irreparable abyss,’ if diplomacy doesn’t take over violence in Iran, Middle East

by Paulina Guzik

Opinion

A new heart this Lent

by Jaymie Stuart Wolfe

The ‘winter flower’ and her shower of Olympic blessings

by Lauretta Brown

Of mountaintops and Lent

by Deacon Greg Kandra

Reviews

Historical novel pitches Christian compassion against ideologies of hatred

by Madelyn Reichert
Crime 101
Meditating on Christ’s passion with St. Thomas More
Hamnet
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