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US presidency of G20 an opportunity to advance human rights, advocates say

by Kate Scanlon

The U.S. presidency of the Group of 20, a forum for cooperation among the world’s largest economies, is an opportunity to advance human rights, advocates said at a …

San Antonio archbishop: Profit, politics play roles in inhumane migrant treatment
With Noem out, Catholic immigration advocates call for change in administration immigration policy
Lebanon’s Eastern Catholic patriarchs, bishops call for ‘spiral of violence’ to end
Pope Leo XIV prays for leaders to ‘abandon projects of death’ in peace prayer video
Sudanese bishops express distress at the massacre of 178 people in northern South Sudan

U.S. Church

Beloved Notre Dame coaching legend Lou Holtz remembered for ‘building men, not just players’

by Eric Peat | Today's Catholic

Forever etched in Fighting Irish lore for leading Notre Dame to the 1988 National Championship, Lou Holtz leaves behind not just a decorated football resume but a legacy of shaping young men and inspiring people to live virtuously.

Religious freedom watchdog annual report spotlights ‘terrifying crisis of religious violence’ in Nigeria

Rhode Island AG releases report on clerical abuse in Diocese of Providence

9 ‘perpetual pilgrims’ to travel patriotic East Coast route in 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage

Colorado diocesan-sponsored clergy peer support, resiliency program believed to be first in nation

Supreme Court temporarily blocks California policy against parental notification of gender identity

Honolulu Diocese expands footprint in city’s downtown with purchase of historic building

World

Iran’s exiled Christians watch events unfolding across Middle East with hope and fear

by Jonathan Luxmoore

As conflict flares across the Middle East following U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran, Iran’s exiled Christians remain deeply anxious about the future.

Drone strike on Iraqi Catholic church complex reopens old wounds
Catholic sisters to host livestream prayer for peace as violence continues in Iran, Middle East
Bishops of the Americas meet to address migration, poverty and other shared challenges
Cardinal Parolin questions whether missiles, bombs are solution to Iranian people’s aspirations
Prayer, unity essential as conflict spreads to Gulf States, says apostolic vicar of region

Amid U.S. and Israel-Iran war, Palestinian sisters find refuge in prayer at Jerusalem hospital

Young Catholics want doctrinal clarity, not adaptability, Irish bishop says

Lebanese archbishop: Innocents are ‘paying the price’ of Middle East war

Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with authors of book on Latin Mass in US

by Courtney Mares

Opinion

5 saintly role models we need to help us overcome today’s problems

by Michael R. Heinlein

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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