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Read more: The historic pontificate of Pope Leo XIV

ICE ‘mega centers’ for mass detention ‘challenge the conscience,’ says USCCB bishop

by Gina Christian

(OSV News) — A Texas bishop and head of the U.S. Catholic bishops’ migration committee is sounding the alarm over the Trump administration’s plans to acquire massive warehouses …

Washington Roundup: Board of Peace holds inaugural meeting; DHS funding stalemate continues
Church channels international aid to Cubans, but assistance falls short
Unmarked graves on land once owned by Catholic slaveholders trigger search for descendants
Clerical sexual abuse survivor urges Church action after Italian court upholds conviction
Slavery display removal by feds ‘robs us’ of history, racial healing, say Black Catholic leaders

U.S. Church

The Olympics and why the Catholic Church cares about sports

by Maria Wiering

(OSV News) — In February 1905, nine years after the first modern Olympic games were held in Athens, their founder Pierre de Coubertin met at the Vatican with a big sports fan: St. Pius X. Coubertin was seeking moral …

3 young sisters launch ‘Grace Keys’ musical ministry with Lenten program

New Orleans Catholic leader, longtime Xavier president dies at 94

Key pro-life group warns lack of action on Hyde, mifepristone may ‘demotivate’ Republican voters

Pastoral care is finally allowed inside Chicago-area ICE facility — on Ash Wednesday

Experts dispute White House claims mass deportations improve Americans’ lives

Diocese of Camden reaches ‘long overdue’ $180 million abuse settlement

World

English student remembered for joyful faith amid cancer inspires hopes for sainthood

by Junno Arocho Esteves

Pedro’s father described his son as “a very normal guy” whose holiness came not from extraordinary talents, but from allowing God to guide his life.

As France holds day of prayer for people at the end of life, world’s euthanasia numbers soar
Young man doing community service shot dead while painting chapel in Puebla, Mexico
As drought strikes hard, Church leaders in Eastern Africa call for Lenten prayers
Ash Wednesday boom gives hope to French Catholics they’re witnessing rebirth of faith
Bangladesh’s bishops urge protection of minority rights amid joy over moderates’ election win

Commission issues ‘painful’ abuse report on Polish diocese, a first in the crisis-hit nation

US-led Board of Peace a ‘colonialist operation,’ Cardinal Pizzaballa says

Latin Mass supporters say SSPX controversy has ‘thrown a hand grenade’ into TLM debate

Vatican

Pope to Legionaries of Christ: Authority in religious life is not ‘domination’

by Junno Arocho Esteves

Opinion

Caring for creation this Lent

by Archbishop Mitchell T. Rozanski

A return to the basics

by Father Joshua J. Whitfield

Why doesn’t the Church require more demanding fasting for Lent?

by Jenna Marie Cooper

Reviews

Wuthering Heights

by Joseph McAleer
Hamnet
Movie Review: Sinners
‘Offer It Up’ explores finding grace in the pain of chronic illness
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