Catholic Review
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Recipes, World News
While the season of Lent is marked by fasting and abstinence, cooking for a hungry family in this season of prayer and penance “doesn’t mean boring or ‘fish all the time,'” a Catholic chef told OSV News.
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Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News
Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, is spearheading a march and vigil to protest the Trump administration’s plans for mass deportations of immigrants who lack legal authorization to live and work in the U.S. as part of its immigration enforcement strategy.
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Filed Under: Colleges, News, War in Ukraine, World News
Through its trust in God, even amid the horror of war, “Ukraine can give America hope to not be afraid” of living out the call of the Gospel, said Metropolitan Borys A. Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia.
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Filed Under: News, Schools, World News
A national system of Catholic high schools, launched to meet the needs of underserved families, is honoring alumni who have become leaders in an array of industries — and in their communities.
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Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Saints, World News
An annual celebration of St. Patrick’s Day is looking to recenter the observance on Ireland’s patron saint and the spiritual strength that enabled him to live life fully and freely.
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Filed Under: Marriage & Family Life, News, Saints, World News
The faithful are invited to pray for those whose lives are touched by adoption, seeking the intercession of St. Joseph, the foster father of Jesus.
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Filed Under: Feature, Giving, Lent, News, World News
CRS, the official international relief and development agency of the U.S. Catholic community, is marking the 50th anniversary of its Rice Bowl program, which has raised more than $350 million to support domestic and overseas poverty relief efforts.
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Filed Under: Giving, Lent, News, World News
At the start of Catholic Relief Services’ 2025 Rice Bowl initiative — an annual Lenten program blending almsgiving and prayer to provide aid to overseas and domestic aid — OSV News spoke with Rice Bowl founder Monsignor Robert Coll, a retired priest of the Diocese of Allentown, Pa., about the program as it marks its 50th year.
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Filed Under: Bishops, Lent, News, World News
Lent marks a call to live out God’s love by supporting those in desperate need across the globe, said Bishop A. Elias Zaidan, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace.
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Filed Under: News, World News
A Connecticut priest has been placed on administrative leave for allegedly misappropriating parish funds for personal use, with the priest denying the charges and the news prompting protests from a number of stunned faithful.
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Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News
Catholic bishops along both sides of the Texas-Mexico border are affirming their support for the common good amid the U.S. immigration crisis, while calling for reform of the U.S. immigration system.
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Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News
“Unity rooted in truth has the power to stop evil,” said Metropolitan Archbishop Borys A. Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia and head of the nation’s Ukrainian Catholics, following a tense exchange Feb. 28 on live television at the White House among U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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