India’s top court to hear appeal to end Dalit oppression in parish March 6, 2025By Bijay Kumar Minj OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News In what is billed as a first in history, India’s Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal seeking to end discrimination against socially poor Dalit Catholics in a parish in southern India.
Cardinal McElroy urges Washington Archdiocese faithful to ‘give whole hearts to God’ during Lent March 6, 2025By Richard Szczepanowski OSV News Filed Under: Lent, News, World News Less than a week before he will be officially installed as the eighth archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy celebrated Ash Wednesday Mass March 5 at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington.
Catholic immigration advocates seek to counter false narratives about their work March 6, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Participants in the event, “Understanding Migration from a Catholic Perspective” held at The Catholic University of America, examined current and historical narratives around U.S. immigration, seeking new ways to dialogue with those skeptical about the church’s work in this area, including some Trump administration officials.
Help protect creation from greed, exploitation, pope says in message March 6, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis asked Christians to help protect nature from human greed and exploitation during the Holy Year.
Pope marks Ash Wednesday in hospital, receiving ashes, Eucharist March 5, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis marked Ash Wednesday on his 20th day in Rome’s Gemelli hospital by taking part in the rite of the blessing of the ashes and receiving them in a short prayer service, the Vatican said.
Bishop Zaidan: Lent a call to support poor, vulnerable as ‘neighbors without borders March 5, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News 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.
Archbishop: Pope is grateful for prayers, bears witness to God’s loving presence March 5, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has expressed his gratitude for the outpouring of prayers from all over the world, said Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, who has visited the pope twice in the hospital.
Supreme Court rejects Trump administration’s request to freeze foreign aid payments March 5, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News The Supreme Court on March 5 rejected the Trump administration’s request to freeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid payments, directing the White House to abide by a lower court order. Catholic nongovernmental organizations are among those impacted by the freeze.
Pope text: Ash Wednesday teaches human fragility, Gospel hope March 5, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News The journey of Lent “unfolds amid the remembrance of our fragility and the hope that, at the end of the road, the Risen Lord is waiting for us,” Pope Francis wrote in his homily for Ash Wednesday.
Lenten campaign focuses on persecuted Christians; priest’s murder makes message more urgent March 5, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Religious Freedom, World News Aid to the Church in Need’s call to the faithful to reflect this Lenten season on the persecution of Christians has taken on more urgency with the news that a Nigerian priest was found murdered on Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent.
Mary’s search for Jesus reflects every Christian’s journey, pope says March 5, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Despite her distress at losing the 12-year-old Jesus, Mary’s search for her son is a model of every Christian’s journey to deepen their relationship with Christ, Pope Francis said in a prepared message.
The suffering Holy Father gathers us around Mary when we’re helpless, cardinal says March 5, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Polish prelate, who heads the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Service of Charity, is the pope’s point man for distributing alms to the poor and needy — those that Francis put at the center of his papacy. Cardinal Krajewski led the rosary March 2.
