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(See the readings for the Fourth Sunday of Lent) The cave was black. We were surrounded by darkness with no light anywhere. It was dangerous. We easily could have walked into a wall or hit our head on overhanging rock. Slowly we walked, hands raised before us trying to find any obstacle. Steps were taken ... read more

An early donor to the political career of Vice President JD Vance, Peter Thiel is also deeply interested in the apocalyptic concept of the Antichrist and has written and lectured on it before. ... read more

Credit: Courtesy of Regnum Christi Spain Priestly ordinations of Regnum Christi in Spain. Having deported four bishops for their criticism of the regime, the Nicaraguan dictator seeks to punish them further by not allowing any ordinations in their dioceses. ... read more

Pope Leo XIV has named Bishop Khalid Rehmat of Quetta as the new archbishop of Lahore while transferring Archbishop Sebastian Shaw to lead the Quetta Apostolic Vicariate. Archbishop Sebastian Francis Shaw, OFM, was named vicar apostolic of Quetta by Pope Leo XIV on March 10, 2026. | Credit: Photo courtesy ... read more

LAHORE, Pakistan — Catholics in Pakistan have reacted with mixed emotions after Pope Leo XIV reshuffled two senior Church leaders, appointing Sebastian Francis Shaw to lead the Quetta Apostolic Vicariate more than a year after he was removed as archbishop of Lahore amid controversy.The Holy See Press Office announced March 10 that Bishop Khalid Rehmat, ... read more

Emily Chaffins Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski speaks during a press conference in Miami on Oct. 9, 2025. Ending temporary protected status would be 'sending people into a burning building,' he said. 'Haiti is a country that is in free fall.' ... read more

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife and co-president, Rosario Murillo, have banned the ordination of priests and deacons in four dioceses in Nicaragua whose bishops remain in exile. The measure exacerbates a pastoral crisis already marked by years of religious persecution, although vocations continue.The four dioceses without a bishop present in the country are ... read more

Having deported four bishops for their criticism of the regime, the Nicaraguan dictator seeks to punish them further by not allowing any ordinations in their dioceses. [...] ... read more

Hong Kong – “Be bearers of hope”: this is the exhortation that Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-yan, Bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong, addressed to the catechumens during the rite of scrutiny, in which the future baptized received the anointing, a symbol of purification and part of the beginning of the journey towards salvation that ... read more

Ending temporary protected status would be “sending people into a burning building,” he said. “Haiti is a country that is in free fall.” [...] ... read more

Ending temporary residency protections for Haitians would be “sending people into a burning building,” Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami said.This week the Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to strip legal protections from Haitians living in the United States with temporary protected status (TPS).TPS provides hundreds of thousands of eligible Haitians in the U.S. ... read more

Yangon – A special day of penance, prayer, and fasting, to invoke the gift of peace not only in their homeland, but also in the Middle East, once again in flames following the Israeli-American attack on Iran. The is the call made by the Catholic bishops of Myanmar for March 26, just days before the ... read more

Gerry Englebert is seen during Adoration, one of the original St. Bonaventure parishioners, who was in the group who started the 24-hour perpetual Adoration program in 1961. Englebert has passed away but this photo from 2021 was taken during the 60th anniversary of the program. John Angerer has been adoring Christ since his parish ... read more

Juba – "Stop the military operation in Jonglei State," call the leaders of Christian churches that are part of the South Sudan Council of Churches . In a statement, Cardinal Ameyu Martin Mulla, Archbishop of Juba, called on behalf of all SSCC members to stop "the ongoing military operation in Jonglei, especially the recent orders ... read more

Kuwait City – A few days before the end of Ramadan, scheduled for the evening of March 19, Kuwait's Ministry of the Interior announced that it has decided to ban public gatherings, theatrical performances, concerts, and weddings during the Eid al-Fitr period until further notice, as a precautionary measure aimed at limiting large gatherings and ... read more