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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

Thousands of people gathered March 11 in the border town of Qlayaa in southern Lebanon to bid farewell to Father Pierre al-Rahi, a Maronite priest who died after being wounded in an Israeli attack during the recent offensive in the region.The funeral was held at St. George’s Church and drew crowds of local families, displaced ... read more

Amid a new Israeli military incursion into southern Lebanon, a local parish priest embodied Christ in the way he lived and died. [...] ... read more

Vatican City - On February 6, 2026, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization confirmed Rev. Fr. Jeremiah Joseph Browne, of the diocesan clergy of Port Elizabeth, as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in South Africa for the five-year period 2025-2030 . ... read more

The Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land announced that it was suspending its scheduled meeting in Nazareth because of the Iran war. “To a greater or lesser extent, all communities are suffering from the consequences of the war ravaging the region,” the prelates said in their statement, dated March 10 and released ... read more

The Cuban government announced last night that it is releasing 51 prisoners as a goodwill gesture to the Vatican. “In the spirit of good will and the close and fluid relations between the Cuban State and the Vatican, with which communication has historically been maintained regarding the review and release of prisoners, the Cuban ... read more

The chairman of the US bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace expressed “profound ecclesial solidarity” with the Church in South Sudan following the March 2 massacre of civilians in Jonglei state. “Our committee has long voiced urgent concern over the mass destruction and loss of life caused by civil conflict in South ... read more

The monks of La Trappe Abbey announced that they may abandon their abbey because of declining vocations. The Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, also known as the Trappists, was founded at La Trappe in 1664 by Abbot Armand Jean le Bouthillier de Rancé. ... read more

The Healed Blind Man Tells His Story to the Jews, James Tissot. Sunday, March 15, is the Fourth Sunday of Lent. Mass readings: 1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Psalm 23: 1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41 or John 9:1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38. ... read more

Former Vatican auditor general Libero Milone speaks with EWTN News correspondent Colm Flynn in an exclusive interview. | Credit: EWTN News Former Vatican auditor general Libero Milone revealed details about the work he oversaw with the Vatican finances with the late Cardinal George Pell, including financial irregularities and unaccounted-for sums of money. ... read more