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What You Give Can Change the World

What You Give Can Change the World >>>

How CRS Uses Alms

How CRS Uses Alms >>>

A Story of Hope From Timor-Leste

A Story of Hope From Timor-Leste >>>

Recipe from Timor-Leste: Batar Da'an Squash, Bean and Corn Stew

Recipe from Timor-Leste: Batar Da’an Squash, Bean and Corn Stew >>>

For Lent, read the Gospel, fast from gossip, Pope Francis says at Angelus

“For Lent this year, I will not speak ill of others, I will not gossip and all of us can do this, everyone. This is a wonderful kind of fasting,” the pope said Feb. 28 after praying the Sunday Angelus. >>>

Virtual congress offerings still valuable, say those attending

Like the national March for Life, bigness as well as personal interactions are a huge part of the annual Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, the largest single Catholic gathering in the United States. >>>

Biden reverses policy barring green-card applicants from entering U.S.

President Joe Biden announced Feb. 24 a reversal of a 2020 proclamation by the Trump administration that sought to keep those applying for permanent residency cards, popularly known as green cards, out of the country because of the pandemic. >>>

Cardinal's Lenten meditation at Vatican: Conversion is call to renew, rekindle faith

Conversion means believing that God became flesh to make all things new and offer his kingdom to everyone, said Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, offering the first meditation of Lent for leaders of the Roman Curia and Vatican employees.
Pope Francis was not present for the meditation Feb. 26 in the Vatican’s Paul VI audience hall. >>>

Archbishop: 'Justice system is working' in toppled statue case

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco said the “justice system is working” in his statement following the arraignment of five people on charges of felony vandalism for toppling a St. Junipero Serra statue outside a Catholic church Oct. 12, 2020. This matter “will soon rest in the hands of a judge or jury,” the archbishop said. >>>