Archive for March 15, 2025

An Easter Vigil procession at St. Dominic Parish in San Francisco.?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

Five years later: How some parishes are thriving after weathering COVID lockdowns

Five years ago this week, public health orders issued amid the uncertainty of the novel coronavirus turned Mass schedules across... Read more

Bishop Evelio Menjivar speaks with “EWTN News in Depth” on Friday, March 14, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Tessa Gervasini

Salvadoran-born Bishop Evelio Menjivar: Migrants ‘make the United States a great nation’

In an interview with EWTN’s “News in Depth,” Bishop Evelio Menjivar shared his conviction that immigrants “make the United States... Read more

Carolyn Woo, the former president and CEO of Catholic Relief Services, speaks with “EWTN News in Depth” on Friday, March 14, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Former Catholic Relief Services head speaks out amid funding freeze

Carolyn Woo’s statements come after the U.S. bishops issued a “very urgent” appeal earlier this week for Catholics to contribute... Read more

Hallow’s Lent Pray40 Challenge: “The Way.”?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

St. Josemaría Escrivá’s ‘The Way’ tops Amazon charts thanks to Hallow’s Lent challenge

The book consists of 999 points that aim to help the faithful pray and encourage them to love God, live... Read more

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks about a toll highway relief program during a press conference held at the Greater Miami Expressway Agency on April 1, 2024, in Miami.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Florida bishops urge DeSantis to commute death sentence of convicted killer Edward James

Edward James pleaded guilty in 1995 to the killings of Betty Dick and her 8-year-old granddaughter Toni Neuner in Casselberry,... Read more

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople during an audience at the Patriarchal headquarters in Istanbul with the German Association of the Holy Land, March 12, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By AC Wimmer

Patriarch Bartholomew says 1054 church division ‘not insurmountable’ as Nicaea anniversary nears

While Pope Francis previously announced plans to travel to Turkey, one possible obstacle to a universal agreement could be tensions... Read more

Pope Francis addresses bishops gathered in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican for the Synod on Synodality closing Mass on Oct. 27, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By AC Wimmer

Vatican announces plans for 2028 Church postsynodal assembly

Pope Francis has approved a three-year synodal process ending with a postsynodal ecclesial assembly in 2028, which will foster dialogue,... Read more

U.S. Supreme Court.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

U.S. bishops back Oklahoma Catholic charter school at Supreme Court

St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School has been battling since 2023 to receive official status as a charter school... Read more