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Speakers at 2026 Catholic graduations to include Ron DeSantis, Cardinal Dolan
4+ hour, 54+ min ago (1452+ words) March 19, 2026 Madalaine Elhabbal News Briefs 0 Print Multiple Catholic leaders are slated to be commencement speakers at Newman Guide Schools in 2026. Prominent U.S. Catholic leaders will headline commencement ceremonies at multiple Newman Guide-listed schools this spring, offering words of wisdom and faith…...
Vienna’s archbishop: ‘What comes from the Holy Spirit, canon law cannot stop’
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (1297+ words) March 18, 2026 CNA Deutsch News Briefs 0 Print Vienna's new archbishop preached at Austria's bishops' conference plenary, calling for change on women's roles and saying canon law cannot hold back the Holy Spirit. Gr'nwidl delivered the sermon on March 11 at the Austrian…...
Bishops of global south urge abandonment of fossil fuels; some Catholic economists warn against it
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (1408+ words) March 18, 2026 Amira Abuzeid News Briefs 0 Print The bishops called for an end to fossil fuel use. But some Catholic economists say it is necessary to bring developing nations out of poverty. Catholic bishops from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the…...
Immigration enforcement harms children, drives family separation, speakers at Democratic forum say
22+ hour, 54+ min ago (622+ words) March 18, 2026 Madalaine Elhabbal News Briefs 0 Print More than 3,800 children, including 20 infants, were detained by U.S. immigration authorities from January to October 2025, according to data shared by the Immigrants" Rights Clinic. A forum hosted by Senate Democrats spotlighted trauma experienced by children…...
Catholics in Kuwait find refuge in prayer in time of war
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (825+ words) March 18, 2026 Georgena Habbaba News Briefs 0 Print Christians in many Gulf countries are turning to prayer and the sacraments to sustain themselves amid the anxiety and uncertainty the war brings. The outbreak of the latest confrontations in the Middle East'has presented…...
Three great Lenten themes
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (219+ words) March 18, 2026 George Weigel The Dispatch 0 Print The first of these might be called the'annual catechumenate. Lent thus reminds us that salvation history does not consist in humanity's search for God, but in God's entrance into history so that humanity may…...
‘Catholic Connections’ aims to unite Catholics working on Capitol Hill
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (1159+ words) By'Madalaine Elhabbal for EWTN News March 17, 2026 Madalaine Elhabbal News Briefs 0 Print Catholics on Capitol Hill are beginning to build a tight-knit community amid their busy schedules. House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minnesota, wants Catholics on the Hill to be able…...
‘They want to evict us’: Why Indigenous Catholics fight forest project in Bangladesh
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (906+ words) March 17, 2026 Stephan Uttom Rozario News Briefs 0 Print Catholic Indigenous leaders in Bangladesh say they will escalate protests if the government does not halt a forest development project they call a pretext for eviction. MADHUPUR, Bangladesh " Indigenous Catholic and tribal leaders…...
Bishop Mark Seitz issues first pastoral letter on mass detention, deportations
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (948+ words) March 17, 2026 Tessa Gervasini News Briefs 0 Print The bishop of El Paso, Texas, called on immigration enforcement officers to follow the Gospel rather than "immoral order." Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso, Texas, released the first pastoral letter on mass detention…...
On Saint Patrick’s challenge to Catholics today
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (738+ words) What has happened in Ireland and Western Europe in general is a cautionary tale for the United States. March 17, 2026 Peter M.J. Stravinskas The Dispatch 0 Print Editor's note: The following homily was preached on the Solemnity of St. Patrick, March 17, 2026, at the…...