Lent is a time of renewal for the whole Church, for each community and every believer.” — Pope Francis As the Lenten season begins on Ash Wednesday, March 5, my heart and mind will return to a 1999 fellowship in Israel and Jordan when the Lenten and Holy Week scriptures gained multi-sensory elements with

At the beginning of the war between Hamas and Israel, the parish complex was converted into an improvised shelter where 500 people now live.

With a push from President Donald Trump, House Republicans have sent a GOP budget blueprint to passage, a step toward delivering Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” Also: The latest on Pope Francis, a Hamas-Israel deal and a planetary parade.

Monday marks three years since Russia invaded Ukraine as tensions swirl around peace talks. Israel pauses hostage and prisoner transfers, saying Hamas is making a spectacle out them. Pope Francis remains in critical condition.