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Pope Leo XIV: God ‘Cannot Be Enlisted by Darkness’

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From Doo-Wop to Doctrine: Rock Legend Dion’s Musical Friendship With Mike Aquilina

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Pope Urges Ceasefire in Middle East

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Pope Leo implores: 'Cease fire!' (CWN)

At the conclusion of his midday Angelus today, Pope Leo XIV call for a ceasefire in the Iran war and in the war in Lebanon.

Mar. 15 Fourth Sunday of Lent, Sunday

From the Gospel of the Fourth Sunday of Lent, Year A: As Jesus passed by he saw a man blind from birth. He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva, and smeared the clay on his eyes, and said to him, "Go wash in the Pool of Siloam" -- which means Sent --. So he went and washed, and came back able to see. (John 9:1, 6-7)

Cook Your Way Through Lent, Easter and Beyond

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New Biblical Series Depicts Book of Genesis Through Eyes of Its Best-Known Women

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Step By Step Toward Christ: Pittsburgh’s Holy Stairs

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Focolare Movement reelects leader (CWN)

The Focolare Movement‘s general assembly reelected Margaret Karram, its leader since 2021, to a second five-year term as president.

Polish priests leave Belarus in 'very painful' forced departure (Forum 18)

Two Polish priests who have ministered in Belarus for over a decade have left the country after the government refused to permit their continued ministry in the nation.

Bishop Antoni Dziemianko of Pinsk described the “forced departure” of Fathers Paweł Kruczek and Adam Straczyński as “very painful.”

Belarus, an Eastern European nation of 9.5 million (map), is 82% Christian (63% Orthodox, 17% Catholic). An autocratic president, Alexander Lukashenko, has led the nation since 1994.