From the wearing of green in honor of Ireland’s patron to St. Joseph altars laden with bread and gratitude, next week’s festivities remind us of two great saints from whom we can draw inspiration in our words and work today.
This week’s headlines reflect the many ways faith and culture intersect in our world. You can read a selection of OSV News stories below, and find more on osvnews.com and our social media @OSVNews. You can also listen to top headlines each weekday evening in the OSV Newscast.
Megan Marley
Digital Editor
P.S.: Enjoy reading this roundup? Sign up to receive our daily news Bulletin email.
Church must walk with adoptive, foster parents on their journey, says Kentucky priest
As the new spiritual director for Springs of Love, Father Kight hopes to be “someone who can enter in and walk with families on that journey — whether they are adoptive or foster parents, or people who themselves were adopted or in foster care.
ILLINOIS: Cristo Rey schools honor ’40 Under 40′ alumni
KANSAS: Group’s plans for ‘black mass’ at Kansas Statehouse prompts widespread outcry
MARYLAND: Confirmation now set for 9-year-old children in Archdiocese of Baltimore
TEXAS: Texas bishop announces march, vigil protesting Trump mass deportations
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Cardinal McElroy installed as eighth archbishop of Washington
WASHINGTON, D.C.: St. John Paul II hailed as model for Catholics to fight rising scourge of antisemitism
St. Joseph: A patron for us all
St. Joseph was God’s wise and faithful servant — a man who loved, protected and provided for Jesus and the Blessed Mother. And yet we do not know that much about him. Or do we?
Denver Archdiocese unveils 9 year novena for 2033 Jubilee of Redemption
The novena leads up to the extraordinary Jubilee Year 2033, which will mark exactly 2,000 years from when Christians believe the redemption of the world took place with the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
4 in 5 USAID projects now canceled, with State Department overseeing the rest
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said March 10 that just 18% of programs of the now-shuttered U.S. Agency for International Development will remain intact, and those will now fall under his purview at the State Department. Cuts to funding for the government’s now-shuttered humanitarian aid agency in countries all over the globe include funding for efforts by Catholic and other faith-based humanitarian groups, such as Catholic Relief Services.
ABORTION: Pro-life groups praise Justice Department’s move to drop suit against Idaho abortion law
EDUCATION: Education Department cuts could make impact on Catholic education, experts say
GENDER: Supreme Court to review Colorado ‘conversion therapy’ ban for minors
IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION: Catholics decry IVF order, but a global strategy to oppose IVF remains elusive
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: Republican congressman pushes administration to place Nigeria on religious freedom watch list
TAXES: Expanding child tax credits seen as a pro-life, anti-poverty lifeline for families
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE: New stamp honors William F. Buckley Jr., lifelong Catholic and conservative thinker
Lenten food ‘doesn’t mean boring,’ says Catholic chef
While the season of Lent is marked by fasting and abstinence, cooking for a hungry family in this season of prayer and penance “doesn’t mean boring or ‘fish all the time,’” certified executive chef Jim Churches told OSV News.
St. Mary’s Cathedral welcomes record numbers at annual Rite of Election
On March 9, St. Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney hosted the archdiocese’s annual Rite of Election, welcoming a record 384 catechumens and candidates, a 30% increase from last year.
MASSACHUSETTS: With 458 catechumens, Rite of Election a ‘very exciting day’ for Boston Archdiocese
MICHIGAN: 977 candidates, catechumens ready to enter church this Easter in Detroit Archdiocese
Mexican bishops decry ‘cruelest’ expression of violence as cartel extermination camp discovered
The Mexican bishops’ conference condemned the discovery of an extermination camp operated by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, calling it “one of the cruelest expressions of evil and human misery.” The camp, found by a group of people searching for their missing relatives in Teuchitlán, included cremation ovens, bone fragments, and over 200 pairs of shoes.
FRANCE: French bishops publish major study to boost interest in faith, help save churches
ITALY: 500 days after statute of limitations lifted in Rupnik case, priest ‘does his work,’ travels world
NETHERLANDS: Amsterdam unwraps papal ‘birthday gift’: St. Nicholas Basilica is named co-cathedral
SYRIA: Church leaders condemn killings, urge prayers amid horrific Syria violence
El Plato de Arroz, la lucha de CRS contra el hambre que cumple 50 años
Catholic Relief Services (CRS, por sus siglas en inglés), celebra este año el quincuagésimo aniversario de su programa “El Plato de Arroz”, una campaña que combate el hambre no solo en países que sufren inseguridad alimentaria, sino también en los Estados Unidos, ya que, según indica su sitio web, “el 25% de cada donación se queda en tu comunidad para luchar contra el hambre y la pobreza, mientras que el otro 75% apoya la programación de Catholic Relief Services alrededor del mundo”.
Aniversario papal: Durante 12 años ha dicho: ‘No se olviden de rezar por mí’
Jesús da a los fieles la fuerza para luchar contra la tentación, escribe el Papa
Juan Diego Network invita a vivir la Cuaresma de la mano de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
Papal anniversary: For 12 years he’s said, ‘Don’t forget to pray for me’
From his first day as pope, Francis has made requesting prayers a hallmark of his papacy and a standard way to end a letter or speech.
GEMELLI: In the hospital, pope celebrates anniversary of election with cake
JUBILEE: Jesus gives faithful guidance, strength to fight temptation, pope writes
LENTEN RETREAT: Promise of eternal life with God is foundation of hope, preacher says
“Mickey 17” (Warner Bros.)
MOVIE REVIEW: On the run from a brutal loan shark, a hapless misfit manages to join a space mission to a distant planet by agreeing to become an “expendable,” someone who can be repeatedly killed and recreated via advanced 3D printing technology. The OSV News classification is L — limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling.
The post Week in Review | March 14, 2025 first appeared on OSV News.
