Fr. Giulio Cesareo, director of the Communications Office of the Sacred Convent of Assisi, speaks to Vatican News about the significance of exposing the relics of St. Francis of Assisi and the message he still bears for today’s world.

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Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, beginning a season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving in the Catholic Church.

The John Paul II Foundation for the Sahel holds a review in Senegal after Pope Leo XIV approved its new Statute, with Sr. Alessandra Smerilli praising the Foundation’s projects as “bearers of hope” for local communities.

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This Lent, the Council of European Bishops' Conferences (CCEE) is again organizing Masses in European Churches to implore peace and to remember war victims as part of its 'Eucharistic Chain' initiative.

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Cardinal Pietro Parolin visits the new dialysis unit at the Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital and speaks at a conference titled "The Culture of Giving", affirming that every contribution becomes “providence passing through human hands.”

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The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Thailand holds its annual retreat for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, expressing the Church's desire to make the Gospel accessible to all people.

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Since 2020, Christians from Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant communities in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk have joined forces to organize daily meals for the homeless. For all members of this ecumenical team, including the Sisters of Mercy of St. Charles Borromeo, their motto has become: “Mercy is not about pity, but about help.”

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Catholic U.S. House Democrats cited Church teaching in defense of the dignity of migrants as Trump administration officials defend immigration enforcement.

Marco Rubio’s speech elicited a standing ovation and widespread accolades, including from the bishop of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota.

Pope Leo XIV has eliminated the Pontifical Committee for World Children’s Day, transferring the committee’s functions to the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family, and Life.