ICE ‘mega centers’ for mass detention ‘challenge the conscience,’ says USCCB bishop
“The thought of holding thousands of families in massive warehouses should challenge the conscience of every American. Whatever their immigration status, these are human beings created in the image and likeness of God, and this is a moral inflection point for our country.”
Cardinal Dolan: Vance ‘apologized’ for ‘out of line’ comments about US bishops and immigration
“When he (Vance) suggested that bishops in the United States were pro-immigrant because we were making money which was not only untrue, it was scurrilous—and he apologized,” said Cardinal Dolan. “He says, ‘That was out of line and that’s not true.’”
The feeling that I’m failing at Lent
A Reflection for Saturday after Ash Wednesday, by John Consolie
In ‘Is This Thing On?’ Will Arnett finds himself through stand-up comedy
If you have ever performed stand-up comedy, you know it sends your senses into overdrive. Yet for many, once they have stepped up to the mic for the first time, they can’t stop stepping up. There is something intoxicating about the feeling of performing on a claustrophobic stage—even if the audience doesn’t laugh at every joke. Stand-up can be a way to get the various stresses and anxieties off your chest, almost like a free group therapy appointment.
How a family’s tragicomic story comes to life in ‘Sentimental Value’
“Sentimental Value” finds its greatest power in what its characters can’t, or won’t, say.
Pope Leo’s first Lent begins
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Senior Vatican Correspondent Gerard O’Connell and Contributing Editor Ricardo da Silva, S.J., discuss the Vatican’s decision not to join President Trump’s Board of Peace, Pope Leo’s Lenten message, and the pope’s plans for the first Lent since his election last May.
Catholic leaders enter Chicago-area ICE facility on Ash Wednesday after months of denied access
“It was a very good beginning,” Father Fossá said. “There was no tension. We felt welcomed. So if this continues, I think we could establish a ministry that will be very beneficial to the families.”
Why did the Vatican decline to join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza?
Declining to join the Board of Peace, Vatican officials might point out that true peace can only be achieved through justice and reconciliation, avoiding the peace of the graveyard. How else to describe Gaza these days?
Supreme Court strikes down Trump tariffs, but relief for poorer Americans uncertain
Tyler Schipper, an associate professor of economics at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, called the ruling a good check on the president’s use of tariff power.
Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia reaches its maximum height after more than a century
Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia church has reached its maximum height with the placement of a cross on its central Tower of Jesus Christ.
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