Saint Josemaría Escrivá’s ‘The Way’ tops Amazon charts thanks to Hallow’s Lent challenge — By: Catholic News Agency

Hallow’s Lent Pray40 Challenge: “The Way.” / Credit: Hallow Denver Newsroom, Mar 15, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). This Lent, sales of “The Way” by Saint Josemaría Escrivá have skyrocketed thanks to Hallow’s Lent Pray40 Challenge, with listeners diving deeper into the writings of the Spanish-born saint in his most well-known book. “The Way” reached…

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Salvadoran-born Bishop Evelio Menjivar: Migrants ‘make the United States a great nation’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Bishop Evelio Menjivar speaks with “EWTN News in Depth” on Friday, March 14, 2025. / Credit: “EWTN News in Depth” Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 15, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Evelio Menjivar came to the United States as an undocumented immigrant in 1990. Today he serves as an auxiliary bishop of Washington, D.C., and is the first Salvadoran…

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Five years later: How some parishes are thriving after weathering COVID lockdowns — By: Catholic News Agency

An Easter Vigil procession at St. Dominic Parish in San Francisco. / Credit: St. Dominic Parish/Lorelei Low CNA Staff, Mar 15, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Five years ago this week, public health orders issued amid the uncertainty of the novel coronavirus turned Mass schedules across the country and the world upside down.  In those…

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Death camp in Mexico: Church denounces ‘cruelty and human wretchedness’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Entrance to the Izaguirre ranch. / Credit: Courtesy of the Office of the Prosecutor of the State of Jalisco Puebla, Mexico, Mar 14, 2025 / 17:10 pm (CNA). The Catholic Church in Mexico expressed its “profound indignation and grief” following the discovery of an organized crime training and extermination camp on a ranch in Jalisco…

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Order of Malta reaffirms commitment to Lebanon’s stability and reconstruction — By: Catholic News Agency

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun (right) welcomies Sovereign Order of Malta Grand Chancellor Riccardo Paternò di Montecupo and the delegation at Baabda’s presidential palace on March 14, 2025. / Credit: The Sovereign Order of Malta ACI MENA, Mar 14, 2025 / 15:40 pm (CNA). Faithful to its ongoing commitment to supporting Lebanon, a high-level delegation from…

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Zelenskyy delivers list of POWs in Russia to the Vatican to mediate their release — By: Catholic News Agency

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shakes hands with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin during a meeting at the Vatican on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Mar 14, 2025 / 16:10 pm (CNA). Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has provided the Vatican with a list of names of Ukrainians detained by…

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