Vatican’s Good Friday Holy Land collection to aid humanitarian efforts in Gaza  — By: Catholic News Agency

Injured parishioners receive Communion on the third Sunday of Advent, Dec. 17, 2023, at Holy Family Parish in Gaza. The Pontifical Collection for the Holy Land provides community aid and assistance for parochial activities for Holy Family Parish, the only Roman Catholic parish in Gaza. / Credit: Father Gabriel Romanelli/Facebook Rome Newsroom, Mar 12, 2024…

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Mary Rice Hasson named visiting fellow for Franciscan University’s Veritas Center — By: Catholic News Agency

Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, chapel and statue. / Credit: Joseph Antoniello, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Mar 12, 2024 / 14:15 pm (CNA). Franciscan University of Steubenville has announced that Catholic writer and speaker Mary Rice Hasson will be a visiting fellow for the school’s Veritas Center for Ethics in Public Life.  Hasson,…

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Judge blocks Texas efforts to close Catholic nonprofit accused of ‘human smuggling’ — By: Catholic News Agency

El Paso, Texas. / Credit: cht725/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 12, 2024 / 11:12 am (CNA). A Texas judge has temporarily blocked the state attorney general’s efforts to close an El Paso-based Catholic nonprofit accused of facilitating human smuggling. El Paso County District Court Judge Francisco Dominguez ruled on Monday that Attorney General Ken Paxton…

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