People pray during Eucharistic adoration in the chapel of St. Frances Cabrini Shrine in Upper Manhattan in New York City on March 3, 2024. Mother Cabrini, canonized in 1946, is the patron saint of immigrants. Her remains are encased in a glass casket embedded in the chapel's altar. (OSV/Gregory A. Shemitz)

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As today's migrants find themselves in the crosshairs of the Trump administration's calls for mass deportation, Mother Cabrini's spirit and her New York City shrine offer solace and refuge.

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Pope Francis and his cousin Carla Rabezzana sit down for lunch in her home in Portacomaro, near Asti, Nov. 19, 2022. The pope traveled to the northern Italian town to help celebrate Rabezzana's 90th birthday, to visit other relatives and to celebrate Mass the next day in the Asti cathedral. (CNS/Vatican Media)

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We call him Pope Francis, but she calls him 'cousin Giorgio'

While the pope's health struggles have left Carla Rabezzana uneasy, the lack of direct contact has also heightened her anxiety for her beloved cousin, who can "cheer you up with just a few words."

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Pope Francis and his cousin Carla Rabezzana sit down for lunch in her home in Portacomaro, near Asti, Nov. 19, 2022. The pope traveled to the northern Italian town to help celebrate Rabezzana's 90th birthday, to visit other relatives and to celebrate Mass the next day in the Asti cathedral. (CNS/Vatican Media)
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We call him Pope Francis, but she calls him 'cousin Giorgio'

While the pope's health struggles have left Carla Rabezzana uneasy, the lack of direct contact has also heightened her anxiety for her beloved cousin, who can "cheer you up with just a few words."

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Pope Francis is seen in the chapel of his suite of rooms at Rome's Gemelli hospital March 16, 2025. The Vatican press office said the 88-year-old pope concelebrated Mass that morning. (CNS photo/Vatican Press Office
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Photo of Pope Francis released as Vatican says his health continues to improve

On March 16, the Vatican released a photo of Pope Francis. Earlier, he approved a three-year plan focused on implementing the reforms initiated by his recent synod on synodality.

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Ignore Cardinal Dolan's disrespect. We need Pope Francis.

I am angry about Cardinal Timothy Dolan's remark that the pontiff was “probably close to death.” What we need is Pope Francis back. The world needs him back.

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Bishop Barron compares Trump's address to Congress to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

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Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to John Grosso's coverage of Bishop Robert Barron's reflection on President Trump's address to Congress.

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Pope Francis called for an end to child labor, and we must act

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NYT columnist Ross Douthat promotes value of belief

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While Douthat and I disagree on many things, we can both affirm that there is something "more" to our lives and the universe than generally meets the eye or that can be explained purely by empirical analysis. 

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Pope Francis appears at a window of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, March 23, 2025, where he has been treated for bronchitis and bilateral pneumonia since Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)
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Pope Francis appears in public, returns to Vatican after long hospitalization

Pope Francis on March 23 appeared in public for the first time in five weeks since his hospitalization began on Feb. 14. 

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A weak Pope Francis is wielding power and rewriting narrative of how popes exercise authority

Over 12 years, Francis has sought to impose a kind of normality on the papacy with his informal style and disdain for pomp. During his five-week hospitalization for pneumonia, he has followed that same playbook.

ByNicole Winfield, Associated Press
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Pope Francis to leave hospital on Sunday, doctors say

Gemelli Hospital medical director Dr. Sergio Alfieri said Saturday (March 22) that Francis will require at least two months of rest and rehabilitation as he continues recovering at the Vatican. 

ByNicole Winfield, Associated Press
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Speakers: Church has role in fight against AI-generated exploitation

The Catholic Church needs to expand its safeguarding efforts to include the new threats and opportunities posed by artificial intelligence, top organizers of a Vatican conference said.

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SEC clears investor nuns to file Indigenous rights resolution against Citigroup

Sr. Susan Francois has spent the past four years filing shareholder resolutions against Citigroup, urging the company to rethink its financial ties to fossil fuel projects that impact Indigenous communities. 

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NCR recipes for Lent: Cacio e pepe

NCR digital editor John Grosso shares a favorite meatless meal for Lent: cacio e pepe, one of the "four horsemen" of Roman pasta. Three ingredients and 30 minutes make for a unique, delicious challenge.

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Faith groups blast 'evil' EPA rollback plans, 'climate change religion' comment

The Trump administration's blueprints for remaking the EPA outline 31 regulations to eliminate or significantly scale back. Faith leaders say the rollbacks would harm human and environmental health.

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Laudato Si' inspires multimedia art exhibit at Jesuit Fairfield University

Artists Athena LaTocha, Mary Mattingly and Tyler Rai come from different religious and cultural backgrounds and bring differing approaches to the exhibit "To See This Place: Awakening to Our Common Home."

ByChris Herlinger

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Priests, nuns join protest to Indonesia's geothermal project

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NCR recipes for Lent: Vegan Irish lentil Guinness stew

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This spring, ask questions about exclusion and solidarity in youth sports

As hand-picked travel teams become the norm, the poor are left out. If sport presents us with an opportunity for solidarity, we swing and miss. 

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How do you know when you are 'Reading Culture Through Catholic Eyes'?

James Keane's book Reading Culture Through Catholic Eyes highlights "50 Writers, Thinkers, and Firebrands" whose Catholicism-informed work can inspire a reader's soul-making with some thinking outside the box.

ByDiane Scharper

Flannery O'Connor's 100th birthday parties celebrate author's quirks, talents — and love of birds

Long before Catholic writer Flannery O'Connor raised her famous peacocks as an adult in rural Georgia, she kept canaries and chickens at 207 E. Charlton St., her childhood home in Savannah. A century later, it is a museum dedicated to her literary genius and fascinating personality, with big plans to mark the 100th anniversary of O'Connor's birth.

ByMaria Wiering, OSV News
An Israeli flag flies next to the rubble of destroyed buildings Dec. 26, 2023, as smoke rises in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel.
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Review: 'Stress Test: The Israel-Hamas War and Christian-Jewish Relations'

Drawing from scholarly research and years of personal dialogue with their Jewish counterparts, the authors recognize that the suffering witnessed in the past 18 months could upend peace efforts and limit fraternal dialogue.

ByMichael Sean Winters

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Controversial Mexico City exhibit raises questions about art, faith and censorship

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Monday Starter: Salesians mark UN's World Water Day

 Salesian Missions joined other humanitarian groups on March 22 in marking World Water Day, a United Nations-led commemoration to bring attention to the need for safe, clean water.

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Jesus' seed parables teach us hope as we confront the immigration crisis

My friend Jean and I are just two people trying to offer hope and decrease fear for Haitian migrants in Florida. As we share important information with the Haitian community, I reflect on the "seed" parables of Jesus.

ByJudy Dohner
Dozens spoke about gender-based violence during the 69th session of the United Nations' Commission on the Status of Women, held March 10-21 in New York. (GSR graphic/Olivia Bardo)

Catholic sisters at UN session speak out against 'crisis' of gender-based violence

Gender-based violence was the focus of many of this year's sessions at the United Nations' Commission on the Status of Women, showing the extent to which the problem remains persistent, serious and endemic.

ByChris Herlinger
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Justice

SEC clears investor nuns to file Indigenous rights resolution against Citigroup

Sr. Susan Francois has spent the past four years filing shareholder resolutions against Citigroup, urging the company to rethink its financial ties to fossil fuel projects that impact Indigenous communities. 

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