Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski said the Catholic Church’s call to stand in solidarity with migrant communities and a moral urgency compelled the Diocese of Providence to host a regional gathering on immigration at the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul.

During a pair of Christmas-season homilies, Archbishop William E. Lori preached a message of hope during these often-tumultuous times at Baltimore’s Cathedral of Mary our Queen in Homeland.

The School Sisters of Notre Dame announced Dec. 23 in a news release that it completed the sale of its property at 901 Aisquith St., which once housed the now-closed Institute of Notre Dame.

The path to conversion, the door to God’s mercy and the call to live in Christian hope all continue beyond the Jubilee Year, said the three cardinals who closed the Holy Doors at three major basilicas in Rome.

Christian families must not let today’s tyrants suffocate their love and witness to Gospel values, Pope Leo XIV said.