Cutting-edge science and medical research cannot benefit only the privileged few but must be placed at the service of those most in need, Pope Francis said.

The 2024 Men’s Division I NCAA Tournament gets underway March 19 with the “First Four” play-in games, and seven Catholic schools will be playing at least once in the single-elimination Big Dance.

At the request of Pope Francis, three Jesuit-run institutions of higher learning in Rome — the Pontifical Gregorian University, the Pontifical Biblical Institute and the Pontifical Oriental Institute — will formally become one university in May.

The audit for the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s fiscal year that ended June 30, 2023, showed a surplus of $11.8 million, largely due to the strong stock market that year.

Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talks with Andrew Buonapane – an assistant director for Marriage and Family Life in the US Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth – about a new initiative from the USCCB called “Love Means More,” an interactive website that discusses tough questions about love and sexuality.