Following a setback, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is continuing its legal fight against the Trump administration’s halt in federal funding for refugee resettlement services.

Four pro-life activists, including two pardoned by President Donald Trump in January for earlier convictions under the FACE Act, were found guilty of trespassing March 14 for their 2019 “rescue” at a New Jersey abortion clinic. However, they will not face jail time.

Mexico’s Catholic leaders prayed for the country’s missing and urged the population of the country and their political leaders to listen to victims of violence amid outrage over the discovery of mass graves and ovens for cremating bodies on a drug cartel compound.

Two Philippine priests who work with those affected by their country’s deadly anti-drug campaign under then-President Rodrigo Duterte are closely monitoring developments in the former president’s March 11 arrest and detention at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

Hundreds of pilgrims from the United States gathered for Mass at the majestic Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s Basilica with two main intentions in mind: the health of Pope Francis and the needs of their loved ones at home.