Pope Francis congratulated Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services on the 50th anniversary of CRS Rice Bowl, the Catholic relief agency’s annual Lenten program dedicated to global hunger and poverty alleviation efforts.

After 2025, the federal tax credit is scheduled to drop to just $1,000 per qualifying child.

Religious sisters in El Salvador are joining the church’s “Yes to life, no to mining” campaign, calling for the restoration of a law against metal mining in El Salvador.

As the new spiritual director for a national Catholic adoption and foster support ministry, Father Christopher Kight sees himself as “bringing the good news of the Gospel to people who have experienced suffering on so many levels.”

Dau Kieu Giang, who baptized a child when she was an atheist and Communist Party member, is now getting ready to be baptized herself during this Easter Vigil in a parish in Vietnam’s Quang Tri province.