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A student is handed a school lunch at Immaculate Conception School in Revere, Mass., March 21, 2025. The Trump administration cuts to federally funded school meal programs could leave thousands of kids hungry, said program administrators at Catholic dioceses.

Massive USDA program cuts hit some Catholic efforts to feed school kids

Several diocesan overseers of federally funded school meal programs told OSV News that Trump administration changes stand to leave some children's plates empty, while potentially making surviving versions of the programs too burdensome to operate.
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Pope Francis prays for an end to war in Ukraine

Asking God to forgive all people tempted by violence, Pope Francis prayed for an end to the war in Ukraine and the fratricidal killing of both combatants and civilians caught in the crossfire.
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Study: Black Catholics worship more with other races than solely their own

A Pew Research Center study has found that only one-fourth of U.S. Black Catholics worship in majority-Black parishes.
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Catholic schools unite in prayer and faith for peace in Ukraine

When students and faculty members at two Perth Amboy Catholic schools gathered together in a prayerful response to the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Ukraine, they were unified by their prayers and faith, and their city.
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Pope Francis on Ukraine: ‘Stop this massacre’

Appealing again for an end to the war in Ukraine, Pope Francis said those who invoke God to promote or justify violence “profane his name.”
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Meta, Twitter, Netflix on ‘Dirty Dozen’ list for enabling exploitation

Some familiar brand names were put on the newest "Dirty Dozen" list of companies by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation for enabling exploitation.
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CRS leader concerned by growing needs of refugees fleeing Ukraine

In response to more than 2 million refugees, primarily women and children, fleeing the conflict in Ukraine in recent weeks, the president and CEO of Catholic Relief Services said it is "alarming to see the scale of the suffering" in ...
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