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A woman sings at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Takoma Park, Md., on July 28, 2026, during a Mass of solidarity with the Haitian community and those impacted by changes to U.S. immigration policy and Temporary Protected Status. (OSV News/Mihoko Owada, Catholic Standard)

Haitian cardinal urges those facing loss of TPS to put 'anxieties before God' and 'not lose hope'

"This celebration is a profound gesture of solidarity by the Church in the United States and the Church in Haiti with more than 350,000 people who now find themselves in this difficult situation," said Cardinal Chibly Langlois.

Washington Cardinal Robert McElroy, center, concelebrates the 73rd annual Red Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington Oct. 5, 2025. Also pictured are Bishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington, Va.; Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the United States; Deacon Robert Vince who serves at the cathedral; Archbishop Timothy Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services; and Washington Auxiliary Bishop Juan Esposito. (OSV News/John Carroll Society/Christopher Newkumet)

Supreme Court justices do not attend annual Red Mass due to security concerns

At the Red Mass celebrated on the day before the Supreme Court's new term, Washington Cardinal Robert McElroy emphasized that "men and women of the law are architects of hope by reason of their vocation."

Parish's mission of accompaniment extends to helping laid-off federal workers find hope

This year the mission of Holy Trinity Parish in Washington to "accompany one another in Christ" took on a new focus and a new urgency. After a Mass earlier this year, parishioners at the Jesuit parish in Washington's Georgetown neighborhood held a meeting to discuss the impact of the new Trump administration's policies.


 

After a Peace Memorial Mass at Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, Japan, on Aug. 9, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of that city, people participate in a torchlit procession to Nagasaki Peace Park. Urakami Cathedral was rebuilt and dedicated in 1959 on the site of the original cathedral destroyed in the bombing on Aug. 9, 1945. (OSV News/Mihoko Owada, Catholic Standard)

At 80th anniversary Mass in Nagasaki, a plea to bring Christ's love, peace to world

Before the service, a new bell donated by U.S. Catholics rang out for the first time in one of the two bell towers of Urakami Cathedral, replacing a bell that had been destroyed in the bombing.

 

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