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Lent’s CRS Rice Bowl collection seen as more critical than ever after USAID cuts

Catholic Relief Services is surviving, yet the deep slashes to USAID funding have now made their annual Rice Bowl collection more essential than ever.

• Vatican approved new Liturgy of the Hours edition for 2027 

  

  By LAURETTA BROWN
  Published January 26, 2026

  The faithful can expect a new edition of the Liturgy of the Hours by Easter 2027, according to Bishop Steven J. Lopes, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Divine Worship.

• Pope calls treatment of migrants in U.S. ‘extremely disrespectful’

  

  By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
  Published November 19, 2025

  Insisting that the dignity of all people, including immigrants, must be respected, Pope Leo XIV asked U.S. Catholics and “people of goodwill” to read and listen to the U.S. bishops’ recent pastoral message on the topic.

• Immigration concerns top of mind for US bishops at fall assembly

  

  By JULIE ASHER, OSV News
  Published November 12, 2025

  From the opening gavel to adjournment Nov. 11, the immigration issue was at the forefront for much of the first day of public sessions of the U.S. bishops’ fall plenary assembly in Baltimore. The bishops also elected a new president and vice-president.