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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As the threat of war loomed over the world, Pope Francis called on people to pray and fast for peace in Ukraine on Ash Wednesday.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis’ message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2022 will reflect on the importance of including migrants and refugees in building a better world, the Vatican announced.

Pro-life advocates from across Oklahoma gathered Feb. 16 at the Oklahoma State Capitol for "Rose Day," an annual event where participants offer roses to their legislators. The gesture symbolized their support for the unborn. 

Each year, the Catholic Church in the United States celebrates religious women during Catholic Sisters Week. This year, Catholic Sisters Week is March 8-14. 

The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre is a resource for prayers and financial support for Catholics in the Holy Land.

OKLAHOMA CITY – After serving eight years as the director of communications and editor of the Sooner Catholic newspaper for the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, veteran journalist Diane Clay will be leaving the position this Spring. 

Feisty, firebrand, aristocrat and champion of the oppressed, are words and phrases used to describe Father Joseph Anciaux, and quite accurately as he was all those things and more. 

Christ the King Catholic School honored Brian Smith as the 2022 Christ the King School Distinguished Graduate. 

Father Mark Toups is a priest of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, La. He is the author of “Oremus: a Catholic guide to prayer” (2012), “Rejoice! Advent meditations series” (2020-2021), “The Way of the Cross: praying the Psalms with Jesus” (2020), and “The Ascension Lenten Companion” for Year B (2021). 

From Jan. 30 to Feb. 5, students, parents, faculty and staff at Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City celebrated National Catholic Schools Week. The following letter from Lara Schuler, director of Catholic education for the archdiocese, was sent to Catholic school principals. 

A change to an existing state law offers the potential for tremendous growth for a program that helps low-income Oklahoma families afford Catholic school tuition.

It’s a prison story of a priest subjected to all kinds of troubles and humiliations: strip searches, solitary confinement, screaming and banging from fellow prisoners on his cellblock; vicious letters from a neighboring inmate; an Islamic terrorist who chanted prayers; days and weeks without the Eucharist, breviary or his Bible; and the callousness of the judicial process influenced by a biased media and public opinion.

WASHINGTON – How can Catholics approach Lent this year in a fresh way?

The total stands at 1.36 billion, according to statistics released on Feb. 11 by the Vatican. Almost half (48 percent) of the world’s Catholics live in the Americas.