Pope Francis, Ash Wednesday, Murdered Nigerian Priest, Trump and Foreign Aid
Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless!Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for Wednesday, March 5, 2025, which is Ash Wednesday for Roman Catholics. In this episode: Pope Francis releases the text of his Ash Wednesday homily while he remains hospitalized for severe respiratory illness. Maronite Bishop A. Elias Zaidan, head of the U.S. bishops' international justice and peace committee, issued an Ash Wednesday message calling on Catholics to -- in Pope Francis' words -- be "neighbors without borders" and support the work of Catholic…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.