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After navigating loss and grief, Kelly Helsel is officially now a licensed counselor thanks to the guidance given to her by the Catholic Church and her desire to use her experience to help others.

At the Regina Caeli, the pope also thanked the Canary Islands for welcoming a cruise ship with passengers sick with hantavirus.

Out of the horrors of the Burundian Civil War and the Rwandan genocide emerged a woman willing to risk her life for peace.

The converts describe their journey to faith in Jesus Christ, their experience of receiving the sacraments at the Easter Vigil, and the importance of their catechists and Christian community.

The Pope told an assembly of ALS patients that with commitment, faith, and courage, the sick "bear witness that the goodness and value of life are greater than illness."

Haiti continues to experience a complex situation of violence and insecurity, particularly in the country’s capital of Port-au-Prince.

Monsignor Robert D. Murphy emphasized protecting migrants' right to life, making greater efforts to reunite families, and eliminating criminal exploitation.

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ordered a review of the abortion drug mifipristone in May 2025, which is ongoing.

Chinese officials sentenced Lai, founder and publisher of the pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily, to 20 years in prison on Feb. 9.

A bishop urges a halt to the planned execution of hundreds of Ethiopians, a Finnish parliamentarian appeals her hate speech conviction, and more in this week’s world news roundup.