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null / Credit: KieferPix/ShutterstockWashington, D.C. Newsroom, May 19, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA).Catholic Charities in Youngstown, Ohio, will join a new pilot study, Lifting Moms Out of Poverty (LMOP), a program developed by Catholic Charities USA, in a bid to offer aid to mothers with small children."The intent of the program from Catholic Charities USA is to evaluate the effectiveness of programs that support young families with kiddos under 3 years of age," Rick Squier, the executive director of the Catholic Charities serving Portage and Stark counties, told CNA."I'm excited that we have the opportunity to do this," Squier said. "We're going to be able to quantify the results of the program and say that when we do our financial literacy program with young families over the course of 18 months, they see dramatic increases in their ability to overcome when life happens." "And then we have the opportunity to go out and write grants" based on the successful results, he said.Th...

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U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, seated in places of honor usually reserved for heads of state, meet with Pope Leo XIV in the papal library on May 19, 2025. / Credit: Vatican MediaVatican City, May 19, 2025 / 06:52 am (CNA).Pope Leo XIV held a private meeting with U.S. Vice President JD Vance and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the papal library on Monday morning.Details of the meeting were not released, but the Americans later spoke with a top Vatican diplomat about U.S. and international issues. The 45-minute papal audience began with a one-on-one between Vance and the pope, with Rubio joining afterward. Second Lady Usha Vance, Rubio's wife Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio, and the larger U.S. delegation joined for the final part of the meeting, which included the customary exchange of gifts.In a photo of the encounter released by the Vatican, Vance appears to have given the pontiff a Chicago Bears jersey with "Pope Leo XIV" printed on the ...

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Archbishop Charles C. Thompson elevates the Eucharist during the Opening Mass at St. John the Evangelist Church in Indianapolis, marking the official launch of the St. Katharine Drexel Route. May 18, 2025. / Credit: Jeffrey BrunoCNA Newsroom, May 18, 2025 / 18:00 pm (CNA).The 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage kicked off Sunday, May 18, with an opening Mass in downtown Indianapolis where an estimated 1,000 people, including many young families, joined Archbishop Charles C. Thompson to officially launch this year's pilgrimage.Archbishop Charles C. Thompson blesses a cross that was made from wood from the most recent fires in California and will accompany pilgrims on the St. Katharine Drexel Route. May 18, 2025. Credit: Jeffrey Bruno"Our faith is not something to be lived just within the walls of the Church. The Mass ends with being sent out," the archbishop told EWTN News before the Mass began at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. "The Eucharist is transforming. And it t...