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Written by Simone Orendain | OSV News

(OSV News) — Some small farmers in the country’s impoverished Black Belt are poised to see significant returns after getting help from a fledgling Catholic farming aid and grant program in central Alabama.

The money the 19 farmers received March 1 that was distributed from a $78,000 gift has gone toward farming supplies including seeds, piping for irrigation and cold storage, according to Olandous Curry, senior agriculture director at the Edmundite Missions.

Throughout his life, he received 22 honorary degrees, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Longtime Xavier University President and civil rights pioneer Dr. Norman C. Francis is lying in state Monday at the university ahead of his funeral.

Francis died at age 94.

As we come to the close of Black History Month, we give thanks to God for the enduring faith, witness, and prophetic leadership of Black Catholics and of Black and Brown communities across our nation. As Josephites, our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is not rooted in trends or politics, it is rooted in the Gospel. It is rooted in the Incarnation. It is rooted in the truth that every person is made in the image and likeness of God.

Our apostolate has always stood at the intersection of faith and justice. To celebrate diversity is to celebrate the creativity of God. To stand up for justice is to participate in God’s ongoing work of liberation. Black History Month reminds us that the story of the Church in the United States cannot be told without the prophetic lives, sacrificial love, and resilient faith of Black Americans.

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by Justin McLellan | Vatican News

Nearly a year into a pontificate largely anchored in Rome, Pope Leo XIV is preparing to launch a sweeping series of international trips that will carry him across Africa, to Spain and to the tiny principality of Monaco.

The pope will travel first to Monaco on March 28, the Vatican announced Feb. 25. After Easter, he will undertake a 10-day tour of Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea from April 13-23, and he will make four stops in Spain from June 6-12.