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Adult baptisms in Belgium significantly rise, Polish commission reveals sex abuse in its diocese, and Ireland’s leading Catholic newspaper is threatened — all in this week’s world news roundup.

Carrying a sink, Bishop Brian McGee climbed a hill overlooking Oban, Scotland, to bring attention to the need for greater access to clean water in Ethiopia.

Habsburg has been involved with the foundation since 1985, most recently as its communications and fundraising director.

The Fátima Shrine in Portugal received nearly 6.5 million pilgrims in 2025, up from 6.2 million in 2024, and the number of pilgrims from Asia surpassed those from the Americas for the first time.

The murder of 23-year-old pro-life activist and Catholic convert Quentin Deranque, allegedly at the hands of far-left activists, has shocked France.

Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan spent Ash Wednesday distributing ashes on the streets of Waterford City.

A private association of lay faithful that serves students in Spain will begin the cause for the canonization of its founder, a Jesuit priest.

To mark Temperance Sunday and the Lenten season, Armagh Archdiocese Auxiliary Bishop Michael Router welcomed the rewording of Ireland’s traditional Confirmation Pledge.

“My service is much more individual and open to everyone, even nonbelievers,” Father Oldřich Chocholáč, chaplain of the Czech Olympic team, told EWTN News.

Former bodybuilder Bruno Toral shared his personal conversion story from being totally hostile to the faith to becoming a dedicated disciple of Christ.