Catholic News Headlines for Wednesday 2/18/26   

Tags: Currents Brooklyn, NY, Catholic Education, Crux, Faith, Family, Inspiration, Media, Pope Francis, Queens, NY, World News

Catholics are beginning Lent with an Ash Wednesday Mass and the Diocese of Brooklyn’s Lenten Pilgrimage, a spiritual journey across Brooklyn and Queens inspired this year by St. Francis of Assisi.

Bishop-elect Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez receives a joyful welcome at Palm Beach International Airport as he arrives to begin his new ministry in the Diocese of Palm Beach, Florida.

The Tablet highlights the emotional farewell for Bishop-elect Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez, as hundreds of parishioners from Our Lady of Sorrows celebrate his 17 years of service in the Diocese of Brooklyn.

A new documentary tells the story of Sam and Tom Stith, the first African American basketball players at St. Francis Prep.