Mass Attendance Up, 'Deadly' USAID Closure, Marriage Week Begins

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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic stories of the day for February 7, 2025. In this episode: In-person Sunday Mass attendance is back to pre-pandemic levels -- but it's still just at 24%, according to the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University. The former head of Catholic Relief Services says Trump administration moves to end USAID, which funds CRS humanitarian projects helping millions worldwide, "could actually be deadly." Pope Francis calls for a global effort to end human trafficking, ahead of tomorrow's International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking. As National Marriage Week begins, Bishop Robert Barron says marriage is "a source of hope" and an "antidote for loneliness." Sister Clare Crockett, an Irish nun who died in the 2016 Ecuador earthquake, is now officially on the first steps towards canonization. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.