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• Federal funding restored to Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley
  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said an agreement is in effect for three years, restoring funding and requiring the charity to “maintain enhanced compliance and oversight measures.”
• Wisconsin voters to weigh ban on church closures in health emergencies
  The measure comes more than six years after the Diocese of Madison threatened to sue the local government of Dane County over its imposition of a 50-person cap on Mass attendance in 2020.
• Australia’s antislavery chief, who praised Catholics as ‘national leader,’ says reforms fall short
  Australia's antislavery commissioner, Chris Evans, who has hailed the Catholic sector’s work, wants large companies legally required to find and fix forced labor in their supply chains.
• Pope Leo speaks with Russian President Putin by phone
  Pope Leo XIV and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone while the pope remains hospitalized.
• Vatican cardinal visits UK to promote interfaith dialogue and peace
  The prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad, is in the United Kingdom for the first time meeting with faith leaders.