Catholic Nutshell News: Wednesday 3/18/26

Topics include: New Catholics may point to regional ‘revivals’; Fellow who criticized Cardinal Cupich is out; Pope Leo supports Jimmy Lai; & Child mortality stalls at 4.9M deaths

“Here was an almond tree in bloom before me”

Today's sources are the CRUX, National Catholic Register, Vatican News, The Pillar, Aleteia, and EWTN News. (Catholic Nutshell is a subscription service for faithful, hopeful, & curious Catholics willing to exercise the Catholic News Muscle)