Pope Leo XIV sprinkles ashes on the head of a woman as he celebrates Ash Wednesday Mass at Santa Sabina Basilica in
Rome February 18, 2026. Photo: OSV News/Remo Casilli, Reuters United States Ambassador to the Holy See Brian Burch, in an exclusive sit-down interview with Crux Now, said he sees the potential for a “Catholic moment” in the US given the high-profile Catholics in the current administration, with history’s first US-born pope. According to Ambassador Brian Burch, there is a new kind of conservativism in…
