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Read more: The historic pontificate of Pope Leo XIV

Developing: Trumps, White House officials and journalists evacuated from press dinner after gunshots

by Gina Christian

(OSV News) — President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance and several cabinet members were whisked out of the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner April …

Washington Roundup: Senate passes ICE plan; Trump in no ‘rush’ on Iran; SNAP chicken bill; and more
Pew: In US and other countries, Catholicism loses more members than it gains
Pope Leo encourages death penalty abolitionists as Trump DOJ brings back firing squad, electric chair
With outcries against corruption throughout Africa, pope softens speech in Equatorial Guinea
Vatican pro-prefect at Catholic University: Liturgical prayer is indispensable to evangelization
Fernando Mendoza, No. 1 draft pick, chooses family over spotlight on night he’s selected by Raiders

U.S. Church

Retired Archbishop Henry J. Mansell, Hartford’s fourth shepherd, dies at age 88

by OSV News

HARTFORD, Conn. (OSV News) — Retired Archbishop Henry J. Mansell of Hartford died April 21 at age 88. He was Hartford’s fourth archbishop, serving from 2003 until his retirement in 2013. A funeral Mass will be celebrated April 30 …

Diocese ‘hires’ AI fundraising staffer in pilot program. Meet ‘Maria’

New national garden promises healing for abuse survivors and all Catholics

Diocese of Peoria releases schedule of pilgrimage events for Sheen beatification

Appeals court upholds Texas law on Ten Commandments in public schools

Marquette Law survey: Most Americans say US did not have sufficient reasons for Iran war

Trump participates in Bible reading after AI depiction resembling Jesus, Pope Leo controversies

World

Canadian cardinal urges vote to stop expansion of assisted suicide to those with mental illness

by The Catholic Register (Toronto, Ontario)

The measure, Bill C-218, proposes to amend Canada’s criminal code to permanently prohibit medical assistance in dying, or MAiD, for individuals solely living with a mental illness.

‘We have to make sure the pope’s words do not get wasted,’ says Cameroon archbishop
Buenos Aires archbishop laments lack of unity at Mass for Pope Francis
From conflict zones to ancient Christian sites, Pope Leo XIV brings message of peace, hope to Africa
Gospel message brings freedom, hope, pope says at final Mass in Equatorial Guinea
In Central Africa’s largest Catholic church, Pope Leo tells faithful: ‘The future of Equatorial Guinea depends upon your choices’

See what missionaries say Pope Leo’s Africa trip was (really) all about

Pope Leo meets Equatorial Guinea’s dictator, quoting St. Augustine’s ‘City of God’

In Angola, Catholic Church steps in to give a voice to mining-affected communities

Vatican

Pope Leo offers encouragement to inmates, young people and families in final full day of Africa visit

by Maria Wiering

Opinion

What the Easter Scriptures teach us about how to live as family

by Laura Kelly Fanucci

Pope Leo XIV, the world’s conscience: A Jewish perspective

by Menachem Z. Rosensaft

How I met abortionist Kermit Gosnell

by Katie Yoder

Reviews

St. Francis of Assisi in film

by John Mulderig
Looking for a Holy Week read? Updated book explores ‘What Christ Suffered’
Meet the Catholic filmmaker behind a new series on ‘Women of the Bible’
‘The Optimist’ tells story of Holocaust survivor helped by Catholic family
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