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Read more: The historic pontificate of Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV introduces changes in Secretariat of State leadership

by Junno Arocho Esteves

Pope Leo XIV named Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, the substitute secretary for general affairs at the Vatican Secretariat of State, as the apostolic nuncio to Italy and the …

7,000 show up in faith, prayer for Palm Sunday Path on lawn of Minnesota State Capitol
Bishop Murphy of Rockville Centre recalled for ‘joyful witness’ of pastoral leadership
4 US leaders named to Vatican dicastery that promotes Church’s humanitarian vision, work
Wisconsin priest faces new charges for child sex abuse material
Georgetown’s Qatar campus remains closed as Iran threatens US schools in region
Gaza Christians mark Palm Sunday with hope amid ongoing hardships

U.S. Church

Catholics express grief, warn of politicizing immigration issue in murder of Loyola student

by Simone Orendain

CHICAGO (OSV News) — Catholics in Chicago have expressed sympathy and sorrow over the death of a Loyola University Chicago student who was shot and killed March 19 near the school campus. The murder became the subject of …

Boston bishop ‘honored’ to be named rector of seminary, ‘the heart of the diocese it serves’

Dahlgren Dialogue: People of faith can strengthen democracy in challenging times

On front lines of war, Basilian sisters bring the presence of God

Hundreds rally with bishops to protest mass detention and deportation in El Paso, inspired by Romero

Denver’s new archbishop receives his mission and sends faithful on their mission: Know Jesus

Vatican ‘unequivocally’ condemns slavery, counters ‘partial narrative’ in UN resolution

World

Carved by grace: How Gaudí led a Japanese artist to the Catholic faith

by Katarzyna Szalajko

The life of Japanese sculptor Etsuro Sotoo offers a striking witness to how stone itself can become a path to faith. 

Israel to allow Church leaders to celebrate Holy Week, Easter at holy sites, Latin patriarchate says
Jerusalem Church leaders decry ‘expanding wreckage’ of Iran war
Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s first Palm Sunday homily
Israeli police prevent Latin patriarch, custos, from entering Church of the Holy Sepulcher on Palm Sunday
‘Proclaim the Gospel of life,’ Pope Leo says in first papal visit to Monaco in modern era

Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s homily during Mass at Louis II Stadium in Monaco

Pope in Monaco: Wealth of the Gospel, riches of the earth must be shared

Spanish bishops, experts say euthanasia for young Noelia a ‘social defeat,’ ‘collective failure’

Vatican

Kettelkamp to step down as adjunct secretary of Vatican commission to protect minors

by Junno Arocho Esteves

Opinion

A saint’s final footsteps

by Octavio Duran, OFM

Guarding the heart and home: Raising holy families in a screen-saturated world

by Sister Nancy Usselmann

St. Patrick’s Breastplate and the terrors of mid-Lent

by Elizabeth Scalia

Reviews

‘House of David’ star opens up about Catholic conversion as new season premieres

by Katie Yoder
Meet the Catholic filmmaker behind a new series on ‘Women of the Bible’
‘The Optimist’ tells story of Holocaust survivor helped by Catholic family
Academy Awards Best Picture Nominees
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