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Cardinal Ouellet defamation suit against accuser awaits judge’s verdict after early March trial

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The judge’s verdict in a defamation suit brought by Cardinal Ouellet against a former lay pastoral worker is not expected for some months.

Bishops’ Civil Rights pilgrimage shows need to face past to build new future
Philadelphia archbishop ‘OK’ after mild medical episode during chrism Mass
Pope Leo XIV on Holy Thursday: Jesus teaches us how to love at the Last Supper
Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s Holy Thursday homily given April 2, 2026
8 takeaways from Pope St. John Paul II’s final Holy Thursday letter to priests
‘In this dark hour of history,’ do not shy away from your mission, says pope at chrism Mass

U.S. Church

Bishops’ pro-life chair backs longshot bill to revoke mifepristone’s FDA approval

by Kate Scanlon

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Bishop Daniel E. Thomas of Toledo, Ohio, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, offered his support to legislation that would revoke the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone …

USCCB president asks Catholics to ‘pray ardently’ for an end to war with Iran

Catholic leaders warn against antisemitism in Holy Week liturgies

Everyone has Good Fridays but ‘we also all have Easter Sunday,’ Cardinal Dolan tells inmates

‘With all my heart I want to say how sorry we are,’ says Albany bishop as abuse settlement reached

Supreme Court backs challenge to Colorado conversion therapy ban

Vance to publish book exploring his conversion to Catholicism

World

Here’s a glimpse of Holy Week around the world

by Junno Arocho Esteves

While customs may vary, Holy Week is for many a unifying moment where communities are one in their collective remembrance of God’s love for humanity.

Jerusalem Church leaders decry death penalty law, ‘lifeless’ holy city ahead of Easter
Pope’s Palm Sunday peace appeal backed by Dalai Lama amid escalation of war
‘Like Jesus on the cross’: Priest abused in his youth asks Lord to forgive lay perpetrator
Cardinal Roche: Selflessness of Pedro Ballester is a witness for today’s youth
French Church gives ‘best to the poorest’ in landmark Paris architectural project

Georgetown’s Qatar campus remains closed as Iran threatens US schools in region

Gaza Christians mark Palm Sunday with hope amid ongoing hardships

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

Vatican

All Catholics share in Church’s mission, not just clergy, pope says

by Josephine Peterson

Opinion

Some thoughts on washing feet

by Effie Caldarola

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

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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