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Read more: The historic pontificate of Pope Leo XIV
Read more: The historic pontificate of Pope Leo XIV

Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s Easter ‘urbi et orbi’ address given April 5, 2026

by Pope Leo XIV

This power “is God himself for he is Love who creates and generates, Love who is faithful to the end and Love who forgives and redeems.”

‘The power with which Christ rose is entirely nonviolent,’ pope says in Easter peace message
Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s Easter Mass homily given April 5, 2026
At Easter Mass, Pope Leo proclaims Resurrection conquers ‘the power of death’
Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s Easter Vigil homily given April 4, 2026
Pope: Don’t be paralyzed by mistrust, fear; be catalyzed by Christ to build peace
Archbishop Broglio: War in Iran likely not justified under Catholic teaching on legitimate defense

U.S. Church

Kansas Catholic school answers the call to go old-school with landline phones

by Moira Cullings

LEAWOOD, Kan. (OSV News) —  Kids at Nativity Parish School skated like it’s 1999 in February to kick off what their moms hope will be a lower-tech lifestyle. Kindergarten-through-fifth grade students from more than 200 Nativity families have …

Matisse’s 14 stations, depicting the ‘most profound of human dramas,’ on exhibit in Baltimore

Bishops’ Civil Rights pilgrimage shows need to face past to build new future

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

In primetime address, Trump cites nuclear threat to justify Iran war after pope calls for off-ramp

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

Catholic leaders warn against antisemitism in Holy Week liturgies

World

Jerusalem’s Holy Week embraced with silent prayer, intimate liturgies as war continues to escalate

by Paulina Guzik

Holy Week in the Holy Land is unfolding in unprecedented silence, as war-related restrictions have left sacred sites largely without the faithful. 

In South Sudan, people have been through Way of the Cross, and long for Easter peace, bishop says
Cardinal Ouellet defamation suit against accuser awaits judge’s verdict after early March trial
Here’s a glimpse of Holy Week around the world
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

Vatican

Good Friday liturgy underscores need to break ‘this chain’ of violence

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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