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Read more: The historic pontificate of Pope Leo XIV

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

by OSV News

Catholics during Holy Week should continue to “pray ardently” for a de-escalation of violence in the Middle East, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of …

Catholic leaders warn against antisemitism in Holy Week liturgies
Pope Leo XIV to wash the feet of 12 priests on Holy Thursday, highlighting support for clergy
Supreme Court hears case on birthright citizenship executive order with Trump in attendance
Thomas More Society is awarded $4.5 million in attorney fees in California gender secrecy case
From the Chesapeake to the Carolina frontier: Catholic origins in the Upper South
All Catholics share in Church’s mission, not just clergy, pope says

U.S. Church

As justices consider birthright citizenship, displaced mom says her US-born child ‘should belong’

by Kate Scanlon

On Jan. 20, 2025, Trump signed an executive order seeking to change the longstanding legal interpretation of the 14th Amendment.

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

Catholic Charities USA’s traveling museum ‘celebrates power of Christian service’

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

Wisconsin priest faces new charges for child sex abuse material

World

Jerusalem Church leaders decry death penalty law, ‘lifeless’ holy city ahead of Easter

by Judith Sudilovsky

Latin Patriarch Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa and Franciscan Custos Father Francesco Ielpo gave an annual pre-Easter press conference on March 31. 

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
Gaza Christians mark Palm Sunday with hope amid ongoing hardships

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

Vatican

Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s general audience given April 01, 2026

by Pope Leo XIV

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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