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Read more: The historic pontificate of Pope Leo XIV

‘Hopefully he’s looking for an off-ramp’: Pope Leo XIV shares message for Trump amid escalating Middle East war

by OSV News

Pope Leo answered questions in Italian, English and Spanish as he was leaving Castel Gandolfo, a lakeside town 13 miles southeast of Rome, after his customary Tuesday day …

‘With all my heart I want to say how sorry we are,’ says Albany bishop as abuse settlement reached
Pope Leo XIV to carry cross at all 14 stations of Colosseum Way of the Cross on Good Friday
Pope’s Palm Sunday peace appeal backed by Dalai Lama amid escalation of war
Supreme Court backs challenge to Colorado conversion therapy ban
‘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

U.S. Church

Vance to publish book exploring his conversion to Catholicism

by Kate Scanlon

Vance is the “first Catholic convert” to be vice president, as he says, and the second Catholic to hold that office, preceded by former President Joe Biden.

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

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

Missouri bishops back amendment to limit abortion and gender transition for minors

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

World

French Church gives ‘best to the poorest’ in landmark Paris architectural project

by Caroline de Sury

On the site of a former monastery, a vast community center is rising in one of the French capital’s most desirable neighborhoods.

Georgetown’s Qatar campus remains closed as Iran threatens US schools in region
Gaza Christians mark Palm Sunday with hope amid ongoing hardships
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
Israeli police prevent Latin patriarch, custos, from entering Church of the Holy Sepulcher on Palm Sunday

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

Pope assures archbishop of Canterbury of his prayers in message read after her installation

In France, record-breaking number of catechumens to be baptized at Easter

Vatican

Pope Leo XIV introduces changes in Secretariat of State leadership

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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