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Read more: The historic pontificate of Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV meets head of Israel’s Holocaust memorial center

by Courtney Mares

“We also addressed the alarming rise in antisemitism worldwide and the urgent need for coordinated, decisive action to confront it.”

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

U.S. Church

San Antonio archbishop: Profit, politics play roles in inhumane migrant treatment

by Gina Christian

(OSV News) — Days after a meeting among several Catholic bishops serving along both sides of the Texas-Mexico border — a regular gathering for the “Tex-Mex” bishops — OSV News spoke with Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of San Antonio to …

Washington Roundup: Bondi fired, tentative DHS funding deal struck, Johnson Amendment case dismissed

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

‘In this dark hour of history,’ do not shy away from your mission, says pope at chrism Mass

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

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

Catholic leaders warn against antisemitism in Holy Week liturgies

World

Pope adds feast day of St. John Henry Newman to universal calendar

by Carol Glatz

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV has added the feast day of St. John Henry Newman, who is “a radiant light for the Church on pilgrimage through …

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

Poll: France highly values Catholic schools, even as political turmoil swirls around them

Catholic networks: Push for profits, power threaten peace, climate justice

St. Francis’ ‘Canticle of the Creatures’ at 800 endures as vision of redeemed creation

Vatican

Pope Leo XIV urges Christian formators to learn from ‘spiritual giants’ like Augustine

by Courtney Mares

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The Creator

by John Mulderig
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