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Israeli president, Pope Leo discuss Iran war

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\r\n Pope Leo XIV discussed the need for diplomacy and the protection of civilians during a telephone conversation this morning with President Isaac Herzog of Israel.\r\n\r\n“During the conversation, the need to reopen all possible channels of diplomatic dialogue was reiterated, in order to put an...\r\n

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CWN - 4 hours ago\r\n

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Pope Leo speaks with President Zelensky, expresses closeness to Ukrainian people

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\r\n Pope Leo XIV discussed the humanitarian situation in Ukraine during a telephone call this morning with President Volodymyr Zelensky.\r\n\r\n“The Holy Father extended his best wishes for the Easter holidays and reaffirmed his closeness to the Ukrainian people,” the Holy See Press Office...\r\n

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CWN - 4 hours ago\r\n

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Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem\" href=\"https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2026-04/ibrahim-faltas-good-friday-way-of-the-cross-jerusalem.html\" target=\"top\" class=\"clickCount\" style=\"\">On Good Friday, only 10 Franciscan friars traverse Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem

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\r\n Editor's Note: Amid wartime restrictions reminiscent of the COVID lockdowns, only ten Franciscan friars were able to gather to pray the Stations of the Cross along the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem on Good Friday.

\r\nFather Ibrahim Faltas, O.F.M., head of schools of the Custody of the Holy Land, wrote that “since February 28, it has not been possible to fully live the poignant liturgical season of Lent due to the war that has spread throughout the Middle East, affecting even Jerusalem ... On the journey that will lead us to Holy Easter 2026, we have encountered violence, death, and sorrow for the suffering of so many brothers and sisters who have been denied so many rights, who have been denied love.” \r\n

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Churches in Dubai closed until further notice

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\r\n Editor's Note: Heeding a government directive, Catholic, Orthodox, and other Christian churches in Dubai, the largest city in the United Arab Emirates, have closed their doors until further notice. At least one parish will be livestreaming its Masses and other services.\r\n
\r\nThe directive comes amid Iranian strikes on the United Arab Emirates. Hindu and Sikh houses of worship have also been closed.\r\n

\r\nIslam is the official religion of the Middle Eastern nation of 10.1 million (map); 75% of its residents are Muslim, 13% are Christian (12% Catholic), 6% are Hindu, and 3% are Buddhist. \r\n

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Khaleej Times - 7 hours ago\r\n

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As Jesus washed our feet, let us serve others, Pope preaches at Holy Thursday evening Mass

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\r\n Pope Leo XIV celebrated the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper in the Lateran Basilica this evening (video) and reflected on Christ’s act of washing the feet of His apostles.\r\n\r\n“The washing of the feet is a gesture that encapsulates the revelation of God: an exemplary sign...\r\n

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CWN - 23 hours ago\r\n

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Cardinal Pizzaballa celebrates Holy Thursday Mass in Church of Holy Sepulchre, days after he was denied entry

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\r\n The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem celebrated the Holy Thursday evening Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (video), four days after Israeli police denied him access to the church on Palm Sunday.\r\n\r\nFollowing international condemnation, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced he would...\r\n

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CWN - 10 hours ago\r\n

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Citing security concerns, Nigerian bishops reschedule Easter Vigil Masses

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\r\n Editor's Note: Citing security concerns, bishops in several Nigerian dioceses have directed that Easter Vigil Masses be celebrated at an earlier time than the typical nightfall. \r\n

\r\nBishop Jude Arogundade of Ondo, for example, directed that all Easter Vigil Masses in his diocese begin at 5:00 PM on Holy Saturday. \r\n

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Fides - 8 hours ago\r\n

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Archbishop Broglio: It’s hard to believe Iran war is ‘sponsored by the Lord’

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\r\n Editor's Note: In a television interview that will be broadcast on Easter Sunday, Archbishop Timothy Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, was asked to comment on “the rhetoric of say the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, who openly invokes Jesus repeatedly when talking about the war with Iran ... What do you make of—of that sort of focus and—and sort of trying to cast this war as something that perhaps Jesus would justify?”\r\n
\r\nArchbishop Broglio replied:\r\n
It’s—it’s a little bit problematic in the sense that the Lord Jesus certainly brought a message of—a message of peace and—and also, I think war is always a last resort. Now, you know, they may have information that led them to think that that was the only choice they had. I’m not making a judgment about that because I really don’t know, but I do think that it’s hard to—to cast this war, you know, as—as—as something that would be sponsored by—by the Lord.
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\r\nArchbishop Broglio was also asked, “And so if you’re hearing from a service member who says, if your teachings, if your guidance is this is not justified, what am I to do as a Catholic who’s in the service?” He replied:\r\n
Obviously, you know, the Marine who’s given an order, he’s not in a position really, to resist that order. I mean, he has to obey unless it’s, it’s—unless it’s clearly immoral. And then he would probably have to speak to his, you know, to his chaplain, to his chain of command. \r\n

The question might be, would, you know would—would—would generals or admirals have space to perhaps say, can we look at this a different way? But having spoken to some of them too, they’re—they’re also in the same—in the same dilemma. \r\n

So I guess my counsel would be to do as little harm as you—as you can, and to try and preserve innocent lives.
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CBS News - 8 hours ago\r\n

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Pope, in video, prays for priests in crisis

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\r\n Editor's Note: In a video associated with his prayer intention for April, Pope Leo XIV prayed for priests in crisis.\r\n

\r\nPope Leo began, “Lord Jesus, Good Shepherd and companion on the journey, today we place in your hands all priests, especially those going through moments of crisis, when loneliness weighs heavily, when doubt clouds their hearts, and when exhaustion seems stronger than hope.” \r\n

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The Pope Video - 9 hours ago\r\n

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Vatican issues Holy Thursday message to priests, deacons, and seminarians

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\r\n Editor's Note: The prefect and secretary of the Dicastery for the Clergy issued a message to priests, deacons, and seminarians for Holy Thursday.\r\n
\r\nCardinal Lazarus You Heung-sik and Archbishop Carlo Redaelli began by thanking priests:\r\n
First of all, we wish to say to you: thank you! Thank you for your daily fidelity, often silent and hidden. Thank you for your “yes,” renewed each day, even amid hardships, loneliness and misunderstandings. Thank you because, through your ministry, Christ continues to draw near to His people, to heal, to forgive and to nourish them.
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\r\nThe prelates then reflected on sacrifice and service.\r\n

\r\n“Sacrifice, in its deepest truth, is not first of all renunciation, but gift: it is offering one’s life so that it may be wholly oriented to the love of God and of our brothers and sisters,” they wrote. “We are called to live as men given over, consecrated, who find in the Eucharist the source and summit of our existence. It is at the altar that we allow ourselves to be conformed to Christ, receiving the strength to accompany, to forgive and to console.” \r\n

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Dicastery for the Clergy - 10 hours ago\r\n

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Archbishop Coakley calls for ardent prayer for end of Iran war

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\r\n Editor's Note: The president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops called on the faithful to “pray ardently for mutually respectful and effective dialogue that leads to a cease-fire and a negotiated end to the conflict with Iran.”\r\n

\r\n“The longer the conflict with Iran continues, including the risk of deploying ground troops to the region, the greater the risk of a dramatic escalation risking an ever-greater regional conflict,” Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City said on April 1, as he joined “our Holy Father’s urgent calls for the Administration and all parties involved to take decisive action toward an immediate ceasefire, and for effective dialogue to resolve this dangerous impasse.” \r\n

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USCCB - 9 hours ago\r\n

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Nicaraguan regime again restricts Holy Week processions

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\r\n Editor's Note: The Nicaraguan regime has again restricted Holy Week processions, the Vatican newspaper reported.\r\n

\r\n“For the third consecutive year, Daniel Ortega’s government has banned Holy Week processions in the streets of Nicaragua, imposing severe restrictions on religious celebrations,” according to L’Osservatore Romano. “This measure affects traditional rites—such as the Via Crucis—confining them to the interior spaces of churches. The few activities that are permitted take place under strict police supervision, with officers stationed at places of worship.” \r\n

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L'Osservatore Romano (Italian) - 9 hours ago\r\n

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Cardinal Parolin welcomes formation of Italian Catholic healthcare consortium amid opposition

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\r\n Editor's Note: Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State of His Holiness, welcomed the formation of Sette Pani (Seven Loaves), an Italian Catholic healthcare consortium, as a means to foster Catholic identity and economic efficiency and sustainability.\r\n
\r\nCardinal Parolin, who is also president of the Pontifical Commission for the Activities of Public Juridical Persons of the Church in the Healthcare Sector, said that the “grave conditions of difficulty” in Italian Catholic healthcare institutions were “plainly visible” a decade ago, when the commission was formed.\r\n
\r\nThe formation of Sette Pani encountered “resistance, obstacles, and opposition both within and outside the Church,” Cardinal Parolin said in his message for the March 30 signing ceremony establishing the consortium.\r\n

\r\nIn Italy, “the Catholic healthcare sector comprises nearly 300 facilities, employs over 50,000 staff members, and offers 11,669 accredited beds—accounting for 5.3% of the national total,” according to Vatican News. \r\n

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Vatican News (Italian) - 9 hours ago\r\n

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French President Macron to meet with Pontiff

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\r\n Editor's Note: The director of the Holy See Press Office confirmed a French government announcement that Pope Leo XIV will receive President Emmanuel Macron at the Vatican on April 10.\r\n

\r\nPresident Macron met six times with Pope Francis: three times at the Vatican, and three times in other locations. The April 10 meeting will be his first with Pope Leo, as then-Prime Minister François Bayrou represented France at the Pope’s inaugural Mass. \r\n

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Vatican News - 8 hours ago\r\n

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USCCB backs Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act

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\r\n Editor's Note: The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities lent his support to the Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act, introduced in the House by Rep. Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) and in the Senate by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO).\r\n
\r\n“Catholic teaching holds that all human life is sacred from the moment of conception until natural death and that both the life of the mother and the preborn child possess equal, inherent dignity,” Bishop Daniel Thomas of Toledo, Ohio, wrote in an April 1 letter. “The U.S. bishops have frequently stressed how the abortion pill represents an isolating and harmful response to women in need, who deserve better in the form of compassionate accompaniment and meaningful support to help them welcome their child.”\r\n

\r\n“Chemical abortions now account for almost two-thirds of all abortions in the United States, resulting in hundreds of thousands of preborn children lost each year,” Bishop Thomas added. “Since mifepristone was first approved over twenty-five years ago, a growing body of evidence has emerged suggesting that the use of this drug, as part of the two-drug regimen for chemical abortion, not only ends the lives of preborn children but also poses significant dangers to mothers.” \r\n

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USCCB - 9 hours ago\r\n

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custos writes in Easter message\" href=\"https://www.custodia.org/en/news/the-easter-message-of-fr-francesco-ielpo-custos-of-the-holy-land/\" target=\"top\" class=\"clickCount\" style=\"\">Choose God’s ways, not the world’s, Holy Land custos writes in Easter message

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\r\n Editor's Note: In his Easter message, the custos (Franciscan provincial) of the Holy Land contrasted God’s ways and the world’s ways. \r\n
\r\n“The judgment of the world sees in the cross a defeat, a loss, a humiliation, a folly; the judgment of God, with the resurrection, proclaims that precisely there true wisdom manifests itself, there true victory manifests itself: the victory of the love that gives itself without reserve,” said Father Francesco Ielpo, O.F.M.\r\n
\r\nFather Ielpo added:\r\n
In this land, where even today we experience the weight of war, of violence, of fear, and of uncertainty, the resurrection of Christ is not a distant word, but a concrete fact that asks us to change our gaze: not to let ourselves be determined by the judgment of the world, but to learn to read history with the eyes of God. Easter invites us to believe that renouncing violence is not weakness, that forgiving is not a defeat, that death is not the end.
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\r\nIn the 14th century, the Holy See entrusted the care of the holy sites in the Holy Land to the Franciscan order. Father Ielpo became custos in 2025. \r\n

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Custody of the Holy Land - 9 hours ago\r\n

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Catholic pro-life prayer group attacked in Vermont

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\r\n Editor's Note: Members of a Catholic pro-life group in Brattleboro, Vermont, were attacked with spray paint on March 31 as they prayed near a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic. An image of Our Lady of Guadalupe was damaged beyond repair.\r\n
\r\n“I was appalled because we love this image,” said one parishioner. “I think the Lord gave us peace to just continue to do what we started out to do, which was pray the Rosary.”\r\n

\r\n“We get screamed at, we had rocks thrown at us one time, and we have had the finger many times,” she added. “I just want them to know that they have a mother that loves them.” \r\n

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WCAX-TV - 7 hours ago\r\n

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Jerusalem bishop laments suffering in Gaza, plight of Christians in West Bank

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\r\n Editor's Note: Auxiliary Bishop William Shomali of Jerusalem said that the suffering in Gaza and the West Bank should not be forgotten amid the Iran war.\r\n
\r\nIn Gaza, “two million people are still suffering: the issue is unresolved,” he told Vatican News. “80% of the infrastructure is still destroyed.”\r\n
\r\nReferring to the Christian village of Taybeh in the West Bank, Bishop Shomali said that Israeli settlers “enter whenever they want, set fire to vehicles, and prevent farmers from working their fields.”\r\n

\r\nA “new settlement will now be built near Bethlehem, in Beit Sahour, in an area called Osh Ghrab, on land that belongs to Christian families,” he added. “They cannot even approach it.” \r\n

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Vatican News - April 2\r\n

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Pope Leo, at Holy Thursday Chrism Mass, preaches on the Christian mission in ‘this dark hour of history’

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\r\n Stating that “mission is not a heroic adventure reserved for a few, but the living witness of a Body with many members,” Pope Leo XIV celebrated the Holy Thursday Chrism Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica this morning (booklet, video) and reflected on the “mission to which God...\r\n

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CWN - April 2\r\n

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Hate crime reported at Queens parish

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\r\n Editor's Note: The New York Police Department is seeking a suspect who vandalized St. Anastasia Church in Queens.\r\n
\r\nThe suspect “poured a drink into the baptismal font, removed an undisclosed amount of money from a donation box, and took a cloth from the altar” on March 28, according to a local media report.\r\n

\r\nThe United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has documented over 400 acts of vandalism, arson, and other destruction at parishes and other Catholic sites in the United States since 2020. A tracker at CatholicVote.org lists additional attacks. \r\n

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Shore News Network - April 2\r\n

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Syria’s churches scale back Easter celebrations after attack on Christian town

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\r\n Editor's Note: Armed groups attacked the Christian town of Al-Suqaylabiyah, Syria, on March 27 and 28. The March 28 attack was thwarted by security forces.\r\n

\r\nFollowing the attacks, the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate announced that “Easter celebrations would be reduced to prayers inside churches,” EWTN News reported. \r\n

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EWTN News - April 2\r\n

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Pope taps outsider as Holy See’s new HR director

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\r\n Pope Leo XIV named Paola Fanelli, who has not previously worked for the Vatican, as the director of the Holy See’s Department of Human Resources.\r\n\r\nAfter her graduation from Bocconi University in Milan in 1989, Fanelli worked for Andersen Consulting (1989-1997), Mediocredito Centrale...\r\n

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CWN - April 2\r\n

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Israel denies Cardinal Pizzaballa access to Church of the Holy Sepulchre, then backtracks

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\r\n Israeli police prevented Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M., from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate Palm Sunday Mass. Following international condemnation, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced he would permit Cardinal Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem,...\r\n

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CWN - March 30\r\n

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Father Patton discusses his Via Crucis meditations, laments religious, secularist zealotry

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\r\n Editor's Note: Father Francesco Patton, O.F.M., said in an interview that he was “intimidated” but honored by Pope Leo’s request that he write the meditations for the Via Crucis at the Colosseum on Good Friday.\r\n
\r\n“I took inspiration from the Gospel texts, favoring the Evangelist St. John, who has a penetrating view of the mystery of the Lord’s Passion; and then from the writings of Saint Francis, which are a treasure trove of Christian spirituality,” said Father Patton, who led the Franciscan province in the Holy Land from 2016 to 2025 and is now a friar at Mount Nebo.\r\n
\r\nCommenting on the current situation in the Middle East, Father Patton said:\r\n
We could say that the “zealots,” who at Jesus’ time justified violence in God’s name, have come back into fashion.\r\n

\r\nToday, “zealots” are everywhere: we find them in the Muslim world through a galaxy of armed fundamentalist movements; we find them in the Jewish world, well represented by settlers and those who politically support them locally and internationally; we also find them among Christians, who unfortunately invoke strange blessings going in the opposite direction to that indicated last Sunday by Pope Leo XIV and 2,000 years ago by Jesus in Gethsemane; we even find them in secular form in state laicisms that censor religious expressions in a discriminatory and persecutory way.
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Vatican News - April 2\r\n

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Pope to wash feet of 12 priests

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\r\n Editor's Note: The Diocese of Rome announced that Pope Leo will wash the feet of 12 priests during the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday evening in the Lateran Basilica.\r\n
\r\nEleven of the priests were ordained by Pope Leo; the twelfth is the spiritual director of the Pontifical Roman Major Seminary.\r\n

\r\nIn washing the feet of priests, Pope Leo is restoring a custom abandoned by Pope Francis, who typically celebrated the Holy Thursday evening Mass in prisons. \r\n

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Vatican News - April 2\r\n

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‘This is our God: Jesus, King of Peace,’ Pope Leo preaches at Palm Sunday Mass

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\r\n Pope Leo XIV celebrated Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square this morning (booklet, video) and emphasized in his homily that Jesus is the King of Peace.\r\n\r\nThe Pontiff celebrated the Mass in Italian and Latin.\r\n\r\n“As Jesus walks the Way of the Cross, we place ourselves behind him,...\r\n

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CWN - March 29\r\n

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Cardinal Parolin: St. Francis offers a message of hope amid ‘worrying’ geopolitical situation

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\r\n Editor's Note: In an interview for a Franciscan podcast, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State of His Holiness, discussed the “worrying” geopolitical situation and said that world leaders “are not very sensitive or attentive to the voice rising from the grassroots.”\r\n

\r\n“The message that comes to us today from St. Francis, who echoes Jesus’ message, is to love everyone, even our enemies,” said Cardinal Parolin. “It is only from this love that we can draw hope: a love that is all things to all people and that seeks to build a reality of peace.” \r\n

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Vatican News - April 2\r\n

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Family members of Austrian school shooting victim meet with Pope

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\r\n Editor's Note: Family members of Luzia Aloisia Haiden, a 15-year-old slain in an Austrian school shooting last June, met with Pope Leo at the conclusion of his April 1 general audience.\r\n

\r\nThe victim’s 21-year-old sister said that “we experience this morning with Leo XIV as an unexpected gift—almost a miracle. Having confided our sorrow to the Pontiff, showing him photos and drawings of Luzia Aloisia, and receiving his blessing brings us great relief as we face a future that will certainly not be easy.” \r\n

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Vatican News (Italian) - April 2\r\n

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Persian Gulf bishop says Iran responded ‘legitimately’ to attacks by Israel, US

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\r\n Editor's Note: The bishop who leads the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia said that the decision of Israel and the United States to begin the Iran war was “based on revenge” and that Iran responded “violently,” albeit “legitimately.”\r\n
\r\nBishop Aldo Berardi, O.SS.T., whose territory covers Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, told AsiaNews that Israel and the United States “said they wanted to reach a deal, then they bombed and killed (Iran’s) political and religious leader (Ali Khamenei). People understand that (Iran) is now trying to defend itself.”\r\n
\r\nBishop Berardi said that residents of the Persian Gulf states “are wondering why, despite the money spent on protection, bases, and weapons, we have been attacked so hard” by Iran.\r\n

\r\n“At first, it was thought that (the war) could be over in a week,” the prelate continued; he said that Iran responded “violently,” albeit “legitimately.” \r\n

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AsiaNews - March 27\r\n

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Easter a time of hope: messages from Canadian bishops

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\r\n Editor's Note: This article compiles the Easter messages of Archbishop Richard Smith of Vancouver; Canada’s Ukrainian Catholic bishops; and Bishop Pierre Goudreault, president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. \r\n

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The B.C. Catholic - April 2\r\n

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Internal divisions within SNAP lead to formation of Abuse Survivors Coalition

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\r\n Editor's Note: Over two dozen local leaders of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP) resigned from the organization to form the Abuse Survivors Coalition.\r\n

\r\n“Several of the now-former SNAP members” said they “lost faith in the organization’s board of directors, which they characterized as arrogant, authoritarian and dishonest,” according to the National Catholic Reporter. \r\n

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National Catholic Reporter - April 2\r\n

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13-year decline in worldwide priestly vocations accelerates

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\r\n The 13-year decline in the number of major seminarians worldwide accelerated during 2024, the last full year of Pope Francis’s pontificate, according to statistics published in the new editions of the Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae (2024 edition) and Annuario Pontificio (2026...\r\n

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CWN - March 30\r\n

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Sostituto and new Prefect of the Papal Household\" href=\"/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=68929\" style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Pope Leo appoints new Sostituto and new Prefect of the Papal Household

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\r\n Pope Leo XIV today named Archbishop Paolo Rudelli, the apostolic nuncio to Colombia, as the new Sostituto. The Pontiff also named Archbishop Petar Rajič, the apostolic nuncio to Italy and San Marino, as the new Prefect of the Papal Household, and in doing so filled a position that has been vacant...\r\n

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CWN - March 30\r\n

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In the world’s prolonged Lent, the Lord prepares his Easter, Pope preaches as Monaco visit ends

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\r\n Pope Leo XIV celebrated an outdoor Mass this afternoon in Monaco’s Stade Louis II (video) and preached that “in the world’s prolonged Lent, when evil rages and idolatry makes hearts indifferent, the Lord prepares his Easter.”\r\n\r\nThe Mass was the last public event of the...\r\n

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CWN - March 28\r\n

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Catholic population remains stable at 17.8% of world population; baptisms decline, number of priests rises

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\r\n 17.8% of the world’s people are Catholic, a figure that remained steady in 2024, according to statistics published in the new editions of the Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae (2024 edition) and Annuario Pontificio (2026 edition).\r\n\r\nThe number of Catholics rose from 1.406 billion in 2023 to...\r\n

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CWN - March 30\r\n

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Pope Leo arrives in Monaco, calls on Catholic state to deepen commitment to Church’s social doctrine

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\r\n Following a two-hour helicopter flight from Vatican City, during which papal telegrams were sent to the Italian and French presidents, Pope Leo XIV arrived this morning in Monaco, where he was welcomed by Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene at the Monaco Heliport (video).\r\n\r\nThe one-day visit...\r\n

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CWN - March 28\r\n

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Pope calls for ‘dialogue in truth and love’ upon Dame Mullally’s installation as Archbishop of Canterbuy

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\r\n Dame Sarah Mullally was installed as Archbishop of Canterbury on March 25. As Archbishop of Canterbury, Dame Mullally is primate of the Church of England and first among equals in the Anglican Communion.\r\n\r\nReflecting on the Blessed Virgin Mary, Archbishop Mullally, the first woman to become...\r\n

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CWN - March 27\r\n

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