Stories for April 2026

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Apr. 10

 Archbishop Eterović retires at 75; led Synod of Bishops under Pope Benedict
 Czech court finds parts of Vatican-Czech treaty unconstitutional
 USCCB calls for assistance for Lebanon’s people
 US fertility rate has fallen 23% since 2007
 Survey assesses Americans’ views on morality
 Albanian cardinal marks 70 years as a priest, recalls brutal Communist persecution
 Nuncio describes bombing of Beirut, calls for truce
 Lebanese priest discusses suffering of Christians in Beqaa Valley, under Israeli attack
 Vatican spokesman previews Pope’s impending trip to Africa

Released Thursday, Apr. 9

 David Axelrod meets with Pontiff
 Message title announced for World Day of Migrants and Refugees
 Sport can be a ‘workshop for a reconciled humanity,’ Pope tells Olympic athletes
 Bishops issue Rwanda genocide anniversary statement, call for unity
 Teen killed, 60 hurt after truck rams Easter procession in Pakistan
 Augustinians see ‘Leo effect’ after Pope’s election
 VP Vance, Defense Department respond to report that official delivered ‘bitter lecture’ to Cardinal Pierre
 Military Archbishop Broglio relieved by US-Iran ceasefire, but concerns loom
 Nigerian archdiocese pleads with government to rescue abducted worshippers
 Tehran cardinal writes Easter message to his flock
 Cardinal Parolin, in wide-ranging interview, laments international drift from diplomacy to force
 Priest discusses plight of Lebanese Christians on Israeli border

Released Wednesday, Apr. 8

 Ecumenical Patriarch issues Easter encyclical, denounces war
 Blessed Sacrament stolen, faithful attacked during adoration in Mexican chapel
 Indian nuns detained on trafficking suspicion, released
 Ukrainian Catholic seminary established in London
 Dominican sisters challenge New York gender-identity law in court
 Pope encourages beleaguered Lebanese Christians not to lose heart
 Archbishop Rudelli begins work as new Sostituto
 Pope Leo: Iran war ceasefire is ‘sign of deep hope’
 Pope, in audience on Vatican II, reflects on universal call to holiness, evangelical counsels

Released Tuesday, Apr. 7

 Pope Leo: The threat against the entire Iranian people is unacceptable
 USCCB president urges President Trump to ‘step back from the precipice of war’
 Maronite Patriarch decries humanitarian law breach as aid to Christian village halted
 Cardinal Pizzaballa: ‘We have no other weapon than this empty tomb’
 Logo, motto released for papal journey to Spain
 Pope announces April 11 peace vigil at St. Peter’s
 Bishop, in Vatican newspaper, calls for peacemaking, criticizes American Protestant fundamentalism
 Colombian cardinal washes feet of transgender prostitutes
 Zambia’s bishops deplore mob killing of woman
 New DNA research confirms Shroud of Turin’s passage through the Middle East
 Dozens killed in Easter attacks across Nigeria
 Cardinal Nichols ponders why more people are becoming Catholic

Released Monday, Apr. 6

 In Sudan, some Christians are experiencing a ‘real passion,’ bishop says
 To defray costs of papal journey, Spanish bishops offer top donors chance to meet Pope
 Nigerian diocese, army deny report of attack on cathedral
 The Gospel needs to reach the oppressed, Pope tells pilgrims on Easter Monday
 Myanmar: Easter Vigil celebrated for the first time in 3 years in Loikaw
 Growing fear among Iraq’s Christians; Holy Week processions cancelled

Released Sunday, Apr. 5

 Pope Leo, in Easter message, proclaims Christ’s Resurrection, urges prayer for peace
 Pope Leo at Easter Sunday Mass: ‘Death no longer has power over us’

Released Saturday, Apr. 4

 ‘Bring everyone the good news that Jesus is risen,’ Pope Leo preaches at Easter Vigil Mass
 ‘The Resurrection does not tell us to overlook evil,’ Jerusalem cardinal preaches at Easter Vigil
 Church desecrated in French small town
 Cardinal Woelki warns against Communion services, calls on priests to celebrate Mass daily
 Conversions surge in France
 Bishop Barron, Cardinal Dolan to speak at presidential event rededicating US to God
 Vittorio Messori, who interviewed St. John Paul and Cardinal Ratzinger, dies at 84
 Cuba pardons 2,010 prisoners for Holy Week
 Syro-Malabar apostolic visitor discusses mandate, challenges

Released Friday, Apr. 3

 Pope presides at Good Friday liturgy in St. Peter’s, Via Crucis at Colosseum
 On Good Friday, only 10 Franciscan friars traverse Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem
 Israeli president, Pope Leo discuss Iran war
 Pope Leo speaks with President Zelensky, expresses closeness to Ukrainian people
 Catholic pro-life prayer group attacked in Vermont
 Churches in Dubai closed until further notice
 Archbishop Broglio: It’s hard to believe Iran war is ‘sponsored by the Lord’
 Citing security concerns, Nigerian bishops reschedule Easter Vigil Masses
 French President Macron to meet with Pontiff
 Choose God’s ways, not the world’s, Holy Land custos writes in Easter message
 Archbishop Coakley calls for ardent prayer for end of Iran war
 USCCB backs Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act
 Nicaraguan regime again restricts Holy Week processions
 Pope, in video, prays for priests in crisis
 Cardinal Parolin welcomes formation of Italian Catholic healthcare consortium amid opposition
 Vatican issues Holy Thursday message to priests, deacons, and seminarians
 Cardinal Pizzaballa celebrates Holy Thursday Mass in Church of Holy Sepulchre, days after he was denied entry

Released Thursday, Apr. 2

 As Jesus washed our feet, let us serve others, Pope preaches at Holy Thursday evening Mass
 Syria’s churches scale back Easter celebrations after attack on Christian town
 Pope Leo, at Holy Thursday Chrism Mass, preaches on the Christian mission in ‘this dark hour of history’
 Hate crime reported at Queens parish
 Jerusalem bishop laments suffering in Gaza, plight of Christians in West Bank
 Cardinal Parolin: St. Francis offers a message of hope amid ‘worrying’ geopolitical situation
 Father Patton discusses his Via Crucis meditations, laments religious, secularist zealotry
 Easter a time of hope: messages from Canadian bishops
 Pope to wash feet of 12 priests
 Internal divisions within SNAP lead to formation of Abuse Survivors Coalition
 Pope taps outsider as Holy See’s new HR director
 Family members of Austrian school shooting victim meet with Pope

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