Stories for week of April 05, 2026

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Saturday, Apr. 11

 At Rosary for peace, Pope speaks of importance of prayer, urges leaders to stop waging war
 Priest arrested in Belarus; whereabouts unknown
 California Catholic college names Rep. Pelosi its commencement speaker
 Indian state revokes Catholic school’s recognition over conversion allegation
 Times asks: Should Father Rupnik’s art be removed from churches?
 Vatican spokesman backs up Pentagon on tone of January meeting with Cardinal Pierre
 Partial reopening of Christian churches in Dubai
 Islamabad archbishop lauds Pakistan’s mediation efforts in Iran war
 Ghana’s leading prelate reminds president of promise to sign family-values legislation
 Cardinal Parolin previews Pope’s journey to Africa
 In Paris, Latin liturgy helps draw new generation to the Church
 Leading Pakistani prelate demands safety for Christian girls after court validates marriage of minor
 Nigerian bishop recounts Easter attacks, says 500 parishioners are still in hiding
 Vatican newspaper devotes special section to refugees
 Coadjutor named for Bishop Zanchetta’s former diocese
 Pope names chancellor of Pontifical Academy for Life
 Milan Catholic university rector, in papal audience, discusses African collaboration plans
 Pope Leo laments international poverty, recalls papal teaching on the welfare state
 French President Macron meets with Pontiff
 Russia and Ukraine agree to Orthodox Easter truce
 Leading French prelate deplores Israeli attacks on Lebanon
 Pope calls on Chaldean bishops to elect a ‘man of the Beatitudes’ as Patriarch

Released Friday, Apr. 10

 Vatican concludes visitation of Heiligenkreuz Abbey in Austria
 New Westminster archbishop: ‘I don’t think we’re managing decline’
 Nuncio’s Pentagon meeting was ‘frank exchange of ideas,’ officials say
 12 new members named to Dicastery for Communication
 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 laments 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
 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

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