Stories for week of April 05, 2026

Ordered from most to least recent.

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

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Easter

Wednesday within the Octave of Easter

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Alleluia Verse, Ps 118:24:This is the day the LORD has made; let us be glad and rejoice in it. Today the Gospel relates the story of the disciples and Jesus on the road to Emmaus. Through the holy Eucharist we are drawn…

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