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Pope laments Colombia violence, recalls Poland’s clergy martyrs of World War II (CWN)
Pope Leo XIV called for peace in Colombia amid escalating pre-election violence in the South American nation.
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Pope Leo upholds St. Catherine of Siena as model for young people and the sick (CWN)
Pope Leo XIV upheld St. Catherine of Siena as a model for young people and the sick to emulate.
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Tulsa deacon charged with bank fraud (NewsOn6.com )
A deacon of the Diocese of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was charged with bank fraud. Deacon John Sommer, who has been placed on leave, was business manager at the Parish of Christ …
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Chernobyl cleanup crew members, grieving parents meet with Pontiff (CWN)
At his April 29 general audience, Pope Leo XIV met with over 45 members of the nuclear cleanup crew who worked in the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster.
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Westminster archbishop: Pope, Anglican primate well aware of differences (CWN)
Archbishop Richard Moth of Westminster, who was present in Rome for the meeting between Pope Leo and Archbishop Sarah Mullally of Canterbury, said that the Pontiff and the Anglican primate …
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Thursday of the Fourth Week of Easter
From Paphos, Paul and his companionsset sail and arrived at Perga in Pamphylia.But John left them and returned to Jerusalem.They continued on from Perga and reached Antioch in Pisidia.On the …
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Thomas à Kempis—Oh, the wonderful and hidden grace of this sacrament …
Oh, the wonderful and hidden grace of this sacrament, which only the faithful of Christ know. … In this sacrament is conferred spiritual grace; lost virtue is repaired in the …
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Apr. 30 Thursday of the Fourth Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of St. Pius V, Pope and Religious, Opt. Mem.
Today is the Optional Memorial of St. Pius V (1504-1572). He joined the Dominicans at the age of fourteen; he was sixty-two when he was elected Pope. His reign, though …
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Sex and the Unity of the Catholic Church
Triumph of the Cross. 12th-century apsis mosaic from Basilica San Clemente in Rome. (Image: commons.wikimedia.org) Faced with a German Church that may be, at this point, a schismatic ecclesial body, …
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What Is ‘Ecclesiastical Communion,’ Which Pope Leo XIV Granted to the New Chaldean Patriarch?
Pope Leo XIV waves during the general audience at St. Peter’s Square on March 25, 2026. Following the procedures for autonomous Eastern Catholic Churches, Pope Leo XIV granted the newly elected patriarch of …