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Apr. 4 Holy Saturday — Easter Vigil, Opt. Mem.
On Holy Saturday, the Church waits at the Lord’s tomb, in prayer and fasting, meditating on his Passion and Death and on his Descent into Hell and awaiting his Resurrection. …
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Conversions surge in France (Pillar)
21,386 converts to Catholicism are expected to be baptized in France this Easter—up from 5,825 in 2022, 8,416 in 2023, 12,340 in 2024, and 17,788 in 2025. Of the 21,386 …
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Bishop Barron, Cardinal Dolan to speak at presidential event rededicating US to God (EWTN News)
Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, is among the speakers at Rededicate 250, a May 17 event at the National Mall at which the nation will be rededicated to God. …
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Church desecrated in French small town (OIDAC Europe)
A church in the small town of Chèvremont in northeastern France was recently desecrated. “The tabernacle had been forced open, consecrated hosts were scattered across the floor, and ciboriums and …
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Cardinal Woelki warns against Communion services, calls on priests to celebrate Mass daily (National Catholic Register)
Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne, Germany, warned priests not to replace Sunday Masses with Communion services and called upon priests to celebrate Mass daily. “I am concerned that Communion …
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PHOTOS: Pope Leo XIV Carries the Cross at the Via Crucis in the Colosseum
Pope Leo XIV carries the cross during the Via Crucis at the Colosseum in Rome, Friday, April 3, 2026. The Pope personally carried the cross through every station of the …
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Pope Leo XIV on Good Friday Urges the Faithful to ‘Live Our Lives as a Journey’ in Christ’s Love
Pope Leo XIV carries the cross during the Via Crucis at the Colosseum in Rome, Friday, April 3, 2026. The Holy Father carried the cross at the Roman amphitheater on …
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PHOTOS: Pope Leo XIV carries the cross at the Via Crucis in the Colosseum
Pope Leo XIV urged the faithful to “live our lives as a journey” and prayed for the Church to “follow in the footprints” of Christ as he walked the Via …
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PHOTOS: Pope Leo XIV carries the cross at the Via Crucis in the Colosseum
Pope Leo XIV carries the cross during the Via Crucis at the Colosseum in Rome, Friday, April 3, 2026. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News Pope Leo XIV urged the faithful …
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Pope Leo’s Way of the Cross says leaders ‘will have to answer to God’ for starting war
War was among the many forms of suffering mentioned in Leo’s first Good Friday procession as pope.