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Pope emphasizes the Eucharist and evangelization at Mass in Equatorial Guinea (CWN)
Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass this morning at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Mongomo, Equatorial Guinea (video),
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Mass at Casa Santa Marta on anniversary of Pope Francis’s death (Vatican News)
Archbishop Luigi Travaglino, a retired nuncio, celebrated Mass in Casa Santa Marta on the first anniversary of Pope Francis’s death. Casa Santa Marta, or Domus Sanctae Marthae, is the Vatican …
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Pope tells prisoners: ‘No one is excluded from God’s love!’ (CWN)
Pope Leo XIV visited a prison in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, this evening and told the prisoners that “today, I am here to tell you something simple: no one is excluded …
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Only 3 Christian villages in southern Lebanon remain inhabited (Vatican News (Italian))
Only three Christian villages in southern Lebanon—Rmeish, Debel, and Ain Ebel—have not been abandoned or destroyed by the Israeli army. Vatican News, the news agency of the Vatican’s Dicastery for …
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Vatican newspaper publishes reflection on Virgil’s Aeneid by the future Pope Francis (L’Osservatore Romano (Italian))
On April 21—the anniversary of Pope Francis’s death and the founding of the city of Rome—the Vatican newspaper printed a previously unpublished reflection by the future Pope Francis on Virgil’s …
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Vatican spokesman sees African papal trip as ‘the journey that reveals the pontificate’ (Vatican News)
Andrea Tornielli, editorial director of the Dicastery for Communication, said in an editorial that he sees Pope Leo’s apostolic journey to four African nations as “the journey that reveals the …
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, April 22, 2026
The Golden Dome atop the Main Building at the University of Notre Dame. / RebeccaDLev/Shutterstock. A Brief History of Catholic Higher Education (From the Academy): “Whatever they are doing and …
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New ecological program trains US diocesan leaders to build Laudato Si’ momentum
With the inaugural Laudato Si’ Leadership Training, a collaboration between the U.S. bishops’ conference and the Lexington Diocese, 19 dioceses aim to develop action plans inspired by Pope Francis’ 2015 …
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2 Catholic congressmen, 2 tales of El Salvador and US policy
At a congressional hearing, Sergio Arauz, president of the Association of Journalists of El Salvador, said that while it’s true that there’s a greater sense of safety in the country, …
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In conversation, US bishops are learning new insights on LGBTQ+ Catholics
A series of meetings between bishops, experts and LGBTQ+ Catholics has broken the church’s “chilly silence” on LGBTQ+ pastoral care, writes New Ways Ministry executive director Francis DeBernardo.