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Rep. Riley Moore, R-West Virginia, and Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, introduced legislation that would make the day after Easter Sunday a federal holiday.

The reason for the removal of Maj. Gen. William Green Jr. is unclear. However, Hegseth has removed more than a dozen military leaders during his tenure and has vowed to reform the chaplaincy.

Messori not only converted to the Catholic faith but also used his considerable literary and investigative skills to vigorously defend it.

In his homily on Easter Sunday, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa said the resurrection of Christ turns our world upside down and opens unforeseen horizons regarding life and death.

The novena originates with Sister Maria Faustina Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament, OLM, canonized a saint in April 2000, a Polish religious sister and mystic who experienced apparitions of Jesus.

A married couple that leads the Teams of Our Lady, founded by newly-declared Venerable Father Henri Caffarel, explains how this lay apostolate helps couples grow together in holiness.

Upon the recitation of the Regina Caeli, the pope also remembered Pope Francis, who died a year ago on Easter Monday.

A film that features the testimonies of people of Jewish origin who in recent times have professed faith in Jesus after coming to the conclusion that he is the long-awaited Messiah.

In a message for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations titled “The Interior Discovery of God’s Gift,” the Holy Father reflects on the interior dimension of one’s vocation.

In many countries in Europe and South America, Easter Monday, also known as “Little Easter,” is a national holiday.

Church authorities unveiled details of the official delegation expected to accompany the Holy Father during his visit scheduled for April 21–23.

A seminary was established in Mexico in 1999 to serve the growing Hispanic community in North America, forming future priests who learn Spanish as well as ecclesial and cultural traditions.

In his first Easter message to the city and the world, the pontiff urged those with weapons to lay them down.

On his first Easter as pontiff, Leo XIV urged Christians to bring the hope of the Resurrection into a world scarred by war, violence, and injustice.

The legend of the “Colomba di Pasqua” (“Easter dove”) dates to the sixth or seventh century and includes a queen, a feast, and a group of Irish monks.

The ancient vigil “stretches across the centuries as a path of reconciliation and grace,” the pope said at the Vatican.

The government said it was making the release “in the context of the religious celebrations of Holy Week.”

The archbishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, said it was “hard” to see how the ongoing war with Iran could be justified.

The government’s backing-off from the amendment to the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act was promptly welcomed by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India.

Archbishop Francisco Cerro of Toledo, Spain, shared in a letter 10 qualities he considers to be the reason why the diocesan seminary is blessed with vocations.

A microbrewery owned by the Catholic Diocese of Litoměřice took home gold and diamond medals at the Czech Brew Star 2026 competition in Brno before its Easter stout received a bishop’s blessing.

The high court ruled in 2002 that executing people with intellectual disabilities violated the Constitution’s Eighth Amendment, which prohibits “cruel and unusual punishment.”

The pope personally carried the cross through every station of the Good Friday Way of the Cross at the Colosseum.

The Holy Father carried the cross at the Roman amphitheater on Good Friday, the first time a pope has done so in several years.

After the proclamation of the Gospel of John’s account of Christ’s passion, the papal preacher, Father Roberto Pasolini, OFM Cap, delivered a homily.

Far from their home villages, about 200 migrant Catholic workers near Dhaka gathered on Good Friday to reenact the Passion at a church center that serves 1,700 faithful in the industrial zone.

Across France, more than 13,000 adults will be baptized this Easter, according to data released by the French Bishops’ Conference — an increase of 28% compared with 2025. 

The highly anticipated sixth season will portray the 24 hours of Good Friday — culminating in Christ’s crucifixion.

A Ukrainian bishops issues warning about war, a Christian town in Lebanon mourns a father and son, Cameroon prepares for Pope Leo XIV’s visit, and more in this week’s Catholic world news roundup.

On Holy Thursday night, the Eternal City was alight with candlelit altars housing the blessed sacrament.

A new genetic study shows that the reputed burial cloth of Jesus contains DNA from a mix of people.

The pontiff discussed the ongoing wars and exchanged Easter greetings with the two presidents.

Built in 17th-century Lithuania to mirror Jerusalem’s topography, the Vilnius Calvary leads pilgrims through 35 stations over four miles of hills, valleys, and chapels.

Filipino bishops have urged the Catholic dioceses in the Philippines to support overseas workers, migrants, and their families back home amid the economic crisis following war with Iran.

The Good Friday Reproaches are a series of antiphons, known also as “Popule Meus” (“My People”), and come from the opening lines of the Latin text of the recitation.

As the Church mourns, Catholics are also called to solemnly observe this holy day.

Departing from Pope Francis’ custom of celebrating the liturgy in prisons or migrant centers, Leo celebrated the rite in the cathedral of Rome and washed the feet of 12 priests of the Diocese of Rome.

Catholic speakers for the May 17 event on the National Mall include Bishop Robert Barron and actor Jonathan Roumie. Cardinal Timothy Dolan is set to offer a video address.

Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.

The state committed “litigation intransigence” in fighting a lawsuit over policies that blocked parents from learning about their children’s transgender identities, a federal judge ruled.

On Holy Thursday, the pontiff urged Catholics to imitate Christ’s service in a world marked by brutality.

The Catholic bishops were among more than 50 intervenors presenting arguments at a landmark Supreme Court of Canada hearing into the constitutionality of Quebec’s 2019 secularism law.

India’s Catholic bishops are pushing back on a Supreme Court ruling that reaffirmed Christians are excluded from constitutional protections for lower-caste communities.

The archbishop of Cologne in Germany used his chrism Mass homily to call priests back to offering the daily Eucharist and warn against replacing Sunday Mass with word services.

Chrism Mass includes the blessing of the holy oils that will be used throughout the year in the sacraments of baptism, confirmation, anointing of the sick, and holy orders.

Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau lamented the severe persecution of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua.

More than half a century after humans last traveled beyond Earth’s orbit, a new NASA project for lunar exploration has begun, marking a historic day in the United States.

Speaking lovingly of his parents and his Catholic upbringing in Ireland, Keane paid tribute to his mother and the virtues he was raised with in Cork City, Ireland.

Builders AI Forum (BAIF) held its first conference at the Vatican in November 2025 and now hopes to be part of advancing Pope Leo XIV’s mission on artificial intelligence.

Catholic activists have complained of “persecution” and “a clear bias against Christianity” in a controversy over public prayer in the U.K. following an outdoor Islamic prayer service in London.