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Ukrainian and Russian families to carry cross at pope’s Good Friday Way of the Cross

Ukrainian and Russian families will carry the cross together during the Stations of the Cross led by Pope Francis at Rome’s Colosseum on Good Friday. The Vatican has published the meditations and prayers for the Pope’s Via Crucis, or Way of the Cross, which will focus this year on the many “crosses” of family life. […]

Pope Francis praises pope’s attempt to reconcile with Martin Luther

Pope Francis on April 7 recalled the 500th anniversary of the election of Pope Adrian VI, who sought reconciliation between the Catholic Church and Martin Luther during his short pontificate. “In his brief pontificate, which lasted only a little more than a year, he sought above all reconciliation in the Church and the world, putting […]

Desire to restore ‘imperialist power’ leads to death, Vatican cardinal says

Without naming names, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri lamented how a national leader, yearning to restore “a past of imperialist power,” can sow death and destruction. The cardinal’s apparent reference to Russian President Vladimir Putin and his invasion of Ukraine came during a homily April 5 at a Mass in Orvieto with officers and cadets of Italy’s […]

Mel Gibson, Mark Wahlberg talk about ‘Father Stu’ – and the ‘Passion of the Christ’ sequel

When can devotees of “The Passion of the Christ” be able to see the sequel? Not anytime soon, from the sounds of it. In an interview on “The World Over” that aired April 7, Gibson, who produced, co-wrote, and directed the hugely successful 2005 film about the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ, told EWTN’s […]

American nun abducted in Burkina Faso

Prayers are being sought for the safe release of Sister Suellen Tennyson, 83, an American Catholic nun who was reportedly kidnapped in Burkina Faso the night of April 4. “On the night of Mon-day 4 to Tuesday 5 April 2022, Unidentified Armed Men (UAM) visited the community of nuns in Yalgo Parish of the Diocese […]

Months later, nine Egyptian Christians still detained after protests to rebuild church

Months after protests of the government’s apparent refusal to approve the rebuilding of a damaged church, nine Christian protesters in Egypt remain in detention as supporters call for their re-lease. “Instead of arresting a number of residents of the estate, official and security authorities should have responded promptly to their demands and issued a decision […]

Russians invade Ukrainian homes, rape women: Catholic nun

A Catholic nun from India serving the war-hit people of Ukraine says hungry and frustrated Russian soldiers now invade Ukrainian homes, loot food and rape women. “We hear stories of such atrocities almost daily, and we too live in fear and anxiety,” says Sister Ligi Payyappilly, who shelters around 75 women and children besides 50 […]

Pope Francis’ in-flight press conference from Malta

Pope Francis returned to Rome on Sunday after a two-day trip to Malta. During the April 2-3 visit, he addressed civil authorities, visited a Marian shrine and the site where tradition holds that St. Paul stayed in 60 A.D., celebrated an outdoor Mass, and met with migrants and refugees. Pope Francis’ press conference on the […]