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Pope Leo XIV Receives 4 Albums From Billboard Chart-Topping Hillbilly Thomists

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Returning to the Moon, Returning to God

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‘God May Clothe My Heart With Humility’: Monsignor Marks 40 Years As a Priest

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Pope Says Christian Mission Counters ‘Imperialist Occupation of the World’

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Trump Vows to Hit Iran ‘Extremely Hard’ Amid Catholic Calls for Peace

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Holy Week in a Time of War

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Sixth Word from the Cross: Fulton Sheen and the Declaration of Dependence

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Syria's churches scale back Easter celebrations after attack on Christian town (EWTN News)

Armed groups attacked the Christian town of Al-Suqaylabiyah, Syria, on March 27 and 28. The March 28 attack was thwarted by security forces.

Following the attacks, the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate announced that “Easter celebrations would be reduced to prayers inside churches,” EWTN News reported.

Pope Leo, at Holy Thursday Chrism Mass, preaches on the Christian mission in 'this dark hour of history' (CWN)

Stating that “mission is not a heroic adventure reserved for a few, but the living witness of a Body with many members,” Pope Leo XIV celebrated the Holy Thursday Chrism Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica this morning (booklet, video) and reflected on the “mission to which God calls us as his people,” in a time the Pope described as “this dark hour of history.”

Cardinal Parolin: St. Francis offers a message of hope amid 'worrying' geopolitical situation (Vatican News)

In an interview for a Franciscan podcast, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State of His Holiness, discussed the “worrying” geopolitical situation and said that world leaders “are not very sensitive or attentive to the voice rising from the grassroots.”

“The message that comes to us today from St. Francis, who echoes Jesus’ message, is to love everyone, even our enemies,” said Cardinal Parolin. “It is only from this love that we can draw hope: a love that is all things to all people and that seeks to build a reality of peace.”