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Pope Leo at Easter Sunday Mass: 'Death no longer has power over us' (CWN)

Posted on 04/5/2026 06:04 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)

Pope Leo XIV celebrated the Mass of Easter Sunday in St. Peter’s Square this morning (booklet, video) and emphasized that Christ’s Resurrection has overcome the power of death.

Apr. 5 Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord, Solemnity

Posted on 04/5/2026 00:00 AM (Catholic Culture Liturgical Year)

From the Gospel of Mass for Easter Day: Then the angel said to the women in reply, "Do not be afraid! I know that you are seeking Jesus the crucified. He is not here, for he has been raised just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has been raised from the dead, and he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him.' Behold, I have told you." (Matt 28:5-7)

At Easter Vigil, Pope Leo XIV Calls for Peace to ‘Grow and Flourish’ Throughout the World

Posted on 04/4/2026 22:44 PM (The Daily Register)

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Government of Cuba Announces Release of More Than 2,000 Prisoners for Easter

Posted on 04/4/2026 22:29 PM (The Daily Register)

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Archbishop Broglio: War Should Always Be ‘a Last Resort’

Posted on 04/4/2026 19:23 PM (The Daily Register)

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Sifting Sin: Lessons From a Sandbox and a 4-Year-Old

Posted on 04/4/2026 10:10 AM (The Daily Register)

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Is the Culture of Death Committing Suicide?

Posted on 04/4/2026 09:45 AM (The Daily Register)

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Syro-Malabar apostolic visitor discusses mandate, challenges (Fides)

Posted on 04/4/2026 08:04 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)

In an article for Agenzia Fides, the news agency of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Father Jolly Vadakken discussed his mandate as apostolic visitor to Syro-Malabar Catholics in the nations of the Arabian Peninsula, as well as the challenges that the faithful of the Eastern Catholic church face there.

10% of Catholics in Kuwait, 10% of Catholics in Qatar, and 25% of Catholics in Bahrain—largely migrant workers and their families—are members of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church (CNEWA profile), based in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala.

Vittorio Messori, who interviewed St. John Paul and Cardinal Ratzinger, dies at 84 (CWN)

Posted on 04/4/2026 08:04 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)

Vittorio Messori, a journalist whose interview questions led to the publication of The Ratzinger Report (1985) and Pope St. John Paul II’s Crossing the Threshold of Hope (1994), died on April 3 at the age of 84.

Cuba pardons 2,010 prisoners for Holy Week (Vatican News)

Posted on 04/4/2026 08:04 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)

In what it described as a “humanitarian and sovereign gesture” within “the context of the religious celebrations of Holy Week,” Cuba’s Communist regime pardoned 2,010 prisoners.

The government did not release a list of the pardoned prisoners, Vatican News reported.