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Saint of the Day: St. Brendan “the Navigator”

War

His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa in Gaza

John Burger

Cardinal Pizzaballa, parish priest able to visit besieged Gaza City

Newly elevated cardinal, Italian Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa

I.Media

Holy Land cardinal boils it down to forgiveness, truth, justice

Protest in support of Ukrainian prisoners of war

John Burger

Ukrainian Catholic leader appeals for Orthodox Easter prisoner exchange

Cardinal Pietro Parolin

Isabella H. de Carvalho

Cardinal Parolin: “How can we think abortion is a right?”

Haiti

Kathleen N. Hattrup

From Venice, Pope turns attention to Haiti

Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa

J-P Mauro

200 days of war: “Nothing will ever be like before”

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I.Media

Pope to CBS: Negotiated peace better than war without end

Pope Francis meets children as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican

I.Media

Don’t just look at problems, get to work: Pope urges youth

Cardinal Timothy Dolan meets Mahmoud Abbas

John Burger

New York Cardinal Dolan’s Holy Land visit cut short

Destruction in Gaza City

John Burger

Israeli airstrike blamed for death of 4,000 frozen embryos

Pope Francis during his weekly general audience at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on March 20, 2024

Kathleen N. Hattrup

Pope following Mideast situation with “concern, even pain”

Pope Francis during his weekly general audience at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on March 20, 2024

I.Media

Pope Francis meets with families of Israeli hostages

Palestinians are standing next to a vehicle in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on April 2, 2024

J-P Mauro

World Central Kitchen workers go all over the world; 7 killed in Gaza

Pope Francis holds a small new Testament from a 23 year old soldier which died in Ukraine

Kathleen N. Hattrup

Pope holds Rosary, Bible of dead Ukrainian soldier

Gaza Holy Land

Kathleen N. Hattrup

Pope reiterates “firm call” for Gaza ceasefire

Pope Francis waves from the central loggia of St. Peter's basilica during the Easter 'Urbi et Orbi' message and blessing to the City and the World as part of the Holy Week celebrations

Kathleen N. Hattrup

“A new path leads through that empty tomb” (Urbi et Orbi blessing)

Rami Elhanan and Bassam Aramin, Israeli and Palestinian dads and peace activists who met Pope Francis before the general audience on March 27, 2024.

I.Media

These enemies each lost a daughter to war … and became friends

POPE EASTER

Isabella H. de Carvalho

9 Searing ways Pope Francis speaks of war

Boy steps over rubble in Gaza

John Burger

We have “many problems of all kinds”; starvation is new

Pope Francis during his weekly general audience at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on March 13, 2024

Kathleen N. Hattrup

Rosary, Gospel of young soldier presented to Pope

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