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USCCB Daily Readings from the New American Bible Revised Edition
- Monday of the Third Week of Easter April 20, 2026Reading 1 Acts 6:8-15 Stephen, filled with grace and power, was working great wonders and signs among the people. Certain members of the so-called Synagogue of Freedmen, Cyreneans, and Alexandrians, and people from Cilicia and Asia, came forward and debated with Stephen, but they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he […]USCCB
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- Peace appeals in Africa were not aimed at Trump, pope says April 18, 2026ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM CAMEROON TO ANGOLA (CNS) -- Pope Leo XIV pushed back against interpretations that his recent calls for peace on the ground during his Africa trip were directed specifically at U.S. President Donald Trump, saying his remarks were part of a broader message.While the pope had responded to comments from the […]PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
- With candor, Pope Leo confronts Cameroon's ongoing abductions, killings in plea for peace April 17, 2026BAMENDA, Cameroon (CNS) -- "The voices in the bushes." That is the fear that defines daily life for many residents of this city in Cameroon’s troubled Anglophone region."You don’t know where they are," Cajetan Nfor told Catholic News Service April 16. "You don’t know how many of them there are." A resident of Bamenda since 1964, […]PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
- Pope finds the embodiment of the ‘guiding principle above all’ in Algeria April 15, 2026ANNABA, Algeria (CNS) -- In a country marred by hardship, deep faith and hard-won independence, Pope Leo XIV pointed to Algeria as a living witness to what he called the Church's "guiding principle above all," a charity that transcends power, binds community and makes peace. Throughout the first leg of his 11-day trip across Africa, the […]PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
- U.S. Bishops’ Chairman on Doctrine Issues Clarification on Just War Theory April 15, 2026WASHINGTON – In light of recent public comments regarding the Catholic Church’s teaching on war and peace, Bishop James Massa, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Doctrine, issued the following statement:“For over a thousand years, the Catholic Church has taught just war theory and it is that long tradition the Holy Father […]PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
- Pope Leo steers discourse back to Africa trip after White House criticisms cloud initial days April 15, 2026ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM ALGERIA TO CAMEROON (CNS) -- Following three days of public attacks from U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration, Pope Leo XIV did not take questions from reporters in an in-flight press address, redirecting attention, instead, to his international trip across Africa and his spiritual father, St. Augustine.Heading to the second […]PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
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