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USCCB Daily Readings from the New American Bible Revised Edition
- Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent March 23, 2026Reading I Daniel 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or 13:41c-62 In Babylon there lived a man named Joakim,who married a very beautiful and God-fearing woman, Susanna,the daughter of Hilkiah;her pious parents had trained their daughteraccording to the law of Moses.Joakim was very rich;he had a garden near his house,and the Jews had recourse to him oftenbecause […]USCCB
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- Childhood classmates from the United States reunite with Pope Leo March 20, 2026VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Once a young teenager wearing a cap and gown for his eighth-grade graduation photo in Chicago, today the famous former-student posed for a reunion picture wearing his papal zucchetto and cassock at the Vatican.Pope Leo XIV, who graduated from the lower school of St. Mary of the Assumption on the city's […]PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
- Communion of faithful, not just clergy, shares role in safeguarding faith, pope says March 18, 2026VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- All baptized Christians share in the Church's mission and, guided by the Holy Spirit, are fit for renewing and building up the Church, Pope Leo XIV said at his weekly general audience.Every person who has been baptized is called to bear witness to Christ, and the whole Church, beyond its leaders, […]PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
- Pope Leo calls for ceasefire in Middle East, special prayers for Lebanon March 16, 2026VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Marking the two weeks since the U.S. and Israel launched their first attacks on Iran and since the Israeli military resumed strikes in Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV called for an immediate ceasefire."On behalf of the Christians of the Middle East, and of all women and men of good will, I appeal […]PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
- God's name can never be used to justify 'absurd' pursuit of war, pope says March 15, 2026ROME (CNS) -- Believing problems and differences can be resolved with war is absurd, Pope Leo XIV said, chastising those who use God's name in their dark and deadly pursuits."God cannot be enlisted by darkness," he said in his homily during Mass in a parish on the outskirts of Rome March 15. "Rather, he always […]PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
- Pope Leo XIV Appoints Reverend Godfrey Mullen, OSB as Bishop of Belleville March 13, 2026WASHINGTON – Pope Leo XIV has appointed Reverend Godfrey Mullen, O.S.B., as Bishop of Belleville. Bishop-elect Mullen is a monk of Saint Meinrad Archabbey, and current administrator of the Diocese of Belleville. The appointment was publicized in Washington, D.C. on March 13, 2026, by Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States.The following biographical […]PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
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