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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, April 29, 2026

April 29, 2026 CWR Staff 14

The Vatican’s Deal with the CCP is Not Working—But Washington Can Help (Providence): “In 2018, the Holy See made a deal with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in an effort to ‘contribute positively to the life […]

The Dispatch

Vatican warns of political promotion of abortion as an instrument of population control

April 28, 2026 Victoria Cardiel 12

“Integral Ecology in the Life of the Family” is a comprehensive overview of environmental and human ecology drawing on the teachings of the previous four popes. […]

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Saint Louis de Montfort and his “short, perfect and sure way” to Christ

April 28, 2026 Dawn Beutner 6

Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort (1673-1716) is best known today as the author of the spiritual classics True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and The Secret of the Rosary. However, Louis de Montfort probably never thought […]

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Pope Leo XIV meets archbishop of Canterbury amid deepening church divides

April 27, 2026 Ishmael Adibuah 28

The pontiff addressed “new problems” facing Catholic-Anglican dialogue in his meeting with Archbishop Sarah Mullally, the first woman to serve as spiritual head of the Anglican Communion. […]

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Controversy at Catholic school in Georgia over reach of the “ministerial exception

April 26, 2026 Charles J. Russo 20

An unusual case arose after the principal of St. Peter Claver School in Savannah, Georgia, elected not to renew the contract of a first-grade teacher, Keshel S. Coates, who finds Catholicism “offensive.” The teacher, described as […]

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Pope Leo XIV tells new priests: ‘You are a channel, not a filter’

April 26, 2026 Victoria Cardiel 29

The pope ordained 10 men to the priesthood on Good Shepherd Sunday and later warned at the Regina Caeli against the “thieves” that rob people of freedom, dignity, and peace. […]

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Saint Peter, the leader of the choir, the ardent lover of Christ

April 25, 2026 Carl E. Olson 1

Readings: • Acts 2:14a, 36-41 • Ps 23:1-2a, 3b-4, 5, 6 • 1 Pet 2:20b-25 • Jn 10:1-10 It would be difficult to find a more eloquent tribute to Saint Peter than that written by […]

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Melkite priest finds consecrated host intact after 47 days in damaged church

April 25, 2026 Romy Haber 3

“Jesus was waiting for us,” a priest in southern Lebanon said after returning to his damaged church in the town of Tbenine following the ceasefire on April 17. […]

The Dispatch

On Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, OFM Cap, martyr for the unity of the Faith

April 24, 2026 Donald Jacob Uitvlugt 2

April 24th is the feast day of Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen (1577-1622), priest and martyr. St. Fidelis was baptized Markus Rey, born at a time when the Protestant Reformation in Europe was little over fifty […]

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Of war and peace in the Easter season

April 23, 2026 Dr. R. Jared Staudt 2

Jesus’ first words to the disciples after his resurrection were “Peace be with you” (John 20:19). This was the fruit of Easter, resolving the two greatest threats to our peace — the internal discord of […]

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