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German cardinal instructs priests to facilitate same-sex couple blessings
Posted on 04/22/2026 15:38 PM (CNA Daily News)
Cardinal Reinhard Marx, archbishop of Munich and Freising, has instructed priests and full-time pastoral staff to introduce the controversial handout “Blessing Gives Strength to Love.”
Pope Leo XIV to youth and families: ‘Peace be with you’
Posted on 04/22/2026 15:04 PM (CNA Daily News)
In Equatorial Guinea, the pope told young people and families to let Christ’s light shape a future of love, responsibility, and hope.
Southern Poverty Law Center indicted for fraudulently paying informants inside extremist groups
Posted on 04/22/2026 14:29 PM (CNA Daily News)
The Southern Poverty Law Center labeled some traditionalist Catholic groups as hate groups over views related to gender, sexuality, and marriage. No Catholic groups were mentioned in the indictment.
Pope Leo XIV to prisoners: ‘No one is excluded from God’s love’
Posted on 04/22/2026 13:59 PM (CNA Daily News)
At a prison in Equatorial Guinea, the pontiff urged inmates not to let the past rob them of hope.
Pope Leo XIV appoints new bishop of London, Ontario
Posted on 04/22/2026 12:49 PM (CNA Daily News)
With the retirement of Bishop Peter Fabbro, Bishop Daniel J. Miehm of the Diocese of Peterborough has been appointed the new bishop of London, Ontario, Canada. He will be installed on June 29.
Cardinals in Rome remember Pope Francis as missionary to all 1 year after death
Posted on 04/22/2026 11:39 AM (CNA Daily News)
Pope Leo XIV, who is traveling in Africa, sent a message to be read at the Mass commemorating the first anniversary of Pope Francis' death.
Indigenous Christian families assaulted amid land grab conflict in northern Bangladesh
Posted on 04/22/2026 11:09 AM (CNA Daily News)
A mob reportedly attacked a Christian village in the Birganj area of the Dinajpur Diocese injuring Indigenous Christians and Hindus and damaging property.
New film depicts the powerful role St. Joseph can play in marriages, families
Posted on 04/22/2026 08:00 AM (CNA Daily News)
“Saint Joseph: Guardian of the Family” will be released in theaters across the United States on April 23.
Vatican automates its telescope in Arizona for remote use
Posted on 04/22/2026 07:00 AM (CNA Daily News)
Thanks to donations, the telescope is now operable remotely by students at Jesuit universities and has already been used by astronomers at the Vatican’s observatory in Castel Gandolfo, Italy.
Pope Leo XIV to Equatorial Guinea: Take your destiny into your hands
Posted on 04/22/2026 06:18 AM (CNA Daily News)
The pontiff urged Catholics in the country to help build a future of hope, justice, and peace.