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Radio Interview: Learn more about Sagrada Familia Basilica Catholic Review Staff April 20, 2026 Christopher Gunty speaks with architect Mauricio Cortés Sierra, one of the lead designers at Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia. He shares how Antoni Gaudí’s original vision continues to shape the basilica more than 140 years after construction began.
2026 Distinctive Scholars recognized Catholic Review Staff April 17, 2026 The Archdiocese of Baltimore honored three seniors from each of the 17 Catholic high schools across the Archdiocese of Baltimore during the 34th annual Distinctive Scholars Convocation held April 16 at Mercy High School in Baltimore.
Sister Marie Anna (Rose de Lima) Stelmach, O.P., dies at 80 Catholic Review Staff April 17, 2026 A funeral Mass for Dominican Sister of Sinsinawa Marie Anna Stelmach will be offered at 2:30 p.m. April 17 at Stair Crest Senior Living Community’s Faith and Fellowship Hall in Muskego, Wis. Sister Marie died April 8.
Archbishop Lori urges respect, dialogue after Trump-pope tensions Catholic Review Staff April 16, 2026 Archbishop William E. Lori on April 16 urged civility and prayer following recent public exchanges between the U.S. president and Pope Leo XIV, warning that harsh rhetoric risks deepening divisions and undermining the common good.
Pope Leo donates $100K to CRS clean water project in El Salvador OSV News April 20, 2026 Pope Leo XIV has donated $100,000 to provide access to clean water in El Salvador, supporting a program launched by the papal nuncio to that nation and by Catholic Relief Services, the official humanitarian and development agency of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
‘The heart of the Church’ is ‘alive and beating’: Pope Leo XIV leads rosary at beloved Muxima Marian shrine in Angola Courtney Mares April 20, 2026 Pope Leo XIV led tens of thousands of Angolan Catholics in praying the rosary April 19 at southern Africa’s most visited Catholic shrine, calling the pilgrimage site a place where “the heart of the Church” is “alive and beating.”
Pope Francis remembered in Buenos Aires as ‘guiding light’ for Argentine Church David Agren April 20, 2026 María Rico ambled along a busy Buenos Aires boulevard as part of a caravan through Barrio Flores — the childhood neighbourhood of the late Pope Francis — to commemorate the first anniversary of the Argentine pontiff’s death.
The Eucharist can ‘rekindle lost hope,’ Pope Leo says at Sunday Mass in Angola Courtney Mares April 19, 2026 Pope Leo XIV celebrated an outdoor Mass for an estimated 100,000 Catholics in Angola on Sunday, April 19, urging the faithful of a nation still bearing the scars of a decades-long civil war to find renewed hope in the Eucharist and the Risen Christ.
Old lines, new thoughts: Writing out a Gospel by hand Elizabeth Scalia April 20, 2026 Because my Lent took a nosedive about two-thirds of the way through, I am still immersed in a project I undertook in order to get my spiritual groove back: Writing out the Gospel of Mark, in longhand.
Donuts After Mass, Please, and Make Them Delicious Rita Buettner April 19, 2026 When Seminarian Andrew Chase was assigned to St. Joseph’s in Cockeysville, he learned he would be responsible for the donuts and coffee after Mass.
New York Gov. Al Smith: Perseverance in both political endeavors, faith Russell Shaw April 18, 2026 To President Franklin Roosevelt, he was the “Happy Warrior.” To suspicious Protestants, he was a pawn of the pope. Amid such conflicting views as these, the remarkable political career of Al Smith was forged.
Question Corner: Is it ever acceptable to say something other than ‘amen’ when receiving Communion? Jenna Marie Cooper April 16, 2026 Although the General Instruction of the Roman Missal does go on to give some minor variations of this exchange, it never lists any other communicants’ responses besides “amen,” nor does it envision or provide for alternative responses as a possibility.
Odds on Peter: Trump vs the Pope Elizabeth Scalia April 15, 2026 Catholics will always be loyalty suspects in the United States of America. We love our country, but we will not (and should not) put it before Christ or his Church or the successors to his apostles.
