Bishop Walsh wins state mock trial competition for second straight year April 22, 2026By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools It was a special moment when the small Cumberland-based Bishop Walsh School’s mock trial team qualified to go back to Annapolis and defend its 2025 state title.
Sister Joan McCann, O.P., former principal, dies at 85 April 22, 2026By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Uncategorized In the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Sister Joan was a former teacher and principal of St. Rose of Lima School in Brooklyn. Elsewhere, she ministered in Illinois, Wisconsin, Georgia, Illinois and Washington, D.C.
National Eucharistic Congress says use of ‘one nation under God’ is about ‘spiritual renewal’ April 22, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News Amid what it called “a moment of heightened tension” in the U.S. and the world, the National Eucharistic Congress said its use of the phrase “one nation under God” is “not about political statements, but about spiritual renewal.”
Trump participates in Bible reading after AI depiction resembling Jesus, Pope Leo controversies April 22, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Bible, Feature, News, World News President Donald Trump participated April 21 in an event called “America Reads the Bible,” speaking by prerecorded video message to read from Scripture.
Pope Leo meets Equatorial Guinea’s dictator, quoting St. Augustine’s ‘City of God’ April 22, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV arrived April 21 in Equatorial Guinea, the fourth and final country of his 11-day apostolic journey in Africa, where the pope met the country’s longtime ruler and urged the country’s civil authorities to choose justice over power, quoting St. Augustine’s “City of God.”
Maryland Catholic Conference engages wide-ranging state legislation in 2026 April 22, 2026By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, Immigration and Migration, Local News, Maryland Catholic Conference, Maryland General Assembly, News, Respect Life, Schools Life issues, immigration, juvenile justice and education were key issues addressed during the Maryland General Assembly session that ended April 13 that the Maryland Catholic Conference followed and took stances on.
Mass at Basilica of St. Mary Major marks first anniversary of Pope Francis’ death April 22, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News On the first anniversary of Pope Francis’ death, Pope Leo XIV praised his predecessor’s “courageous witness” as “a significant heritage for the Church.”
Pope Leo XIV honors Pope Francis on death anniversary, recalling his mercy and closeness to ‘the little ones’ April 21, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Flying over the west coast of central Africa on April 21, Pope Leo XIV paused to honor his predecessor on the first anniversary of Pope Francis’ death, remembering the Argentine pope’s witness to mercy and closeness to the poor.
One year ago today: The pope from the peripheries died on Easter Monday April 21, 2026By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News One year ago today, Pope Francis died at 7:35 a.m., April 21, 2025.
12 quotes from Pope Leo’s first year as pope April 21, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News As the one-year anniversary of Pope Leo XIV’s election to the papacy approaches, here is a selection of 12 quotes from the new pontiff on various topics, looking back over the 12 months since he became pope May 8, 2025.
‘Christ hears the cry of the people’ in the face of evil, pope says at Mass near Angola’s largest diamond mine April 21, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV traveled to the heart of Angola’s diamond country April 20, urging the tens of thousands gathered at the papal Mass in the country’s northeast to trust that “Christ hears the cry of the people” in the face of evil.
ANALYSIS: Does a new survey show potential for a confession revival? Some say yes, but others not so sure April 21, 2026By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A new poll certainly tells the Catholic Church what it wants to hear: That 67% of Catholics who haven’t been to confession in the past year are open to returning, with roughly half expressing a clear desire to return.
