Lebanese Christians mourn rising death toll as war shatters communities, hope April 13, 2026By Dale Gavlak OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Lebanese Christians are reeling from the death and destruction wrought on their community, caught in the crossfire between Israel and Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah militia, a deadly side conflict in the U.S. and Israel-Iran war.
St. Michael-St. Clement School will close at end of academic year April 13, 2026By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools School leadership announced April 13 that St. Michael-St. Clement School in Overlea, which serves preschool through eighth grade, will not reopen in the fall for the 2026-27 academic year.
Common sense slowly emerges for protecting women’s athletics April 13, 2026By Kenneth Craycraft OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Sports On March 26, the International Olympic Committee made an announcement that is simultaneously surprising and banal. The IOC declared that only women are eligible to participate in women’s events in the Olympics. Of course, saying that women’s events are limited to women is as newsworthy as a declaration that water is wet.
Pope Leo praises witness of Algeria’s Christian martyrs at meeting with local Catholics April 13, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV honored the memory of Algeria’s Christian martyrs Monday evening, telling the country’s tiny Catholic community that the blood of those who died for their faith remains “a living seed that never ceases to bear fruit.”
Spain’s Sagrada Familia Basilica invites visitors to see ‘Bible in stone’ April 13, 2026By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News Visitors to the Basilica de la Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain, don’t even have to go inside the basilica to be inspired. The exterior of the basilica itself is a “Bible in stone in the facades,” according to Mauricio Cortés Sierra, the lead architect for the basilica’s Tower of Christ that was completed earlier this year.
Radio Interview: Forgiveness and Divine Mercy April 13, 2026By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Our God is a merciful God, and that is ever-present especially in the sacrament of reconciliation or confession. Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talked with Father Michael DeAscanis, pastor of St. Louis Parish in Clarksville and St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Fulton, about his great joy in bringing people back into communion with God through confession.
Pope Leo responds to Trump: ‘Blessed are the peacemakers’ April 13, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV said April 13 he has “no fear” of President Donald Trump’s administration and responded to Trump’s criticism by telling journalists that his message to the U.S. president is “the message of the Gospel: Blessed are the peacemakers.”
US cardinals speak out against Iran war, mass deportations in 60 Minutes appearance April 13, 2026By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News Three American cardinals voiced their concerns over the Iran war, mass deportations and more in an interview that aired April 12 on CBS’s “60 Minutes.”
Purple Sheep Project going strong after 12 years, emphasizing joy of giving April 13, 2026By Erik Zygmont Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Giving, Local News, News, Schools For three-quarters of her life, Gabriela Huff, 16, has made her birthday about giving rather than getting.
Eternal investment April 13, 2026By Carole Norris Greene Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Amen, Commentary Lose no opportunity to invest quality time with children at every stage of their lives. Remind them of how precious they are. Teach them as they grow how to recognize opportunities to spread the good news of salvation that our resurrected Lord makes attainable for generations to come.
Pope Leo arrives in Algeria on first-ever papal visit to the country April 13, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV arrived in Algeria on the morning of April 13, becoming the first pope to make an apostolic journey to the North Africa nation, the first stop of the pope’s 11-day, four-country tour of Africa.
Trump lashes out at Pope Leo amid Iran war rebuke April 13, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News President Donald Trump lashed out at Pope Leo XIV on social media and in verbal remarks April 12, calling him “weak on crime” and “terrible for foreign policy,” as tensions escalate in the Mideast.
