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Hawaii declares April 27 ‘Brother Joseph Dutton Day’
Posted on 04/28/2026 15:50 PM (CNA Daily News)
Servant of God Joseph Dutton was a companion of St. Damien of Molokai and a layman who lived among and served those suffering with leprosy.
Cardinal Pizzaballa: ‘Jerusalem belongs to no one; it is a gift to all of humanity’
Posted on 04/28/2026 15:05 PM (CNA Daily News)
In a wide-ranging pastoral letter, the cardinal addressed the highly divisive conflict and its spiritual undercurrents, proposing a response based on the prophetic vision of the new Jerusalem.
Views vary among prominent U.S. Catholic clergy on ‘just war’ pronouncements
Posted on 04/28/2026 13:39 PM (CNA Daily News)
One of the U.S. Church’s most prominent public figures contends that it’s not the role of the Church’s leaders to make a final determination about whether a particular war is just or not.
Pope Leo XIV: Vatican diplomats must be bridges and channels of peace
Posted on 04/28/2026 12:07 PM (CNA Daily News)
The pontiff said the Holy See’s diplomatic service is a unique ministry rooted in peace, truth, and justice and directed not only to Catholics but also to the entire human family.
Maryland Supreme Court: State cannot reveal names of individuals who allegedly hid Church abuse
Posted on 04/28/2026 11:22 AM (CNA Daily News)
“Uncharged individuals” may not be exposed to the “court of public opinion” in grand jury documents, the state high court ruled.
Vatican warns of political promotion of abortion as an instrument of population control
Posted on 04/28/2026 10:37 AM (CNA Daily News)
“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.
Sister Eva Maamo, Philippines’ ‘Healing Nun’ to the poor, dies at 85
Posted on 04/28/2026 09:37 AM (CNA Daily News)
A Catholic surgeon and missionary who improvised operations by flashlight and coconut water for Indigenous patients in the southern Philippines is remembered as a “tireless servant of the poor.”
Florida diocese set to debut ‘Trinity Village’ offering tiny homes for seniors
Posted on 04/28/2026 06:00 AM (CNA Daily News)
The Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee says the homes will include "affordable rents" to seniors at risk of homelessness.
Official roster of events for Fulton Sheen beatification announced
Posted on 04/27/2026 17:50 PM (CNA Daily News)
Archbishop Fulton Sheen will be beatified in St. Louis on Sept. 24.
Pope sends new shipment of humanitarian aid to Lebanon and Ukraine
Posted on 04/27/2026 16:40 PM (CNA Daily News)
Both war-torn countries will receive essential medications, and Ukraine will receive other needed items, including food and clothing.