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Vatican News
Day one in Algeria: Pope Leo a missionary of peace
April 13, 2026 - 1:51pmPope Leo XIV kicks of his Apostolic Journey in Africa with an intense day in Algiers, where he meets with government authorities, visits a mosque, meets with a community of Augustinian missionary sisters, and prays with the Algerian community.
Pope to Algerian community: Prayer, charity, unity are essential to Christian presence
April 13, 2026 - 12:34pmPope Leo XIV encourages the Christian community in Algeria to remain rooted in “prayer, charity and unity,” praising their quiet witness and urging them to be a sign of peace and fraternity.
Pope visits Augustinian Sisters, recalls enduring witness of martyrdom
April 13, 2026 - 12:13pmIn a private visit to a community run by Missionary Augustinian Sisters in Algiers, Pope Leo XIV highlights the enduring witness of martyrdom and encourages a renewed commitment to peace, dignity, and respect for differences.
Pope visits Grand Mosque of Algiers and calls for mutual respect and peacebuilding
April 13, 2026 - 11:17amPope Leo XIV visits the Grand Mosque of Algiers, highlighting its role as a sacred space for prayer, dialogue, and the search for God.
Cardinal Koch marks 40th anniversary of first papal visit to a Synagogue
April 13, 2026 - 10:48amCardinal Kurt Koch, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Christian Unity and the Commission for Religious Relations with Judaism, in a statement released to Vatican News and L’Osservatore Romano, recalls that “Pope John Paul II charted a significant course for the future reconciliation between the Catholic Church and Judaism.” Today marks the 40th anniversary of John Paul II’s visit to the Great Synagogue of Rome. It was the first time ever that a pope entered a Jewish place of worship.
Parish Flocknote
Weekly Update
April 10, 2026 - 2:01pmSchedule for April 11-12 Saturday, April 11 7:00 am Cathedral Open for Private Prayer and Devotion 8:00 am Mass 10:00 am Confirmation 1:30 pm Confirmation 3:30 - 4:15 pm Holy Hour - concluding with Evening Prayer and...Divine Mercy Sunday
April 8, 2026 - 2:01pmOn Sunday, April 12, 2026, we celebrate the Feast of Divine Mercy, a feast day added to the liturgical calendar by St. John Paul II to celebrate the overwhelming mercy of Jesus Christ. In recognition of this very special day, the...Wayne Eultgen and Ellie Watt
April 6, 2026 - 9:01amWayne Eultgen One of our long-time parishioners Wayne Eulgten died this past week. His Funeral will be this coming Tuesday, April 7 at 10:00 am in the Cathedra Basilica of St. Louis. Fortified with the sacraments of Holy Mother...Holy Week Reminder
April 1, 2026 - 2:02pmHoly Thursday — April 2 Chrism Mass: 10:00 a.m. Mass of the Lord’s Supper: 7:00 p.m. Tenebrae: Following Mass (approximately 9:00 p.m.) Basilica closes at midnight (All Holy Thursday Masses will be livestreamed) Good Friday...Palm Sunday
March 27, 2026 - 2:01pmDear Parishioners, On Palm Sunday, we go up the mountain with Jesus towards the Temple, accompanying Him on His ascent. The procession which normally takes place before the Mass is meant, then, to be an image of something...
National Catholic Register
Vance Says Trump Was ‘Posting a Joke’ With Now-Deleted Jesus-Like Image
April 13, 2026 - 7:21pm
Vice President JD Vance speaks at a film-screening event April 1, 2025, at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C.
The vice president said Trump removed the AI-generated image because ‘a lot of people weren’t understanding his humor.’
Religious Liberty Commission Members Urge Continued Work as Threats ‘Are Not Disappearing’
April 13, 2026 - 5:23pm
Center, left to right: Heather Rice-Minus, Sister of Life Mary Elizabeth, Oriel Ekşi, and Rabbi Aaron Lipskar discuss faith-based ministries at the Religious Liberty Commission meeting in Washington, D.C., on April 13, 2026.
Religious-liberty commissioners met for their final scheduled meeting.
Pope Leo XIV Honors 2 Spanish Nuns Murdered in Algeria in 1994
April 13, 2026 - 5:12pm
Esther Paniagua Alonso (left) and Caridad Álvarez Martín, Augustinian nuns murdered in Algeria in 1994, beatified in 2018.
The Augustinian nuns were about to enter a Catholic chapel in Algiers when they were gunned down. Pope Leo previously visited their community in 2009 when he was prior of the Order of St. Augustine.
A Pause, a Peace, and a ‘Cup of Poison’: How Wars End in Iran
April 13, 2026 - 3:47pm
Atta Kenare
A woman walks past a giant billboard reading ‘The Strait of Hormuz remains closed’ at Revolution Square in Tehran on April 12.
COMMENTARY: The Iran-Israel-United States war that began Feb. 28 is closer to the end than the beginning. But exactly how it ends remains murky.
State Department Provides Update On Visa Restrictions for Religious Freedom Violators
April 13, 2026 - 3:34pm
Visa application.
The U.S. has been restricting visas for religious freedom violators, a key State Department adviser said.
First Things
Ralph Lauren, American Patriot
January 21, 2025 - 5:00amOn January 4 , President Joe Biden honored nineteen individuals with the Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor. While one could argue that some were less deserving of the award than others, I believe that one honoree deserved it without question: Ralph Lauren, a living embodiment of the American dream who in turn made America his muse. His designs pay homage to the cowboy, the soldier, the Ivy Leaguer. For Lauren, no aspect of the American character isn’t worth celebrating—a welcome contrast to the self-loathing that usually pervades the upper echelons of society.
Begging Your Pardon
January 20, 2025 - 5:00amWho attempts to overthrow a government without weapons? Why would the alleged leader of an insurrection authorize military force to protect the government, and why would the alleged insurrection victims countermand that authorization? How do people who listen to speeches about democratic procedures and election integrity in one location transform into enemies of the Constitution after walking a mile and a half to the east? Who believes that interrupting a vote would overturn a government? If there was an attempted insurrection, why would a notoriously creative and aggressive prosecutor fail to find any basis for filing insurrection charges?
To Hell With Notre Dame?
January 20, 2025 - 5:00amI first visited the University of Notre Dame du Lac (to use its proper inflated style) in 2017 as a guest of some friends in the law school. By then I had already hated the place for more or less my entire life. For me, Notre Dame was synonymous with the Roman Catholic Church as I had known her in childhood: dated folk art aesthetics (has anyone ever written about how ugly the buildings are?), the Breaking Bread missalette, the so-called “Celtic” Alleluia, the thought (though not the actual writings) of Fr. Richard McBrien, jolly fat Knights of Columbus in their blue satin jackets, avuncular permanent deacons named Tom, Pat, or, occasionally, Dave. At the age of twenty-seven, I expected to find preserved something of the religious atmosphere of the middle years of John Paul II’s papacy: the quiet half-acknowledged sense of desperation, the all-pervading horror of unbelief that could never be allowed formally to take shape among the grandchildren of European immigrants who had done well for themselves in the professions—perhaps too well.
The Mercurial Bob Dylan
January 17, 2025 - 5:00amThere’s a version of Bob Dylan for everyone: small-town boy from Duluth, Minnesota; scrappy folk troubadour of Greenwich Village; electric rock poet who defied expectations at Newport; introspective born-again Christian; Nobel Laureate. As any journalist who has interviewed him will attest, Dylan is an enigma. Capturing the whole man is harder than making a bead of mercury sit still in one’s palm.
The Theology of Music
January 17, 2025 - 5:00amÉ lisabeth-Paule Labat (1897–1975) was an accomplished pianist and composer when she entered the abbey of Saint-Michel de Kergonan in her early twenties. She devoted her later years to writing theology and an “Essay on the Mystery of Music,” published a decade ago as The Song That I Am , translated by Erik Varden . It’s a brilliant and beautiful essay, but what sets it apart from most explorations of music is its deeply theological character.





