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US-Iran Talks Collapse as Vance Cites Nuclear Impasse and Catholic Leaders Call for Peace

US Vice President JD Vance (C) walks with Pakistan's Chief of Defense Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshall Asim Munir (L) and Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar after arriving for talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad on April 11, 2026.

The high-level face-to-face talks in Pakistan followed weeks of military confrontation that began in late February and produced a tenuous two-week ceasefire, which ends April 22.

Divine Mercy Shrine in Hollywood Becomes Beacon of Hope

Register Staff Composite / Background Photo by Larry Gibson
Divine Mercy and Hollywood

The Los Angeles-based shrine draws growing crowds for Divine Mercy Sunday, highlighting a message of reconciliation and healing that continues to resonate year-round.

Arthur Brooks: ‘The World Needs American Catholicism’

Arthur Brooks speaks on ‘EWTN News In Depth’ on April 10, 2026.

‘Young people today, they have a craving for something that’s bigger and bigger. And if we don’t feed it, then we’re not feeding our sheep,’ Brooks said.

In Paris, Traditional Liturgy Is Drawing a New Generation to the Church

The light of Christ burns brightly at the April 4, 2026, Easter vigil at Saint-Roch in Paris.

At Saint-Roch — the ‘Church of the Artists’ that has become a hotspot for the traditional Latin Mass in recent years — 55 adults were baptized this Easter, the highest figure in the city.