King Charles at Congress, A Pope Leo XIII Asteroid, Christians Dwindling in Holy Land, and More

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Gina Christian of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for April 29, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.

Read the stories in this episode:

• King Charles III appealed to the Christian faith and invoked "shared values" between the United Kingdom and the United States as he called for peace around the globe during an address to a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress April 28.
• The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled April 29 that a group of faith-based pregnancy centers in New Jersey can challenge in federal court an investigation by that state's attorney general alleging they misled people about their services and seeking information about their donors.
• The Vatican Observatory announced in an April 29 press release that an asteroid has been named in honor of Pope Leo XIII, who formally reestablished the observatory in 1891.
• Christians in the Holy Land are dwindling under the pressures of war, economic hardship and emigration, according to Benedictine Father Nikodemus Schnabel, head of Dormition Abbey in Jerusalem.
• Pope Leo XIV said in his April 29 general audience he wanted his journey to Africa to highlight the serious injustices continuing there and propose a message of peace to a world marred by conflict and violations of international law.