News Roundup— Week of May 2

Catholic leaders push for a major exchange of Ukrainian and Russian prisoners of war ahead of Orthodox Easter this Sunday. Authorities in Louisiana expand their investigation into clerical sex abuse in the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati will likely be canonized in 2025. And pilgrims to Ireland can now summit the country’s “Holy Mountain,” thanks to a newly-refinished trail.

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