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Cardinal Blase Cupich said the award is not an endorsement of every stance a person has, but Illinois Right to Life accused him of “scandalizing the faithful” at the Oct. 29 banquet.

Many legal scholars and other experts strongly disagreed with the bishops’ claim that excluding noncitizens from the census means they are not persons.

Bishop Guillermo Elías urged the faithful to live out a faith that goes beyond processions and translates into acts of love.

The videos come just days before the 2026 U.S. midterms, which could serve as a referendum on U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term.

During the conference, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin also warned nations against the temptation to “be like God.”

Antonio García Condado, 78, the town pharmacist, was one of the first people to see dozens of bodies beneath the twisted wreckage of metal following a deadly train collision in Spain.

The Canadian government’s Bill C-41 would continue the exclusion of euthanasia access to individuals solely living with a mental illness and decriminalize advance requests.

The priest spent hours accompanying injured passengers trapped inside the wrecked train cars.

A series of providential coincidences will coincide with Pope Leo’s November visit to Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru.

Cardinal Joseph Tobin will undergo surgery to remove a mass in a kidney, which will be examined by doctors. The archdiocese said doctors are optimistic about his outlook.

The Spanish Bishops’ Conference, along with numerous bishops and dioceses, expressed condolences and consternation following a railway tragedy that resulted in dozens of deaths.

A Pew Research Center report found that while religious practice in the U.S. has “remained stable” since 2020, a survey of young adults about religious practice found “mixed signals.”

Coptic researcher urges caution as religious contempt cases persist in Egypt.

Archbishop Paul Gallagher acknowledged the agreement’s challenges in a meeting with journalists in Rome.

Pope Leo XIV also met with the executives of the German auto company on Wednesday.

Father Richard Storey was accused of the felony theft in May of this year.

The Vatican has not yet confirmed details regarding the liturgical celebrations planned for Christmas.

Six Catholic bishops from Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Iceland stress migrants' duties to their new homelands and warn against expelling refugees and those already well integrated.

Cardinal Stephen Chow welcomed more papal-approved ordinations under the Vatican-China deal; a missionary, scholars, and rights advocates ask how much freedom it has brought.

The pontiff emphasized that a responsible synthesis between faith and culture is “an essential requirement for bearing witness to the faith.”

A pro-life activist has announced legal action against her employer after being “inundated by an avalanche of investigations and complaints” about her views on abortion and gender ideology.

Recruits to the Vatican force go through rigorous physical and mental training in order to protect the pope.

Aid to the Church in Need’s new report ““Persecuted and Forgotten?” outlines how Christians were persecuted in 18 countries across the globe between August 2024 and June 2026.

The survey found that Indigenous and Black Catholics said they have faced racial discrimination at higher levels than other racial and ethnic groups.

Big leaguers from Milwaukee and Tampa Bay share how their faith in God and the Virgin Mary inspires them as they compete for their first World Series title.

The proposed rule changes, open to public comment until Nov. 2, would count only citizens and lawful permanent residents in the census and would remove some demographic questions.

The archbishop of Los Angeles will receive the award at the fall meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

“As soon as the midterms are over … I'm going to have to think seriously about it,” Vance told EWTN News anchor Raymond Arroyo.

The pontiff will continue his custom of meeting abuse victims on papal trips during his apostolic journey to Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru.

Catholic bishops in Ethiopia have joined leaders of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in condemning deadly attacks on Christians in Oromia Regional State.

The pontiff, who canceled his trip to Assisi on medical advice, sent a video message to the meeting on Tuesday.

A multidisciplinary team is investigating an alleged Eucharistic miracle in the Diocese of St. Rose of Lima, Guatemala. Even if the findings are positive, only the Holy See can declare it a miracle.

The initiative aims to reach at least 1,000 seminarians to prepare them to recognize different forms of abuse, support survivors, and promote safer communities in their future pastoral ministry.

Bishops who attended the meeting and the prayer have stated they were invited by the White House Faith Office to discuss issues of importance to Catholics.

María Corina Machado made her first public return to Venezuelan soil at the Archdiocesan Shrine of the Divine Shepherdess in the city of Barquisimeto.

King Charles III was given the title royal confrater and Pope Leo XIV was given the title papal confrater.

Archbishop Ronald Hicks said the settlement puts the archdiocese “on the verge of being able to … bring some measure of healing and reconciliation to all victim-survivors.”

The Holy See Press Office confirmed that the Nov. 6-17, 2026 apostolic journey will proceed according to the previously published program.

Apostolic almoner Archbishop Luis Marín will travel to Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, and Fastiv, Ukraine, from Oct. 27–30.

The pontiff held a private audience on Monday with the Sisters of Charity of St. Jeanne-Antide Thouret.

The bishops oppose a policy that “does not build but destroys,” Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda said, as historian Piotr Franaszek takes the helm of the Church’s abuse commission.

Cardinal Paolo Romeo served in the diplomatic service of the Holy See for nearly four decades before being appointed archbishop of Palermo, Sicily.

On the advice of his doctors, the pontiff’s participation during the final day of the Oct. 25–27 gathering was canceled.

Archbishop Jeffrey Grob said his “intention was never to cause confusion, anger, or disappointment among the people entrusted to my care” and that the meeting was publicized without consent.

During his Sunday Angelus, the pope reflected on the greatest commandment and called for peace in Yemen and Jordan.

Alliance Defending Freedom has urged Egyptian authorities to free six young Christians after they posted a TikTok video that authorities considered offensive to Islam.

Speaking to Aid to the Church in Need, Bishop Emmanuel Bishay of Egypt’s Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Luxor said that relations between the Catholic and Orthodox churches are good.

A conference brought together dozens of diocesan directors and leaders of Hispanic and Latino ministry from various parts of the United States.

The attack took place during a funeral Friday, and security authorities are continuing their investigation and search for the perpetrators.

Archbishop James Golka led a prayer during an Oct. 22 meeting at the Oval Office between Trump and over half a dozen of his fellow U.S. bishops.