November 2, 2026

The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls’ Day)

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Appeals court rules Idaho abortion ban may be enforced as voters prepare to weigh in

A federal appeals court has ruled Idaho's ban on abortion can be fully enforced while litigation proceeds and...

Vocations week a ‘beautiful witness of those who have responded to God’s call to serve’

National Vocation Awareness Week a reminder of the "beautiful witness of those who have responded to God's call...

Catholics work for peace at the polls, as US heads to midterm ballot box

Amid a high-stakes midterm election and continued immigration crackdowns, several Catholics are working to ensure that voters are...

Pope Leo XIV offers All Souls’ Day Mass in cemetery, encouraging Catholics to pray for the dead

Pope Leo XIV offers All Souls' Day Mass for the faithful departed at Rome's largest cemetery on Nov....

Friars, miters and ‘That’s Amore’: Notre Dame beats Villanova in basketball season opener

Augustinian friars watch anxiously courtside, Vatican officials cheer from the stands and fans in costume bishops' miters sing...

Washington Letter: Pope Leo’s history-making US ballot models ‘faithful citizenship’

Pope Leo XIV was among voters in the upcoming U.S. midterm election, an action that observers say is...

For Pope Leo, Peru trip is more homecoming than state visit

For Pope Leo, Peru trip is more homecoming than state visit....

Two Peruvian bishops die on eve of papal visit

Just days before Pope Leo XIV's arrival in Peru, two Catholic bishops in the South American country died...

As Poland’s constitutional crisis spills into streets, bishops plead for reconciliation

As Poland's constitutional crisis spills into streets, bishops plead for reconciliation....

At Nov. 1 Mass of thanksgiving, archbishop says beatified Georgia Martyrs ‘are on their way to being saints’

Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer of Atlanta presides over a Nov. 1 Mass of thanksgiving at the Cathedral Basilica...