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  • October 8, 2026

Cornell Catholic ministry calls on students to witness to faith amid university sexual assault case

Catholic leaders at Cornell University are providing pastoral accompaniment and guidance as that school reels from a 2024...
  • October 8, 2026

FDA expects to draft mifepristone safety review next year; pro-life groups call it ‘insufficient’

The Food and Drug Administration's safety review of mifepristone, is expected to stretch into next year, according to...
  • October 8, 2026

At Vatican bishops meeting, cardinal shares how phones are changing family life

Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão told the Vatican bishops' meeting Oct. 8 about success his archdiocese in India has...
  • October 8, 2026

Kenyan archdiocese holds memorial Mass for Catholics killed on way to National Prayer Day

Catholics in the Archdiocese of Mombasa held an Oct. 8 memorial service for 17 pilgrims, killed in a...
  • October 8, 2026

Swiss Guard to mark 500th anniversary of the Sack of Rome

The Pontifical Swiss Guard is preparing a commemorative year to mark the 500th anniversary of the Sack of...
  • October 8, 2026

Pope Leo to deliver peace message in Assisi 40 years after St. John Paul II’s landmark gathering

Pope Leo to deliver peace message in Assisi 40 years after St. John Paul II's landmark gathering....
  • October 8, 2026

US bishops to vote for conference secretary, chairs of 6 standing committees

During their fall 2026 plenary meeting in November, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will vote for a...
  • October 7, 2026

At Red Mass, Archbishop Broglio urges lawmakers to ‘direct our thoughts in the ways of peace’

At annual Red Mass in Washington, lawmakers and those in the legal profession are reminded that the law...
  • October 7, 2026

In rare interviews, Alito defends court’s independence, reflects on impact of Dobbs leak

In interviews at the start of the new Supreme Court term, Justice Samuel Alito expresses concern about what...
  • October 7, 2026

Pope Leo opens Vatican bishops’ meeting calling attention to the ‘fragility of families’

Pope Leo XIV opened the weeklong Vatican meeting of presidents of bishops' conferences marking the 10th anniversary of...