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  • October 29, 2026

Serving vulnerable pregnant and parenting women is ‘heroic’ work, says USCCB pro-life chair

Ahead of Pregnancy Help Appreciation Week Nov. 9-13, the U.S. bishops pro-life chairman expresses gratitude "for all those...
  • October 28, 2026

Cardinal Tobin of Newark, NJ, to undergo surgery for mass on his kidney

Archdiocese of Newark, N.J., announces that Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin has been found to have a kidney mass...
  • October 28, 2026

‘I felt like I wasn’t alone’ after Pope Leo diagnosis, says lung cancer patient

A Missouri woman diagnosed with lung cancer shares how Pope Leo's diagnosis with the same disease has helped...
  • October 28, 2026

Pope Leo to meet with abuse victims during Latin America visit, Vatican says

The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Leo XIV will meet privately with victims of clergy sexual abuse during...
  • October 28, 2026

Election cycle will influence when pope heads to US, top Vatican diplomat says

Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, the Vatican's secretary for relations with states and international organizations, speaks with the press...
  • October 28, 2026

Pope Leo to offer 14 public Masses in November, including in a Rome cemetery

Pope Leo XIV will celebrate 12 public Masses during the month of November, starting with an All Souls'...
  • October 28, 2026

Catholics must engage with modern culture, not reject it, pope says

Pope Leo XIV continues his series on Vatican II, during his general weekly audience in St. Peter's Square...
  • October 28, 2026

Massachusetts pro-life activist’s sainthood cause suspended

Massachusetts pro-life activist's sainthood cause has been suspended....
  • October 28, 2026

Scary movies with Catholic themes to watch this Halloween

Horror movies seem an unlikely venue for spiritual reflection, but the good ones make the darkness visible, give...
  • October 28, 2026

Why do Catholics venerate relics?

Relics seem to be making a comeback, and in a big way....