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9 dead, 40 wounded in attack on church in Jordan; Pope prays for victims (CWN)
Jordanian police today arrested three suspects in an October 23 attack on a Greek Orthodox church in the village of Hamoud (Hmood).
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Pope urges continued prayer for peace, recalls Assisi prayer gathering (CWN)
Pope Leo XIV called for continued prayers for peace as he recalled Pope St. John Paul II’s 1986 day of prayer for peace in Assisi.
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Pope appeals for peace in Yemen (CWN)
Pope Leo XIV appealed for peace in Yemen, where, amid civil war, the residents of the besieged city of Taiz face a grave humanitarian crisis.
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Love is at the center of our relationship with God, Pope tells pilgrims (CWN)
Pope Leo XIV told pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Sunday Angelus address (video) that Christ “places love at the very center of our relationship with God.”
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Oct. 26 Monday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Fulk of Piacenza (1164-1229), Italian bishop, and a man of peace, full of zeal and charity.
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Oct. 25 Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday
Sunday’s Gospel: When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a scholar of the law tested him by asking, “Teacher, which …
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From a French pioneer of the American frontier to Pope Leo XIV: Sister Lyn Osiek’s long missionary journey
by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Saint Louis – A pioneer of Catholic education on the American frontier, Philippine Duchesne established the Society of the Sacred Heart in the United States in 1818. …
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ASIA/MYANMAR – In Loikaw, the Church rises again among the displaced: difficulties are mounting, but faith is also growing, says the Vicar General
by Paolo Affatato Loikaw – In the early days, only a handful of people came to the cathedral. Then, slowly, word spread through the villages and among families scattered by …
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Oct. 24 Saturday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Anthony Claret, Bishop, Opt. Mem.
Today the Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Anthony Claret (1807-1870), bishop, the founder of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Anthony Mary Claret died in …
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Actor Chris Pratt joins Pope Leo in new documentary about St. Peter’s long-lost remains
In a new documentary produced in collaboration with the Vatican, actor Chris Pratt and Pope Leo XIV venture into the secret catacombs under St. Peter’s Basilica, exploring how the long-lost …