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Pope requests prayers for extraordinary Amoris Laetitia meeting (CWN)
Pope Leo XIV requested prayers for the upcoming assembly on the tenth anniversary of Amoris Laetitia.
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Pope renews call for Rosary for peace in October (CWN)
At the conclusion of his Sunday Angelus address on October 4, Pope Leo XIV renewed his request to pray the Rosary for peace in October, the month dedicated to the …
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Guard your hearts and support one another, Pope preaches to Vatican Gendarmerie Corps (CWN)
Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass for the members of the Vatican City State’s Gendarmerie Corps and encouraged them to guard their hearts and take care of one another.
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Podcast: ‘Beatitudes should be part of our DNA,’ says Pax Christi’s Sr. Wamuyu Wachira
On this week’s episode of “The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast,” John Dear hosts Loreto Sr. Wamuyu Wachira, co-president of Pax Christi International.
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Europe’s synodality supporters set out ideas for 2028 Ecclesial Assembly in Rome
A mid-September symposium in Austria produced the workings of a European “roadmap” for the next synodal assembly in 2028, addressing the continent’s “wounds and challenges,” while also focusing on transformation.
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USCCB posts brief videos on politics, voting (CWN)
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops posted two brief videos on its website on October 1: “The Call to Put Faith Before Politics“ and “Forming Our Consciences and Voting.”
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Preserve unity with the Pope and the apostolic faith, Pope tells Pontifical Teutonic College (CWN)
Pope Leo XIV received members of the Pontifical Teutonic College of Santa Maria in Campo Santo as it marked its 150th anniversary and urged its rector, priests, and associated faithful …
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Vatican newspaper sounds alarm about drought in Honduras (CWN)
Over 700,000 people are in need of humanitarian assistance in Honduras because of severe drought, the Vatican newspaper reported in the most prominent front-page article in its October 3 edition.
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1,300 priests, religious from Indonesian island serve as missionaries (Fides)
A thousand priests and 300 religious sisters from the Indonesian island of Flores have left their native land to serve as missionaries abroad, a bishop told the Fides News Agency. …
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Oct. 5 Monday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of Bl. Francis Xavier Seelos, Priest (USA); Optional Memorial of St. Faustina Kowalska, Virgin , Opt. Mem.
The Proper Calendar for the United States celebrates the Optional Memorial of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos (1819-1867). He was born in Fussen, Germany, entered the diocesan seminary, and, coming to …