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Pope Leo XIV Meets With Viktor Orbán at the Vatican
Vatican MediaPope Leo XIV meets with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Oct. 27, 2025, at the Vatican. According to the Vatican, special attention was paid to the role of …
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St. Bartolo Longo is an example for those with mental health struggles, priest says
Once an “ordained” Satanic priest, Bartolo Longo underwent one of the most dramatic conversions in recent Church history. He was canonized a saint on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025, in St. …
St. Bartolo Longo is an example for those with mental health struggles, priest says
Once an “ordained” Satanic priest, Bartolo Longo underwent one of the most dramatic conversions in recent Church history. He was canonized a saint on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025, in St. …
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Ukrainian Bibles burned in Russian-occupied territories, Catholic leader says (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church)
Speaking in Norway, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, said that churches have been closed, and Bibles written in Ukrainian burned, in Russian-occupied territories. …
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Prominent Haitian priest kidnapped (Le Quotidien 509)
Father Jean Julien Ladouceur, a parish priest who is also national director of the episcopal conference’s Commission for Catholic Education, was kidnapped, along with three of his associates. A front-page …
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Elegy of Darkness and Light in a Country Churchyard
This October, my uncle Msgr. Thomas Wells has been resurfacing like a ghost of warm memory from the past. At a golf tournament held in his honor, through invitations to …
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Saint Jude against the dreamers: Three warning signs of false teachers
A candle of St. Jude. (Credit: Francesca Pollio/CNA) Saint Jude, whose feast the Church celebrates on October 28, is known the world over for his patronage—that of hopeless causes—and for …
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Biblical Baby Names for Boys and Girls
“What’s in a name?” asks Shakespeare’s Juliet. From a biblical standpoint, the answer is: quite a lot. Time and again the Scriptures underscore the saving power of the divine name …
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Why is St. Jude the patron saint of lost causes?
A candle of St. Jude. / Credit: Francesca Pollio/CNA CNA Staff, Oct 28, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). On Oct. 28, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Jude, …
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Why is St. Jude the patron saint of lost causes?
A candle of St. Jude. / Credit: Francesca Pollio/CNA CNA Staff, Oct 28, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). On Oct. 28, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Jude, …