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In some states, bishops’ conferences have taken a clear position on ballot initiatives, urging Catholics to either support or oppose the measures. A voting polling place sign and people lined up on Election Day.| Credit: Rob Crandall/Shutterstock Across the country, state-level Catholic bishops’ conferences are ... read more

Across the country, state-level Catholic bishops’ conferences are producing guidelines to help Catholic voters consider the moral implications of voting for or against referendums appearing on their Nov. 3 ballots.Bishops’ conferences at the state level are organizations jointly run by every diocesan bishop in that state, which are active in every state with more than ... read more

As the nation heads to the ballot box at the midterm elections, Catholics are working to ensure peace at the polls. ... read more

Surrounded by the tombs and monuments of Rome's largest cemetery, Pope Leo XIV offered All Souls' Day Mass Nov. 2, saying prayer for the dead helps lead our loved ones toward full communion with the Lord. ... read more

undefined Notre Dame and Villanova universities go head-to-head in the D1 college basketball season openers before thousands of fans at the Palazzo dello Sport in Rome on Nov. 1, 2026. The Notre Dame men’s and women’s teams emerged victorious in the historic season opener in Rome. ... read more

undefined Altar servers lead the procession for the Mass of thanksgiving for the beatification of the Georgia Martyrs at the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist in Savannah, Georgia, Nov. 1, 2026. A standing-room-only congregation filled the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist on All Saints’ Day as Bishop Stephen D. ... read more

Pope Leo XIV will return to Chiclayo, Peru, where he once served as bishop, and will visit key sites from his pastoral ministry, including the cathedral, the Shrine of Our Lady of Peace, and Zaña. Then-Bishop Robert Prevost greets the faithful during the second anniversary Mass celebrating his episcopal ordination ... read more

The Chiclayo Cathedral, a chapel dedicated to St. Nicholas of Tolentino, and the town of Zaña where St. Turibius of Mogrovejo died all have ties to the ministry of the then-Bishop Robert Prevost in the Lambayeque district of northern Peru.Now, as Pope Leo XIV, he is scheduled to return to the city of Chiclayo on ... read more

undefined Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for the Commemoration of the Faithful Departed, or All Souls’ Day, at Verano Cemetery in Rome on Nov. 2, 2026. Continuing a tradition begun by St. John Paul II in the late 1970s, Pope Leo XIV visited Rome’s Verano Cemetery on Nov. 2. ... read more

Continuing a tradition begun by St. John Paul II in the late 1970s, Pope Leo XIV visited Rome’s Verano Cemetery on Nov. 2. Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for the Commemoration of the Faithful Departed, or All Souls’ Day, at Verano Cemetery in Rome on Nov. 2, 2026. | Credit: ... read more

Continuing a tradition begun by St. John Paul II in the late 1970s, Pope Leo XIV visited a cemetery outside the Vatican on Nov. 2 — the day the Catholic Church commemorates All Souls’ Day — to celebrate Mass and pray for those who have died.“We have gathered to celebrate the Eucharist in this place ... read more

SAVANNAH, Georgia — Light drizzle fell outside the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist as a standing-room-only congregation gathered Nov. 1 to give thanks for the beatification of the five Georgia Martyrs, Franciscan missionaries killed in 1597.By the conclusion of Mass, blue skies and large white clouds had replaced the rain. Inside the cathedral, ... read more

A standing-room-only congregation filled the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist on All Saints’ Day as Bishop Stephen D. Parkes proposed ways to carry the friars’ witness. Altar servers lead the procession for the Mass of thanksgiving for the beatification of the Georgia Martyrs at the Cathedral Basilica of ... read more

Five Franciscan friars killed in present-day Georgia for defending Church teaching in 1597 were beatified Oct. 31 in a Mass where Church leaders considered their witness amid historical complexities and contemporary challenges. ... read more

undefined (L-R) St. Michael the Archangel; St. Joseph, Terror of Demons Here are two prayers to turn to ahead of elections this week. ... read more