World News

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

undefined El Greco, ‘The Burial of the Count of Orgaz,’ 1586-1588, Iglesia de Santo Tomé, Toledo, Spain COMMENTARY: From perpetual Mass enrollments to advance funeral planning, Catholics can take steps now to ensure prayers are offered for their souls after death. ... read more

In an Oct. 31 statement, the leadership of the Polish bishops' conference warned that the escalating dispute over the Constitutional Tribunal "is leading to a profound crisis of the state." ... read more

Polandʼs bishops have appealed for de-escalation and prayer amid a deepening standoff over the countryʼs Constitutional Tribunal, warning that the dispute is driving a “deep crisis of the state.”“It is not the role of the Church to adjudicate the causes of this dispute or the responsibility for the lack of its resolution,” the Presidium of ... read more

SINGAPORE — At some Catholic funeral wakes in Singapore, visitors are given red strings and invited to join in prayers for the souls of the dead. As they leave, they may be offered flower water to wash with, alongside holy water to sprinkle on the caskets.Such wakes show how Chinese and Catholic customs around death ... read more

Chinese and Catholic customs around death sit side by side and share “one attitude towards the dead,” according to a Singaporean priest. [...] ... read more

ROME — Notre Dame defeated Villanova in the D1 college basketball season openers on Sunday, Nov. 1, with final scores of 74-72 for the men’s game and 99-75 for the women’s. The Eternal City Tip-Off games, held in Rome, pitted two schools with “shared faith-based traditions and championship pedigrees” against each other in the historically ... read more

undefined The Peruvian bishops' conference issued a statement of condolence shortly afterward. Bishop Jorge Carrión Pavlich, who led the Diocese of Puno for more than 24 years, has died at 76, two days after Archbishop Richard Alarcón of Cusco. ... read more

undefined ‘The Conversion of England by the Power of Prayer,’ cover detail Introducing a new edition of prayers by Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman and a lecture by Cardinal Herbert Vaughan, Msgr. John Armitage reflects on England’s Catholic past and the signs of a possible ‘third spring’ of conversion to the faith. ... read more

In a culture marked by rising rates of anxiety and a loss of meaning, a growing number of Catholics are seeking ways to promote human flourishing by integrating the best in psychological science with the personalist philosophy of St. John Paul II.Catholics gathered at the CatholicPsych Institute’s Summit of Integration from Oct. 20–23 in Dallas. ... read more

Catholics gathered to explore how St. John Paul II’s understanding of the person can integrate with psychological science to address anxiety and the search for lasting love and healing. Christopher West speaks at the Summit of Integration conference in Dallas on Oct. 22, 2026. | Credit: Amira Abuzeid/EWTN News ... read more

Pope Leo XIV appointed Bishop Francesco Cavina, the former bishop of Carpi, Italy, as the new special apostolic visitator (visitor) for the parish of Medjugorje, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bishop Cavina succeeds Archbishop Aldo Cavalli, 80, who has served as special apostolic visitator since 2021. Bishop Cavina, appointed bishop of Carpi by ... read more

Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed generated controversy in August of this year when he made a pointed comparison to Islamic sharia law and Catholic canon law. El-Sayed was responding to a question from Fox News host Jesse Watters about 2022 remarks in which El-Sayed appeared to equate opposition to sharia law with “white ... read more

Pope Leo XIV reflected on athletics and holiness as he addressed pilgrims from the University of Notre Dame and Villanova University. ... read more