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A decade after an earthquake ravaged parts of central Italy, Pope Leo XIV invoked the example of the prophet Haggai as he addressed delegations from affected municipalities. ... read more

Echoing earlier decisions of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts, the Roman Rota condemned the publication of lists of clergy and religious who have been deemed “credibly accused” of sexually abusing minors, but have never been the subject of a trial. In a 2025 decision published recently in English, the Rota ruled against a religious ... read more

The United States of America changed dramatically over the past five years. By most counts, millions of people entered the country illegally under President Joe Biden’s administration, many of whom went on to live in the interior of the country. The southern border towns were hardest hit at first, but Denver, Chicago, New York, and ... read more

Detail from "An Angel Frees the Souls of Purgatory" (c. 1610) by Ludovico Carracci (1555–1619) (Image: Wikimedia Commons) On All Souls Day and throughout the month of November, the Catholic Church encourages her members to visit cemeteries, pray for the faithful departed, and undertake “almsgiving, indulgences, and works of penance” on their ... read more

null / Sherry V Smith via www.shutterstock.com Readings:• Wis 3:1-9• Psa 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6• Rom 6:3-9• Jn 6:37-40 “I’ve always had a hard time explaining purgatory,” the man said. “Didn’t the Second Vatican Council say that Catholics no longer have to believe in purgatory?” That remark was made to me years ... read more

Until my 20th birthday, I was a Jesuit junkie. However, because of my dyslexia, I felt it would be impossible to join the Jesuits, so I joined the Franciscans instead. After attending nine Jesuit retreats both at school and elsewhere, I was well prepared to make my Franciscan novitiate into a Jesuit novitiate. During my ... read more

Pope Leo XIV encouraged the faithful to pray for the repose of the souls of the departed, and particularly for the forgotten. ... read more

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat of Pro-Life activities published a Respect Life Prayer Guide for November. The month’s theme focuses on care for the sick and dying. “Rather than addressing the patient’s problems, assisted suicide cruelly eliminates the life of a patient in need of authentic care,” the prayer guide notes. ... read more

Pope Leo XIV renewed his appeal for peace in Ukraine amid a ceasefire in Oleshky, for which he had appealed in a telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. ... read more

At the conclusion of his All Saints’ Day Angelus address, Pope Leo XIV offered his encouragement to the Youth Olympic Games and to a Franciscan mission among the poor of Rome. ... read more

In Joseph Orso's rural Wisconsin community, family and friends are learning the sacred practice of caring for the bodies of loved ones in the days after death. ... read more

Pope Leo "wants the church to take nonviolence seriously and put it into practice," said the activist, author and professor.  ... read more

Latin America is where the U.S.-born future pope spent more than two decades as a missionary priest and bishop. His homecoming in Peru and to the city of Chiclayo in particular, has been highly anticipated. ... read more

As artificial intelligence continues to widen the world of possibilities at breakneck speed, prompting Pope Leo XIV to issue caution with its use, it is worth noting that AI lacks something distinctively human: death.  ... read more

In his All Saints’ Day Angelus address (video), Pope Leo XIV described the saints as “the most beautiful and powerful sign of the Kingdom of God.” ... read more