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Though policy change is necessary, we need people to embrace norms that can strengthen our democracy from the bottom up.  ... read more

"As women, we don't walk alone; together we shape history to help other women find freedom and build community," Sr. Ivania Blandón Montenegro said. "Synodality is exactly that." ... read more

The Secretariat of State, led by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, restated the Holy See’s position on chivalric orders. “In addition to its own chivalric orders (the Supreme Order of Christ, the Order of the Golden Spur, the Pian Order/Order of Pope Pius IX, the Order of Saint Gregory the Great, and the Order of Saint ... read more

Pope Leo XIV described art as a “creative process through which human beings, in imitation of God’s work, shape matter and imbue it with a transcendent meaning.” ... read more

In a social media post published on October 10, the World Day Against the Death Penalty, Pope Leo XIV said that the death penalty is inadmissible. “The death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person,” he wrote. “The common good can be safeguarded and the ... read more

Pope Leo XIV offered strong words of solidarity to the bishops of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church (CNEWA profile). ... read more

Pope Leo XIV reflected on the parable of the wedding feast (Matthew 22:1-14) during his Sunday Angelus address (video) and told pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square that “the wedding feast is ours.” ... read more

Sister Maria Ignazia Isacchi (1857-1934), the foundress of the Ursuline Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, was beatified at the Basilica of St. Andrew in Mantova, Italy, on October 10. ... read more

The president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops offered prayers for Pope Leo XIV as he faces surgery. “he bishops of the United States join with the faithful and all people of good will in praying for his good health,” said Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City. “May the hand of ... read more

Pope Leo XIV appealed to Russia and Ukraine to permit the passage of grain through the Black Sea. ... read more

At the conclusion of his October 11 Angelus address, Pope Leo XIV revealed that “during some recent medical examinations, the doctors found a small, localized nodule in my lung.” ... read more

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. — St. Teresa of Calcutta ... read more

St. Carlo Acutis (1991-2006) is commemorated today. Carlos was a Catholic Italian teenager who died in 2006, was canonized on September 7, 2025. Acutis, a gamer and computer programmer who loved soccer and the Eucharist, has been the subject of interest around the world. Pope Francis referred to Carlo as a model of holiness in ... read more

undefined Christendom College students attend Mass in Christ the King Chapel on campus in Front Royal, Virginia. For the first time, the decision to attend Mass belongs entirely to the student. ... read more

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