- Leading nun to become president of Pontifical Mission Societies (CWN)Pope Leo XIV appointed Sister Mary Barron, O.L.A., as the new president of the Pontifical Mission Societies, effective January 4. ... read more
- The lifesaving miracle that led to St. John Henry Newman’s canonizationSt. John Henry Newman, who was declared a doctor of the Church on Nov. 1, 2025, was canonized after two miracles were attributed to his intercession. Melissa Villalobos suffered severe bleeding while pregnant. St. John Henry Newman interceded and saved her and her daughter Gemma, now 11 years old. | ... read more
- The lifesaving miracle that led to St. John Henry Newman’s canonizationThe sainthood of John Henry Newman, who was declared a doctor of the Church on Nov. 1, 2025, rested on two inexplicable healings that the Catholic Church officially recognized as miracles that paved the way for his beatification in 2010 and his canonization in 2019.The second and most recent of these miracles was lifesaving. During ... read more
- EUROPE/ITALY – Interview with the Superior General of the Society of African Missions: “Mission Today: Stepping out of our comfort zone”by Antonella PrennaRome – Father François Marie Hervé du Penhoat has been at the head of the Society of African Missions for almost a year and a half, at a time of profound transformation. After many years as Provincial Superior in Lyon, he was elected Superior General in May 2025, during the Society’s 22nd General ... read more
- VATICAN – Resignation of the dean and approval of the election of the new dean of the College of CardinalsVatican City - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the office of the dean of the College of Cardinals presented by His Eminence Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, who will assume the title of dean emeritus of the same College and conserve the Title of the Suburbicarian Church of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto.In addition, on 8 ... read more
- Sierra Leone’s president meets with Pontiff (CWN)
- Vatican dicastery: Discern how charism, mission of dying religious orders can continue (Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life)Two officials of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life, including the dicastery’s secretary, took part in the National Assembly of Catholic Religious Australia in August. In an October 5 statement on the meeting, the dicastery said that “when the forms that have sustained an institute for decades ... read more
- US bishops to vote for conference secretary, 6 committee chairmen (USCCB)The members of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops will vote for a new conference secretary and six committee chairmen at their November meeting. The secretary-elect will become chairman-elect of the relatively powerful Committee on Priorities and Plans. The two candidates are Bishop Earl Fernandes of Columbus, Ohio, and Bishop Kevin Rhoades ... read more
- Blessed Fulton Sheen: Catholicism Writ LargeThat October 2, 1979. That Cathedral of St. Patrick in New York City. Pope John Paul II was paying a visit to that storied cathedral. As he solemnly strode the middle aisle, he paused at the altar rail. Someone was waiting for him—Archbishop Fulton Sheen. The aged and disabled phenomenon attempted to kneel and kiss ... read more
- Are Europeans Plumping for World War?In the now infamous exchange between Tucker Carlson and British politician Jacob Rees-Mogg, Rees-Mogg said that Britishers needed to prepare for war with Russia. Rees-Mogg is not the only European plumping for what would be a global war. Two weeks ago, the Danish intelligence service laid out the arguments that Russia is already at war ... read more
- Sister Alford at Amoris Laetitia meeting: ‘Encourage young people to take up the great challenge of marriage and family life’ (CWN)In the first meditation delivered at the extraordinary Vatican meeting devoted to Amoris Laetitia, Sister Helen Alford, O.P., encouraged the assembled prelates to “search for ways to encourage young people to take up the great challenge of marriage and family life, embracing it in the full knowledge that they will experience great fragility as part ... read more
- Amoris Laetitia meeting, October 8: prelates discuss ‘families today: reality, beauty and challenges’ (CWN)On October 8—the first full day of the weeklong extraordinary Vatican meeting devoted to Amoris Laetitia—the presidents of the world’s episcopal conferences and the heads of the Eastern Catholic churches discussed the first of the meeting’s five themes: “families today: reality, beauty and challenges: discerning the signs of the times through the experience of families ... read more
- How do we know if we are listening to the Holy Spirit or only to ourselves?The Catholic tradition is the catalog of Catholics responding to the Holy Spirit in their own time. It is also a catalog of how previous generations of Christians were often blinded by their cultural circumstances. ... read more
- ‘Synodality’ was a Vatican buzzword. 5 years on, it’s still changing the church.The synodal shift "doesn't make a lot of noise, but it's something deep," said Sr. Nathalie Becquart. "There is still a lot to do, but people are more and more confident that this is the way forward." ... read more
- Vatican diplomat calls for reform of international financial architecture (Holy See Mission)A leading Vatican diplomat called for a “fairer and more inclusive international financial architecture” so that “no nation is merely a recipient of decisions made elsewhere.” During an October 6 UN discussion on financing sustainable development, Archbishop Christophe-Zakhia El-Kassis, apostolic nuncio and Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, also ... read more
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