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Human Life Action (HLA), which works closely with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on matters of pro-life legislation, warned that “the expected agenda for the new Congress is alarming.” ... read more

In an editorial on Pope Leo XIV’s apostolic journey to Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru, a Vatican spokesman said that “Pope Leo is returning home,” “a homeland of the heart.” Andrea Tornielli, editorial director of the Dicastery for Communication, wrote that nonetheless, “the idea of a homecoming must not overshadow the messages the Pope ... read more

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State of His Holiness, said that Pope Leo XIV will bear witness to unity and reconciliation during his apostolic journey to Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru. Cardinal Parolin, who customarily grants an interview on the eve of a papal apostolic journey, said that the Pope “is not going ... read more

The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Leonard of Limoges (d. 559). He was a hermit-abbot who was a convert of St. Remigius. He was a French courtier offered a bishopric, but became a recluse at Micy, France. He then lived at Limoges, France, and he was given land by the royal court on which he founded ... read more

Maria V. Gallagher is Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation, the leading prolife organization in the Keystone State. Once among the most staunchly prolife of states, Pennsylvania’s resilience for life has been tried by [...] ... read more

Rome – We publish the text of the address delivered by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of His Holiness, at the international conference entitled “The Face of the Universal Church in China: 100 Years Since the Consecration of the First Chinese Bishops” .§§§Your Eminences,Dear brothers in the Episcopate,Dear priests, men and women religious, and ... read more

The prominent anti-death penalty group Catholic Mobilizing Network praised California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Nov. 5 for his commutation of the death sentences of every prisoner on the state’s death row. In a publicly released letter, Newsom said he had “decided to exercise [his] constitutional clemency authority to commute all California death sentences to life ... read more

California Gov. Gavin Newsom commuted the death sentences of nearly 550 prisoners on the state’s death row on Nov. 5. California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra’s rally at the Hollywood Palladium on Nov. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. The Democratic governor commuted the death ... read more

After Democrats won every major statewide office in Tuesday’s midterm elections and gained a majority in the Texas House of Representatives, Texas’ Catholic bishops offered prayers for the winners and continued to emphasize public policy priorities aligned with Catholic social teaching.In a Nov. 5 message, the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops congratulated the winners, telling ... read more

All kinds of businesses and organizations from coffee shops to dentist offices are using artificial intelligence to create promotional flyers. Increasingly, Catholic parishes are, too, making flyers that advertise parish festivals and other gatherings.  ... read more

undefined Archbishop Emeritus Joseph Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas blesses a married couple at a Communio event at Sacred Heart Parish in Shawnee, Kansas. Communio is a nonprofit dedicated to strengthening marriages and families. A bold new approach to marriage ministry in the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas is strengthening families ... read more

undefined Pope Leo XIV passes in front of St. Peter’s Basilica on the back of the popemobile during his weekly ride through the crowds in St. Peter’s Square for the general audience on Oct. 28, 2026. The pontiff on Nov. 5 named Jesuit Father Avelino Chicoma Bundo Chico and Claudia Leal Luna, ... read more

Every time I come across Hilary of Poitiers’s name, my brain sees Harry Potter. Hilary is known as “Hammer of the Arians,”— not someone whose bad side you want to be on. It’s not a nickname you earn by bringing cookies to the parish council meeting. There’s a name for this condition, and it’s not ... read more

undefined Anthony Ippolito stars as Sylvester Stallone in I PLAY ROCKY, from Amazon MGM Studios.. The film opens in a limited release November 6 and nationwide November 20, 2026. FILM: ‘It’s this poetry inside his soul trying to find a way out ...’ ... read more

undefined Buildings stand along the skyline of Baltimore. The Maryland attorney general’s office said Father Laurence LaPointe admitted to abusing a boy at Gilman School. ... read more