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Catholic leaders are urging the U.S. Congress to defend disability rights, warning that a new Justice Department (DOJ) legal interpretation could threaten community-based care and increase the risk of unnecessary institutionalization.In a Oct. 14 letter, six Catholic leaders expressed concern over a June 18 legal opinion in which the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) ... read more

Catholic leaders urged Congress to defend disability rights, warning a new Department of Justice opinion could threaten community-based care. U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. | Credit: Tanarch/Shutterstock Catholic leaders are urging the U.S. Congress to defend disability rights, warning that a new Justice Department (DOJ) ... read more

Catholic leaders urged Congress to defend disability rights, warning a new Department of Justice opinion could threaten community-based care. [...] ... read more

Pope Leo XIV on Friday called world hunger a “terrible offense” against human dignity and emphasized that adequate food is a basic human right.“It is a terrible offense against human dignity to prevent bread from reaching any person or to destroy the means by which it is produced,” the pontiff wrote in a message published ... read more

When I was young, after school the kids in my neighborhood would meet outside in the street and we’d play. Every day. Except for that most important time of the year, the most essential annual event in kid-dom outside of Christmas and Easter. I’m talking about Monster Week! For one week, Channel 11 in New ... read more

(See the readings for the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time) God is not defined nor limited by the actions of man. He is God not man (except in Jesus who is God made man). Yet we human beings sometimes want to be God. We want to make the decisions, direct our destiny, be in charge ... read more

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Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass at Gemelli Hospital on Friday after undergoing surgery Oct. 13 for a cancerous tumor in his right lung.In two photographs released by the Vatican, the first since his hospitalization, the Holy Father can be seen standing and wearing the green liturgical vestments used during this period of the liturgical year.In ... read more

undefined Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass on Oct. 16, 2026, in a makeshift chapel on the 10th floor of Gemelli Hospital, where he has been recovering from lung surgery on Oct. 13, 2026. Vatican sources also indicated that the Pope will publicly lead the Angelus this Sunday, although it has not yet ... read more

undefined Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, meets with Pope Leo XIV on June 5, 2025, at the Vatican. The Vatican secretary of state also said Thursday that the pontiff may have to “adjust his pontificate if it becomes necessary.” ... read more

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said on Thursday that Pope Leo XIV, still hospitalized after surgery, may have to “adjust his pontificate” to his doctors’ advice, including his November trip to Latin America, if necessary.Parolin, as reported by Ansa.it, spoke on the sidelines of the launch of the Iraqi Embassy to the Holy ... read more

ABUJA, Nigeria — Catholic missionaries in Nigeria have been encouraged to persevere in proclaiming the Gospel despite the threat of attacks and restrictions that prevent some Christian communities from acquiring land and building churches.In an Oct. 13 interview with ACI Africa, the sister service of EWTN News in Africa, the national director of the Pontifical ... read more

Despite threats of violence and restrictions placed on some Christian communities, the national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Nigeria is encouraging missionaries to be unafraid. The National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Nigeria, Father Solomon Patrick Zaku. | Credit: ACI Africa ABUJA, ... read more

The certificate program seeks to provide formation for people who can spread knowledge about the Guadalupe event. [...] ... read more

A new Guadalupan Institute has taken its first steps in San Antonio with the aim of researching, providing education on, and disseminating the Guadalupe event, as well as becoming a model for replication throughout the United States.Father Rafael Becerra, pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in the San Antonio suburb of Helotes, Texas, explained ... read more