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Amoris Laetitia meeting, October 9: prelates discuss young people and the discovery of the vocation to marriage
On October 9—the second 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...Court rules ex-teacher in same-sex marriage may sue Pennsylvania diocese
A federal district court judge declined to dismiss an ex-teacher’s discrimination lawsuit against the Diocese of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.The Aquinas Academy, a Catholic school in Greensburg, fired a Lutheran sixth-grade teacher after learning that he was in a same-sex marriage. Judge Nicholas Ranjan, appointed to the bench by President Donald Trump, ruled that “Congress clearly intended for Title VII’s religious exemptions not to apply to religiously motivated sex discrimination.”
Holy See calls for international cooperation to combat transnational organized crime
A Vatican diplomat emphasized the importance of international cooperation in combating organized crime.Addressing a conference of the Organization of American States (OAS), Msgr. Juan Antonio Cruz Serrano, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the OAS, also emphasized the importance of “placing the human person at the center of security strategies” and “investing in prevention and protection,” according to Vatican News.
In its report, Vatican News, the news agency of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication, inaccurately referred to Msgr. Cruz as an archbishop. According to the Annuario Pontificio, the priest was named a monsignor in 2017 but has not been appointed a bishop.
Vatican newspaper: Haiti’s postponed elections are ‘symbol of a broken promise’
The Vatican newspaper published a front-page article lamenting the postponement of Haiti’s elections amid mounting gang violence. “Haiti is a country balanced on the edge of an abyss,...Nigerian police rescue abducted priest
Police in Benue State, Nigeria, rescued Father John Inalegwu Otache from captivity.The priest was abducted on October 13. Police also rescued seven other recent kidnapping victims and arrested two suspects.
Another priest is kidnapped amid Nigeria’s security crisis
The Diocese of Otukpo, Nigeria, appealed for prayers for Father John Inalegwu Otache after he was abducted on October 13.Father Otache is the second priest kidnapped from his parish. The first, Father Anthony Adikwu, was abducted in June 2023 and rescued days later.
Over 200 Nigerian priests have been kidnapped since 2015.
Update (10/20/26): Nigerian police have rescued Father Otache.
Pope pays tribute to Balearic Islands martyrs
At the conclusion of his October 21 general audience, Pope Leo XIV paid tribute to 20 martyred diocesan priests who were beatified four days earlier. “Last Saturday, in Ibiza, Spain, Father...9 dead, 40 wounded in attack on church in Jordan; Pope prays for victims
Jordanian police today arrested three suspects in an October 23 attack on a Greek Orthodox church in the village of Hamoud (Hmood). Gunmen opened fire on mourners during a funeral. The attack...At least 60 Orthodox Christians dead in 2 attacks in Ethiopia
At least 60 Christians were killed in two massacres in Ethiopia’s Oromia state, according to an announcement from the Holy Synod of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. Fourteen were...Tennessee Christian leaders call for commutation of death sentence following botched execution
Tennessee’s Catholic bishops, joined by Episcopal Church and Lutheran counterparts, called on Gov. Bill Lee to commute the death sentence of a convicted murderer who survived a botched execution.The bishops said in an earlier statement that “the Church, shepherded by Pope Leo XIV, has restated its opposition to the death penalty as an attack on human dignity and unnecessary to protect society while still punishing those convicted of horrible crimes.”
