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Stories for October 2026

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Wednesday, Oct. 14

 Churchgoing Catholic couples trend the happiest, report finds
 Glasgow archdiocese announces closing of 24 churches
 Pope, in message, calls for intensified evangelization during Guadalupan Jubilee Year
 Pope Leo, in message, pays tribute to Blessed John Paul I’s teaching on peace
 Amoris Laetitia meeting, October 13: prelates discuss missionary role of Christian families
 US bishops, National Association of Evangelicals issue joint statement on immigration
 Vatican diplomat calls for ‘renewed determination’ to combat drug trafficking
 Pope has calm night following surgery
 Faithful rally around the Pope in prayer

Released Tuesday, Oct. 13

 Pope Leo undergoes successful lung surgery; cancerous cells removed
 Amoris Laetitia meeting, October 12: prelates discuss ‘families in complex situations’
 Vatican diplomat calls for respect for indigenous peoples’ rights
 Archbishop Morel takes helm of massive Caribbean archdiocese
 Archbishop Broglio: ‘I oblige’ Catholics participating in livestream execution to request to be excused
 Pope Leo pays tribute to Cardinal Re
 Charity unites prayer, action, and sacrifice, Pope tells Circle of Saint Peter
 Number of Catholic colleges, universities in US declines to 215
 Bishops, world leaders pray for Pope’s health

Released Monday, Oct. 12

 Cardinal Müller defends Marian title of Co-Redemptrix as ‘truth objectively contained in Revelation’
 Amoris Laetitia meeting, October 10: prelates discuss the first years of marriage
 Pope Leo: The death penalty is inadmissible
 Vatican lists recognized chivalric orders
 Art is an imitation of God’s work, Pope tells museum directors
 ‘The entire Catholic Church is with you,’ Pope tells Melkite bishops
 USCCB president prays Christ will guide the hands of Pope Leo’s surgeons
 Pontiff appeals for safe transport of grain through Black Sea
 Ursuline sister beatified in Italy
 Pope Leo: ‘The wedding feast is ours’
 Pope Leo to undergo surgery to remove lung nodule

Released Saturday, Oct. 10

 Archbishop Viola appointed Archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica
 USCCB begins mental health novena
 US bishops’ conference president deplores government’s decision to livestream execution
 Cardinal Tagle elected Dean of College of Cardinals
 Pope Leo, International Red Cross president discuss respect for international humanitarian law
 Amoris Laetitia meeting, October 9: prelates discuss young people and the discovery of the vocation to marriage
 Vatican diplomat: ‘The first right of the child is to be born in a real family’
 Pontiff encourages Honduran bishops to educate for peace
 Vatican newspaper highlights stories of volunteers
 Undertake your studies ‘with and for the Lord,’ Pope tells pontifical university students

Released Friday, Oct. 9

 Leading nun to become president of Pontifical Mission Societies
 Vatican dicastery: Discern how charism, mission of dying religious orders can continue
 Sierra Leone’s president meets with Pontiff
 US bishops to vote for conference secretary, 6 committee chairmen
 Amoris Laetitia meeting, October 8: prelates discuss ‘families today: reality, beauty and challenges’
 Sister Alford at Amoris Laetitia meeting: ‘Encourage young people to take up the great challenge of marriage and family life’
 Cardinal Farrell, at Amoris Laetitia meeting, encourages focus on transmission of faith within families
 Vatican diplomat calls for reform of international financial architecture
 Vatican newspaper highlights Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilians

Released Thursday, Oct. 8

 Cardinal Burke: The Blessed Virgin Mary ‘is rightly called Co-Redemptrix’
 Beauty opens us to God’s gifts, Pope tells donors to Vatican Museums
 Former head of Vatican diplomatic personnel named apostolic nuncio to Ireland
 Vatican diplomat: The equal dignity of men and women ‘does not mean sameness’
 French bishops issue message on Pope’s apostolic journey
 Pope recalls importance of the Rosary
 Pope, in audience on Vatican II, reflects on the Church’s mission in the contemporary world
 Pope opens extraordinary meeting on Amoris Laetitia, calls on prelates to speak with ‘evangelical freedom’
 Bring the Gospel message of salvation to all people, Pope says in World Mission Sunday video

Released Wednesday, Oct. 7

 Argentine auxiliary bishop removed from office following allegations by 2 adults
 Pakistani bishops’ commission publishes annual report on persecution
 Oregon archbishop calls for renewed emphasis on evangelization for the salvation of souls
 Pittsburgh diocese warns faithful against unauthorized traditional Latin Mass
 Australian bishop sentenced to over 6 years in prison for abuse
 Pontifical commission discusses abuse of women religious
 Marriage is a covenant for life between a man and a woman, Pope Leo writes in youth catechism foreword
 Archbishop Gomez praises Vatican II’s liturgical reforms
 Vatican diplomat says people, not wealth accumulation, should be at center of development
 Vatican media: St. Augustine had reservations about just war
 Vatican newspaper shines spotlight on M23 atrocities against Congolese miners

Released Tuesday, Oct. 6

 St. Louis archdiocese files lawsuit over restrictions on sacraments for detainees
 Pope prays for Gaza victims: ‘How long, O Lord?’
 Federal judge rejects Oakland diocese’s bankruptcy plan
 Italy’s President Mattarella: St. Francis was more than an ecologist, pacifist, or social worker
 Vatican to publish The Private Diary of Pope Francis
 Peoria bishop gives Pope a relic of Blessed Fulton Sheen
 Slovenian leader praises Pontiff’s moral guidance
 Engage in dialogue, not strife, Pope tells Vatican lay employees
 Pope encourages Korean priests, religious to live ‘hidden martyrdom’ of daily love
 Cardinal Zuppi, in Assisi, marks 800th anniversary of St. Francis’s death
 The Order of Carthusians: a numerical overview

Released Monday, Oct. 5

 Cardinal Gambetti transferred from St. Peter’s Basilica to Italian archdiocese
 Indigenous catechists crucial in Amazon River diocese, bishop tells Pope Leo
 Montenegro’s president invites Pontiff to visit nation
 Guard your hearts and support one another, Pope preaches to Vatican Gendarmerie Corps
 Pope requests prayers for extraordinary Amoris Laetitia meeting
 Pope renews call for Rosary for peace in October
 Pope pays tribute to St. Francis of Assisi on 800th anniversary of his death
 1,300 priests, religious from Indonesian island serve as missionaries
 Preserve unity with the Pope and the apostolic faith, Pope tells Pontifical Teutonic College
 USCCB posts brief videos on politics, voting
 Vatican newspaper sounds alarm about drought in Honduras

Released Saturday, Oct. 3

 Press conference offers overview of extraordinary meeting on Amoris Laetitia
 Tennessee Christian leaders call for commutation of death sentence following botched execution
 Relics of Holy Crib at Santa Maria Maggiore to be placed closer to the faithful
 Catholic Primate, Anglican leader plead for dialogue amid renewed unrest in Northern Ireland
 Roman Curia considering Universal Safeguarding Framework
 USCCB committee chairman lauds Federal Scholarship Tax Credit
 EU official discusses Ukraine war, Middle East with Pontiff
 Vatican diplomat: AI should not decide our future
 Cardinal Parolin: Elderly, young suffered from response to COVID
 Pope Leo: In the AI age, the Church needs artists
 Blessed Sacrament desecrated at Spanish parish
 Children join Pope Leo in reciting Rosary for peace

Released Friday, Oct. 2

 European court: Church must erase baptism record on demand
 Pope, in video, prays for those struggling with mental health challenges
 Pope creates Donum Missionis Foundation for Dicastery for Evangelization’s colleges
 Pope Leo expresses appreciation for Word on Fire
 Central African Republic’s president, Pontiff discuss peace, development
 Detroit archbishop: ‘Sins against creation are among the very serious sins’
 Pope Leo: Christians cannot accept a culture of waste
 Court rules ex-teacher in same-sex marriage may sue Pennsylvania diocese
 Let us focus on Christ and return to the faith of the Church Fathers, Pope tells Lutheran delegation
 Vatican diplomat rues AI integration into nuclear weapons amid rising rhetoric
 Cardinal Zuppi, Vatican peace envoy, visits Ukrainian POWs in Russia
 Cardinal Parolin: Develop ‘culture of care’ for people affected by rising sea levels
 Vatican newspaper continues series on Kenya’s street children

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Wednesday of the Twenty-Eighth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Callistus I, Pope & Martyr

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Today is the Optional Memorial of St. Callistus, Pope and Martyr. Callistus was a Christian slave of Rome, and later was ordained deacon by Pope St. Zephyrinus, whom he succeeded as pope in the year 217. As deacon he was guardian of the Christian cemetery on the Appian Way which is still known by his name.…

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