Stories for week of October 12, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Oct. 17

 Pope greets Russian pilgrims
 Pope Leo appoints new archbishop of Vienna
 9 US bishops call for peaceful, prayerful public witness on behalf of migrants
 Pushback from some parishioners after Spokane bishop removes priest amid allegations
 State of Washington will not enforce law on seal of Confession and abuse
 USCCB publishes DACA update
 Theft, vandalism at 15 churches in German diocese
 Church burned down, children kidnapped as Islamist violence intensifies in Mozambique
 Vatican diplomat renews call for debt relief for poor nations
 2 historic churches reopen in Mosul, 8 years after liberation from ISIS
 Cardinal Parolin praises Father Romanelli, other priests who remain in conflict zones
 Background: World Mission Sunday

Released Thursday, Oct. 16

 Pope, at FAO, says world hunger is a scandal
 Pope teases Cubs fans
 Mozambique bishop reports on growing Islamic threat
 Pontifical abuse commission presents 2nd annual report
 Pope emphasizes forgiveness at Jubilee for Indigenous Peoples
 Chad’s president meets with Pontiff
 Congo’s Cardinal Ambongo seeks solution in troubled Congo diocese
 Former Vatican auditor general brings wrongful-termination suit to top court
 Bishops’ pastoral opposes liberalized euthanasia in Australian state
 Candidates announced for USCCB president, vice president
 Development extends beyond economic development, Vatican diplomat tells UN
 Patriarchs welcome Gaza peace agreement
 Consecrated religious, at jubilee, ask forgiveness for failure to listen, care
 Cardinal Czerny: Popular movements are crucial in addressing poverty
 Cardinal Parolin assesses promise, pitfalls of AI in health care
 Cardinals Cupich, Reina appointed to Vatican City State commission
 Jordan’s king meets with Pontiff, affirms efforts to preserve Christian sites
 Walk along the paths of mercy and truth, Pope tells Augustinian nuns
 Jerusalem cardinal calls for new generation of leaders who can foster peace

Released Wednesday, Oct. 15

 Christ’s Resurrection fulfills man’s deepest longing, Pope tells audience
 Vatican confirms papal approval of new Chinese bishop
 Vatican diplomat calls on UN to return to roots on human rights, avoid ideological colonization
 Prioritize humanitarian aid for Gaza, USCCB committee chairman urges
 Islamist insurgents are killing Muslims as well as Christians in Mozambique, missionary says
 As Madagascar’s government falls, leading prelate fears possibility of civil war
 Europe’s bishops call for peace, missionary engagement
 Gaza’s Christians hope for a just peace amid massive destruction, parish priest says
 Ukrainian Catholic leader laments escalation in Russian attacks
 Pope Leo XIV study center opens in Florence
 Vatican newspaper: ‘We are close to a real turning point’ in Middle East
 Pope Leo pays tribute to Cardinal Merry del Val, Litany of Humility

Released Tuesday, Oct. 14

 Younger American priests more conservative, traditional, survey shows
 Pope has formal head-of-state meeting with Italian president
 Vatican suspends seminary formation in troubled Congo diocese
 Pope sends medications for children to Gaza
 Vatican envoy to UN: developed nations owe ‘ecological debt’
 Read Dilexi Te, USCCB president urges
 Leading Latin American cardinal: UN climate conference is ‘decisive test’ for humanity, Church
 Vatican newspaper praises American author’s book on Sacred Heart
 Mali archbishop speaks of good relations between Christians, Muslims
 Over 2.5 million take part in Marian procession in Brazil
 Cardinal Parolin celebrates Mass for 1st feast of St. Carlo Acutis
 Chile’s president, Pontiff discuss sexual abuse, poverty, peace
 Pope Leo entrusts world to Immaculate Heart of Mary, praises Marian devotion
 Pope welcomes ‘spark of hope’ in Holy Land, rues Russian attacks in Ukraine
 Papal tribute to tradition of Christian philosophy

Released Monday, Oct. 13

 China to install another bishop without papal approval
 Act of reparation after public desecration of altar in St. Peter’s basilica
 Pope charges parishes to celebrate World Mission Sunday
 Brazilian president meets with Pontiff
 Vatican finally selects judges for Rupnik trial
 ‘Lay down your sword,’ Pope urges during Rosary for peace
 Let prayer accompany communication, Pontiff tells dicastery employees
 Pope urges Italian dioceses to be close to workers
 Vatican message to Hindus recalls Nostra Aetate, highlights peace through dialogue
 Guatemalan president, Pontiff discuss corruption, migration
 Head of Germany’s foreign intelligence service named ambassador to Holy See
 Papal tribute to diocesan hermits
 Your studies are for service: papal message to Pontifical Urban University
 Be rooted in Christ and exemplars of synodality, Pope tells consecrated religious
 Citing exhaustion, Honduran bishop resigns at 63
 The Pope understands the Church in the US, USCCB president says after audience

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