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Stories for week of October 25, 2026

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Oct. 30

 Vatican diplomat says ‘migration and return should never be driven by desperation’
 Archbishop Gomez, Cardinal Mahony, Vatican newspaper pay tribute to late labor leader Dolores Huerta
 Noting Catholicism is state religion, Costa Rica’s president invites Pontiff to visit nation
 Cardinal Fernández speaks on ‘love and truth in Marian devotion’
 USCCB highlights National Vocation Awareness Week
 Vatican newspaper spotlights Burundi’s poverty

Released Thursday, Oct. 29

 Vatican dicastery warns of ‘danger of extremism’ in liturgical sphere
 Archbishop Gallagher weighs in on Vatican-China deal, says papal visit to US is ‘very likely’
 220 million Christians live in conditions of persecution
 Pope to visit 5 Roman parishes in late November, December
 Pope thanks Mercedes-Benz executives for longstanding partnership with Holy See
 Pontiff meets with Jordanian Catholics, Chicago bishop, Archbishop Jadot’s family
 Earth is ‘drawing ever closer to a critical tipping point,’ Vatican newspaper warns
 Vatican diplomat calls for responsible stewardship of outer space
 Pope pays tribute to Blessed Elżbieta Róża Czacka, ‘blind mother of the blind’
 Pope Leo: Look to the saints, pray for the dead
 USCCB committee chairman praises pregnancy help centers
 Faith should ‘become culture,’ Pope Leo emphasizes at audience on Vatican II

Released Wednesday, Oct. 28

 Cardinal Fernández sees little interest in new DDF document from progressives, conservatives
 White House defends President Trump after archbishop calls prayer moment ‘manipulated’
 Kansas City priest pleads guilty to theft, pays restitution
 Armed standoff inside Texas Catholic church ends in suicide
 Ceasefire announced in Oleshky following Pontiff’s plea
 Jordanian Muslim leaders condemn church attack; King Abdullah visits wounded
 Pope to meet with abuse survivors in Latin America
 Nuncio begins mission in Czech Republic, meets with President Pavel
 Papal liturgies for November, early December announced
 At least 60 Orthodox Christians dead in 2 attacks in Ethiopia
 Pope Leo, in message to Assisi gathering, calls for renewed commitment to peace

Released Tuesday, Oct. 27

 Cardinal Cupich defends award to major Planned Parenthood donor
 Vatican spokesman: TLM procession application not specific enough
 Iowa bishop: ‘I wish I had been more shrewd and less simple’ about meeting with President Trump
 USCCB publishes update on Temporary Protected Status for Ukraine
 Vatican diplomat calls for total elimination of nuclear weapons
 Representatives of world religions gather in Assisi for peace meeting
 Curial prefect travels to Ukraine on humanitarian mission
 Cardinal Romeo dies at 88
 Pope encourages Sisters of Charity to keep their charism alive
 Slovenia’s president, Pontiff discuss Ukraine, AI
 Vatican confirms Pope will visit Latin America next week

Released Monday, Oct. 26

 Vatican diplomat calls on international community to address hunger, malnutrition
 New York archdiocese agrees to $800M abuse settlement
 Milwaukee archbishop apologizes for meeting with President Trump
 6 Servants of God declared venerable
 Keep your gaze fixed on Christ, Pope tells members of Jesus Youth association
 Pope urges continued prayer for peace, recalls Assisi prayer gathering
 9 dead, 40 wounded in attack on church in Jordan; Pope prays for victims
 Pope appeals for peace in Yemen
 Love is at the center of our relationship with God, Pope tells pilgrims

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Friday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time

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The Roman Martyrology includes in today's commemorations: —St. Marcellus the Centurion (d. 298) was a Roman centurion at Tangiers (in modern Morocco). During a celebration of the emperor’s birthday, Marcellus refused to participate in the pagan offering ceremony. He threw away his arms and…

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