Stories for week of November 02, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Nov. 7

 Use AI ‘at the service of evangelization,’ Pope urges
 Communication means helping people evaluate things critically, Pope says
 Leaven of the Gospel transformed Mexican culture, Pope says
 Cardinal Parolin: ‘time is short’ on climate change
 USCCB opposes EPA deregulation of greenhouse gas emission reporting
 Papal message pays tribute to Blessed Rosario Livatino, slain by Mafia
 Vatican diplomat: produce more food with fewer chemicals
 Holy See reaffirms support for Haiti, calls for care of creation
 Vatican newspaper raises alarm about jihadist advance in Mali
 Italian bishops, Jewish organization publish introduction to Judaism for use in schools
 Vatican cardinal opens ‘Laundry of St. Francis’ in Parma
 Pray and be attentive to the needy, Pope tells women religious
 Pope welcomes revised European Ecumenical Charter
 ‘Only pacified hearts can dare to make peace,’ Jerusalem cardinal preaches
 Philippine cardinal calls for truth commission on drug-war killings

Released Thursday, Nov. 6

 Former Kansas City diocese employee faces fraud charges
 Hartford archdiocese makes $500,000 available to food banks
 Unmarried couples outnumber married couples in Brazil
 Chaldean patriarch: Vatican officials do not understand Eastern churches
 New leader confirmed for Eastern-rite Romanian Catholic Church
 Pope, Palestinian President Abbas confer on Gaza
 Texas voters approve parental rights amendment
 Jury awards $4.8M to Minnesota abuse victim
 Papal message marks Norcia basilica’s reopening
 USCCB, CRS urge world leaders to address climate change
 Religious freedom an important component of development, Vatican official says
 DDF had no doubts that Newman should be declared doctor of the Church, official says
 European bishops sign revised Ecumenical Charter
 ‘Shun mediocrity,’ Pope tells seminarians
 Pope, in video, prays for those struggling with suicidal thoughts
 Mexico’s bishops lament mayor’s assassination

Released Wednesday, Nov. 5

 French bishop disciplined for relationships with women
 Papal prayers for peace in Myanmar
 Pope speaks on US immigration crisis, Rupnik trial, Gaza truce
 Nigeria: one kidnapped seminarian released; another dead
 Vatican to issue document on monogamy
 Resurrection is ‘the foundation of faith,’ Pope tells audience
 President Trump recalls All Saints’ Day, All Souls’ Day
 Former OSV editor faces child pornography charges
 Apostolic visitor appointed for Emmanuel Community
 Abuse suit against New Hampshire bishop dismissed
 Adhere to space treaty’s nuclear weapons ban, Vatican diplomat urges
 USCCB touts CCHD, its anti-poverty program
 Leading Argentine prelate lists fidelity to the Gospel, defense of human life among essentials
 Leading Congolese prelate links synodality, peace efforts
 Tanzania’s bishops denounce government oppression
 Pope visits Santa Maria Maggiore, prays at predecessor’s tomb

Released Tuesday, Nov. 4

 Vatican cautions against Marian title: ‘Co-Redemptrix’
 Czech Cardinal Duka, foe of Communist rule, dead at 82
 Louisiana diocese files for bankruptcy
 USCCB publishes brief text on gun violence
 Chinese underground bishop dies at 91 after decades of persecution
 Newman named patron saint of Pontifical Urban University
 Christianity offers a path to peace, Myanmar’s bishops write in message
 Vatican newspaper: Military intervention by President Obama, NATO ‘destroyed’ Libya
 Ban weapons in outer space, Vatican diplomat urges
 Immerse yourselves in Christ, Pontiff tells youth advisory body
 Pope encourages Latin America’s Catholic universities to embody Catholic identity
 Pope Leo reflects on St. Augustine and education

Released Monday, Nov. 3

 Trump threatens intervention to protect Christians in Nigeria
 Vatican’s top ecumenical official concerned over future talks with Anglicans
 Pope presides at annual Mass for deceased prelates
 Larger US dioceses fall short in statistics on pastoral success
 Vatican tribunal finds Italian journalist guilty of slander
 New Jersey diocese claims deal to ease problems with visas for clerics
 USCCB committee chairman rues President Trump’s prioritization of Afrikaners in refugee admissions
 Abbot appointed for troubled Swiss abbey
 Vatican official transferred to Chilean diocese
 Theme announced for World Mission Day 2026
 Corruption crisis in Philippines sparks largest Church-backed protests in years
 Presidents of Gabon, Fiji meet with Pontiff; reconciliation, climate action discussed
 Leading African cardinal denounces world’s ‘culpable silence’ about DR Congo conflicts
 Pope laments massacre in Sudan, election violence in Tanzania
 Think of our departed loved ones as enfolded in Christ’s light, Pope preaches at All Souls’ Day Mass
 Pope Leo, on All Saints’ Day, proclaims Newman doctor of the Church, co-patron of education

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Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica

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Today the Church celebrates the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome, the oldest and highest ranking of the four major basilicas in Rome. The Basilica's official title is "Basilica of the Most Holy Savior and of Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist in the Lateran" but most…

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