Stories for week of November 09, 2025

Ordered from most to least recent.

Released Friday, Nov. 14

 Survey of American diocesan bankruptcy proceedings
 Pope will allow bishops to extend permission for traditional liturgy
 Vatican diplomat reaffirms support for 2-state solution in Holy Land
 Pope challenges Pontifical Lateran University to address cultural emptiness
 Archbishop in Dominican Republic stripped of governing role
 Minority of Americans consider faith important, poll says
 Pope meets with exiled Nicaraguan bishop
 Survey of American diocesan bankruptcy proceedings
 US bishops elect conference secretary, committee chairmen
 Papal message: Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum is relevant today
 Apostleship of the Sea established as canonical legal entity
 Pope warns against ‘premature, unlimited, and unsupervised digital access’ for the young
 Pope Leo: Mystical phenomena are not indispensable for holiness
 Abducted Haitian priest freed
 Vatican newspaper editor critiques Palantir Technologies’ meritocracy fellowship
 Cardinal Parolin: Blessed John Paul I was a ‘great Pope’ who left ‘indelible mark’ on Church history
 Vatican diplomat stresses value of UN peacekeeping operations
 Congolese bishops’ official laments ‘blood minerals’
 Background: World Day of the Poor

Released Thursday, Nov. 13

 German bishops, Vatican officials discuss German pastoral plans
 Pope notes synodality in Augustinian nuns’ mission
 Vatican bank re-hires couple dismissed after marriage
 Give fishermen a voice in fishing policies, Vatican dicastery urges
 US bishops vote to bar gender-altering treatment at Catholic hospitals
 US bishops express opposition to ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’
 Vatican conference participants: AI should assist, not replace physicians
 Papal tribute to newly beatified Indian nun
 Ukrainian Catholic leader praises heroic resistance, credits St. Michael
 Vatican newspaper highlights ‘cry of indigenous peoples’ at UN climate change conference
 Leading Portuguese prelate warns against polarization, extremism
 Italian bishops publish introduction to Islam for use in schools
 Panama archbishop laments violence
 EU, African bishops call for economic partnerships that bring justice
 Shrine of the Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei marks 150 years

Released Wednesday, Nov. 12

 Vatican denies supernatural source of reported French apparitions
 AI poses risk of human extinction: Cardinal Parolin
 New Orleans parishes to join in bankruptcy
 Priests less frequently called to emergencies
 US bishops to consecrate nation to Sacred Heart
 Fraternity is essential to Christianity, Pope tells audience
 Spanish bishop under Vatican investigation over historical abuse claim
 US bishops elect new president, VP
 Retired Vatican cardinal writes book on synod on synodality
 Pontifical academy president welcomes ‘dismantling’ of term Co-Redemptrix
 Put Christ at the center, Pope preaches to Benedictines of Sant’Anselmo
 Vatican newspaper warns of climate change’s effects on children
 Syrian Christians return to village after 14 years
 ‘Jesus calls you to be witnesses of communion,’ Pope tells Slovak youth
 South African president, Pontiff discuss poverty
 Papal praise for missionary cooperation between Europe, Africa

Released Tuesday, Nov. 11

 Tanzanian prelate decried post-election violence
 Cardinal Fernandez explains Vatican approach to apparitions, revelations
 Vatican tribunal rules against listing ‘credibly accused’ priests
 Holy See reiterates position on gender
 Indian Christians mark Dalit Liberation Sunday
 Vatican releases documentary, ‘Leo from Chicago’
 Protestant minister, Vatican newspaper editor welcomes DDF document on Mary
 Vatican spokesman takes stock of first 6 months of new pontificate
 10,000 attend Jubilee of the World of Work
 Church marks 1st Day of Holiness in the Particular Churches
 Pope Leo pays tribute to late Cardinal Duka, ‘intrepid proclaimer of the Gospel’
 Help young people counter Internet addiction: papal message
 Strip away non-essential structures, Pope tells Italian religious superiors

Released Monday, Nov. 10

 Swiss Guard investigating report of anti-Semitic incident
 Pope compares AI to Industrial Revolution in importance for society
 Dicastery leaders meet with Pontiff
 Pope plans special consistory of cardinals in January
 Bangladesh: police arrest suspect after bombing of cathedral
 USCCB reports on 10 years of pastoral visits to migrant workers
 Pioneer Indian nun beatified
 Gains against extreme poverty are fragile, Vatican diplomat warns
 Vietnamese diocese ravaged by storm
 Vatican newspaper columnist critiques African democracy
 Cameroon’s leading prelate assesses election protests, ongoing violence
 ‘If you want to cultivate peace, care for creation,’: papal message to UN climate change conference
 Pope, at Jubilee audience, pays tribute to Blessed Isidore Bakanja, Congolese martyr
 Papal prayer for typhoon victims, gratitude for builders of peace
 Dig deep foundations to reach the rock of Christ, Pope preaches at Lateran Basilica

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Sat15 November
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Saturday of the Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Albert the Great, Bishop & Doctor of the Church

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Today the Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Albert the Great (c. 1200-1280), son of a German nobleman. While studying at Padua when the Master General of the Dominicans, Jordan of Saxony, succeeded in attracting him to that Order. He was to become one of its greatest glories. After taking his…

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