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7+ hour, 15+ min ago   (1118+ words) VATICAN CITY — A highly-anticipated meeting of bishops on the family ended at the Vatican on Wednesday, but release of the gathering’s final report was postponed on account of Pope Leo XIV’s hospitalization and surgery. The meeting marked the 10th anniversary of…...

5+ hour, 47+ min ago   (567+ words) VATICAN CITY — In a medical update on Thursday, the Vatican confirmed that the right lung of Pope Leo XIV, who underwent surgery for lung cancer on Oct. 13, is recovering favorably. The bulletin, prepared by the Pontiff’s personal physician, Dr. Luigi…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (398+ words) The four-day visit, running from September 25 to 28, has been built around a consistent strategy: prioritize peace, consolidate dialogue and remind Europe of the foundations that hold it together. The Pope traveled to Metz, in northeastern France, from Lourdes this morning…...

8+ hour, 26+ min ago   (226+ words) On October 14, 2026, the feast of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos, the community of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s Holy Protection Church in Sarata, Odesa region, celebrated its patronal feast, according to the UOC’s Odesa Eparchy. The faithful lost their…...

2+ hour, 36+ min ago   (283+ words) By CathNews New Zealand Sr Barron, 57, was appointed president of the Pontifical Mission Societies and adjunct secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelisation’s section responsible for missionary territories, the Vatican announced on October 8. She will take up the role on January…...

1+ hour, 13+ min ago   (877+ words) (OSV News) — The Diocese of Salt Lake City is initiating a new lay ministry role of “Worthy and Suitable Catechists” who can administer minor rites to those joining or completing their initiation into the Catholic Church. “We understand we’re the…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (651+ words) Twenty years after Saint Mother Theodore Guerin was declared a saint, visitors can still come face-to-face with tangible pieces of her extraordinary story. Her remains rest in a handmade walnut casket made by an employee with wood from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods,…...

4+ hour, 17+ min ago   (110+ words) On Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026, the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, and the Providence Community celebrated Saint Mother Theodore Guerin on the 20th anniversary of her canonization. Pilgrims from near and far traveled to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods to take part in a…...

1+ hour, 44+ min ago   (627+ words) By Gina Christian, OSV News OSV News — The aim of World Mission Sunday (Oct. 18), established 100 years ago by Pope Pius XI, has “borne fruit in my own life,” said Pope Leo XIV. The Pope reflected on the annual observance in…...