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· October 30, 2026
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Texas bishops congratulate Democratic winners, reaffirm pro-life and family agenda
Texas’ Catholic bishops congratulated Democratic winners, who won every top office statewide, and prayed for their wisdom while reaffirming that Catholic principles remain unchanged.
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San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio, Texas. | Credit: Khairil Azhar Junos/Shutterstock
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Catholic priest pleads guilty to 1970s sexual assault of Baltimore boy
The Maryland attorney general’s office said Father Laurence LaPointe admitted to abusing a boy at Gilman School.
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Pope Leo XIV praises Chinese Catholics for unity 100 years after consecration of their first bishops
The pope sent a message to a conference in Rome marking the anniversary, where attendees discussed the Vatican’s complex relations with China.
By Ishmael Adibuah · 4 hours ago
On March 30, 1926, Cardinal Willem van Rossum, prefect of Propaganda Fide, announced Pius XI’s decision to consecrate the first six Chinese bishops, a ceremony that was held in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 28, 1926. | Credit: Public domain
Pope Leo XIV: Let us not allow the memory of the deceased to be reduced to mere nostalgia
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Lessons on humility from 20th-century Vatican secretary of state who slept on a straw mattress
The new book “Growing in Humility: 7 Steps with Cardinal Merry del Val” focuses on acquiring the genuine virtue of humility.
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Father Álvaro Serrano Bayán, author of “Growing in Humility: 7 Steps with Cardinal Merry del Val” published by Editorial Monte Carmelo. | Credit: Victoria Cardiel/EWTN News
Pope Leo XIV appoints youngest bishop in France
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Martial Bernard as the new bishop of Soissons. At 48 years of age at his Dec. 20 episcopal ordination, he will become the youngest bishop in France.
Pope appoints 2 undersecretaries to integral human development dicastery
The pontiff on Nov. 5 named Father Avelino Chicoma Bundo Chico, SJ, and Claudia Leal Luna, to serve under the dicastery’s prefect, pro-prefect, and secretary.
By Hannah Brockhaus · 6 hours ago
Pope Leo XIV passes in front of St. Peter’s Basilica on the back of the popemobile during his weekly ride through the crowds in St. Peter’s Square for the general audience on Oct. 28, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media
Pope Leo XIV in South America
Chiclayo priest eagerly awaits his friend, Pope Leo XIV, in Peru
For Father Hugo Gabriel Sánchez, Pope Leo “remains the same close friend as always, attentive to us and concerned for our well-being.”
By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú · 6 hours ago
Father Hugo Gabriel Sánchez, a priest of Chiclayo, Peru, with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Hugo Gabriel Sánchez
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U.S. bishops celebrate pro-life pregnancy centers for Pregnancy Help Appreciation Week
Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.
By Tyler Arnold · October 31, 2026
JMJ Pregnancy Center in Orlando, Florida. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Bob Perron
Pro-life advocates say they have enough signatures to suspend Massachusetts abortion law
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Voters in Idaho preserved the state’s ban on abortion, but elsewhere abortion was expanded as Democrats retook the U.S. House and Senate.
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Cardinal Ernest Simoni speaks to Mark Irons on “EWTN News in Depth,” Oct. 30, 2026. After offering a Mass in 1963 for the soul of assassinated President John F. Kennedy, he was sentenced to death. The sentence was commuted, but he was imprisoned in communist Albania for nearly 30 years. | Credit: “EWTN News in Depth”/Screenshot
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In a recent political campaign, canon law was equated with sharia law — but are the two comparable?
A Colorado case pits sexual orientation and gender-identity protections against religious standards for school admissions.
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Martial Bernard as the new bishop of Soissons. At 48 years of age at his Dec. 20 episcopal ordination, he will become the youngest bishop in France.
In a recent political campaign, canon law was equated with sharia law — but are the two comparable?
A Colorado case pits sexual orientation and gender-identity protections against religious standards for school admissions.
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Martial Bernard as the new bishop of Soissons. At 48 years of age at his Dec. 20 episcopal ordination, he will become the youngest bishop in France.