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VATICAN CITY — The Holy See press office announced Tuesday that Pope Leo XIV will travel to Turkey and Lebanon at the end of November 2025. According to a statement, the Pope accepted invitations from both countries’ civil and ecclesiastical authorities. He will visit Turkey from November 27 to 30, making a pilgrimage to İznik … Read moreVatican announces Pope Leo XIV’s visits to Turkey and Lebanon
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, accused the FBI under former President Joe Biden of spying on nine Republican lawmakers during its “Arctic Frost” investigation — a probe he said later became the foundation for Special Counsel Jack Smith’s case against President Donald Trump. Grassley, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, released a newly declassified FBI document … Read moreGrassley: Biden FBI spied on 9 Republican lawmakers in 2023
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will convene in Baltimore, Maryland, this November for their 2025 Plenary Assembly, during which they will elect a new president, vice president, and chairmen for six of their committees. The current USCCB president is Archbishop Timothy Broglio, archbishop of the Archdiocese of Military Services. The current USCCB … Read moreUS bishops to elect new president, 6 committee chairmen during November plenary assembly
Father Ryan Rojo, the vocations director for the Diocese of San Angelo, Texas, congratulates from the ambo Francisco Camacho as he was ordained a transitional deacon on May 24, 2025, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Midland. Bishop Michael Sis joins in the celebratory moment. With the vocations landscape in flux, Father Ryan Rojo … Read moreGen Z Vocations: Connecting With a Generation That is Diverse, Devout — and Deeply Online
Pope Leo XIV’s first apostolic letter issued “motu proprio” creates new standards for Vatican investments and repeals a 2022 rescript from Pope Francis related to the administration and management of the Holy See’s financial activities, according to an Oct. 6 Vatican News report. Pope Leo’s Sept. 29 apostolic letter “Coniuncta cura” is available in Italian … Read moreIn first ‘motu proprio’ Pope Leo sets new norms regulating Vatican investments
Hannah Brockhaus/CNAPope Leo XIV answers questions from the media outside Castel Gandolfo in Italy on Oct. 7, 2025. He pointed out that he has asked the Church to pray in a special way for peace during the month of October. Read More
Courtesy photoBishop Pavel Konzbul of Brno, Czech Republic. In the weeks leading up to the election, the Czech Bishops’ Conference issued a prayer novena and specifically warned about the threats to religious freedom posed by the Stačilo! coalition. Read More
John AronCardinal Raymond Burke ‘Today, as we face, in the world and even in the Church, pervasive confusion, division, and a loss of faith, Our Lady’s call resounds with renewed urgency.’ Read More
Col. Raymond SkeehanFather Emil Kapaun celebrates Mass using the hood of a Jeep as his altar on Oct. 7, 1950. Far from being a stuffy image from another century, the content of the photo, in a very real way, lives on today. Read More
Bishop Robert Brennan of the Diocese of Brooklyn has reduced the number of local churches that celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) from three to two, out of sustainability concerns, according to a statement the diocese shared with CatholicVote Oct. 2. “Bishop Brennan very much wants to meet the needs of the people, and has … Read moreCiting attendance rates and priest shortage, Brooklyn bishop reduces Traditional Latin Masses from three to two churches