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Pope Francis prays during the Synod on Synodality closing Mass on Oct. 27, 2024, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.

This is Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of November

Nov 2, 2024

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of November is for those who have lost a child. Read more

A grave marker in the Meadows of St. Kateri, the natural burial section at St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery in the Archdiocese of Chicago

Visiting a cemetery on All Souls’ Day? Here are some recommendations

Nov 2, 2024

By Diego López Colín

In Mexico, families typically visit the graves of their loved ones to clean them, light candles, and bring food, drinks,... Read more

Kevin Roberts is president of the Heritage Foundation.

Conservative policy leader: First Amendment, pro-life cause at stake on Nov. 5

Nov 1, 2024

By Madalaine Elhabbal

In an interview with “EWTN News Nightly” host Tracy Sabol on Friday, Kevin Roberts addressed the anticipated crisis of nonvoters... Read more

Pope Francis prays before an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Pope Francis to Mexicans: Keep being devotees of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Nov 1, 2024

By Diego López Colín

Pope Francis shared a heartfelt video message addressed to Mexicans in which he reminded the country of its “great fortune”... Read more

Official Portrait of Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki in 2021.

Wisconsin archbishop urges change to visa rule that could force foreign priests to leave U.S.

Nov 1, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The Archdiocese of Milwaukee alone hosts two dozen immigrant priests, and Catholics in Wisconsin are at risk of losing their... Read more

Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in Fall River, Massachusetts.

Massachusetts bishop: Priest placed on leave admitted to ‘serious sexual misconduct’

Nov 1, 2024

By Daniel Payne

Students at St. Michael’s School in Fall River, Massachusetts, had organized a protest for Friday over Father Jay Mello’s removal... Read more

Pilgrims gather throughout a sunny St. Peter’s Square for Pope Francis’ Angelus address on the solemnity of All Saints, Nov. 1, 2024, at the Vatican.

Here’s how Catholics can get 8 plenary indulgences during the first week of November

Nov 1, 2024

By Daniel Payne

For centuries, the Catholic Church widely observed All Saints’ Day (Nov. 1) as an octave, extending the holy celebration to... Read more

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square from his window in the Apostolic Palace during his Angelus address on the solemnity of All Saints, Nov. 1, 2024.

Pope Francis in All Saints’ Day Angelus highlights Christians’ ‘identity card’

Nov 1, 2024

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

In his Angelus address on Friday, the solemnity of All Saints, Pope Francis spoke about the “identity card” of the... Read more

Bishop Michael Olson.

Texas bishop: ‘No reason’ for Catholics to attend SSPX Mass if they can go elsewhere

Nov 1, 2024

By Daniel Payne

Fort Worth Bishop Michael Olson this week stated that Catholics have “no need” to attend Mass or receive sacraments from... Read more

The St. Louis Arch.

Bishops speak on abortion ballot measures in days leading up to election

Nov 1, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

Here is a roundup of the latest pro-life and abortion-related news in the U.S. Read more

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Quebec to now allow assisted suicide for individuals incapable of giving consent

Nov 1, 2024

By Daniel Payne

“Advance requests” for medical aid in dying may be made by individuals who have been diagnosed with illnesses such as... Read more

Nebraska Capitol.

Nebraska combats ‘misleading’ ad campaign promoting pro-abortion ballot measure

Nov 1, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

Nebraska’s Department of Health and Human Services has released an advisory clarifying that the state’s preborn protection law does not... Read more

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Catholic diocese in China conducts ‘Red Tour’ of ‘gratitude’ to Communist Party

Nov 1, 2024

By Madalaine Elhabbal

The Yibin Catholic Diocese of the Shian Province announced it had led all of its priests, nuns, and “heads of... Read more

A crowd prays the rosary in Madrid, Spain, on the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, patron saint of Spain, Dec. 8, 2023.

Vatican: Holy days of obligation not dispensed if transferred to a Monday

Nov 1, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

The Vatican said that certain feast days are established by canon law as days of obligation. These “must be observed”... Read more

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also called the Baltimore Basilica.

Catholic bishops share message on 160th anniversary of Maryland Emancipation Day

Nov 1, 2024

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

The message was signed by eight bishops from the Archdioceses of Baltimore and Washington, D.C., and the Diocese of Wilmington. Read more

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Catholic books and movies for families to get to know the saints better

Nov 1, 2024

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Here are several Catholic favorites to get to know some of the Church’s beloved saints a little better. Read more

Top, left to right: St. Catherine of Siena, St. John Paul II, Sacred Heart of Jesus, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, St. Francis de Sales. Bottom, left to right: St. John Henry Newman, St. Gertrude of Helfta, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, and St. Thomas Aquinas.

‘Dilexit Nos’: wisdom from 20 saints on the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Nov 1, 2024

By Courtney Mares

“Dilexit Nos,” meaning “He Loved Us,” describes how devotion to the heart of Christ “reappears in the spiritual journey of... Read more

New Boston Archbishop Richard Henning and outgoing archbishop Cardinal Cardinal Seán O’Malley during a packed two-hour-plus installation Mass at Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Oct. 31, 2024.

New Boston archbishop challenges flock to develop ‘deeply personal’ relationship with God

Oct 31, 2024

By Matt McDonald

Archbishop Richard Henning, 60, most recently bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, replaced Cardinal Seán O’Malley, who led the Archdiocese of... Read more

Our Lady of Lourdes grotto, Lourdes, France.

Kentucky attorney general backs Catholic church in lawsuit against shrine construction

Oct 31, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

The proposed grotto shrine pays homage to a series of famous Marian apparitions in Lourdes, France, in 1858. Read more

“This isn’t 1984, but 2023 —I should never have been arrested or investigated simply for the thoughts I held in my own mind,” Vaughan-Spruce, who was arrested for praying outside of an abortion clinic, said.

‘Buffer zone’ law banning anti-abortion protests goes into effect in England and Wales

Oct 31, 2024

By Madalaine Elhabbal

The law makes “interference with any person’s decision to access, provide, or facilitate the provision of abortion services” within 500... Read more