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St. Louis Archdiocese sues over ICE policy barring it from providing sacraments to migrants

by Kate Scanlon

The Archdiocese of St. Louis filed a lawsuit against the federal government Oct. 5 over a policy it said prohibits priests from distributing Communion and hearing confessions to …

‘You are made for love’: Pope Leo pens new foreword to YOUCAT book on love and relationships
Church leaders in Ethiopia amplify papal call for peace, as new war breaks out in Tigray
‘Mission renewal’ starts with priests, Catholic education, says archbishop in pastoral letter
Supreme Court hears key climate change lawsuit, but procedural question remains
Blockbuster feature film on modern mystic is ‘an extraordinary story of an ordinary woman’

U.S. Church

‘Transitus’ at Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land marks 800 years since St. Francis’ death

by Kimberley Heatherington

Each year on Oct. 3, followers of St. Francis mark the globally popular saint’s journey from life to death through special community commemorations of the Transitus.

‘Transitus’ at Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land marks 800 years since St. Francis’ death

Supreme Court expected to hear religious liberty, gun and environmental cases in its new term

Vermont diocese seeks to withdraw bankruptcy filing, citing legal costs, lack of progress

Catholic education leaders applaud proposed rules on tax credit

Tennessee Catholic bishops join call for clemency for inmate who survived execution attempt

World

In Assisi, cardinals and friars celebrate the 800th anniversary of St. Francis’ death

by OSV News

ROME (OSV News) —  At the stroke of midnight Oct. 4, church bells tolled across the Italian hilltown of Assisi to mark the 800th anniversary of St. Francis’ …

Ahead of papal visit, archbishop warns of a ‘wounded Argentina’ at Our Lady of Luján shrine
Pope writes to Gaza priest after strike kills 5, including Christian mother, daughter
African bishops express solidarity with Zambia’s arrested Archbishop Banda, local Catholics amid unrest
Greenland Catholics eye new security agreement with relief, concern and commitment to the Gospel, says priest
‘Too much at stake’: Church leaders plead for dialogue amid renewed unrest in Northern Ireland

Pope Leo XIV tastes French students’ ‘St. Thérèse cake’

Assisi to mark 800 years since St. Francis’ death during yearlong jubilee celebration

New nuncio appeals for unity, cautions German bishops against diverging from Rome

Vatican

Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s Angelus address given October 4, 2026

by Pope Leo XIV

Opinion

Quo vadis, Ecclesia?

by Michael R. Heinlein

The story of Jesus brings us together

by Sister Nancy Usselmann

AI and consciousness: Stranded in Eden, once more

by Elizabeth Scalia

Reviews

Catholic actor’s new sketch comedy series evangelizes through laughter

by Anna Dougherty
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