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Pope Leo XIV admitted to hospital for afternoon lung surgery

by Courtney Mares

Dr. Stefano Margaritora, the hospital’s chief thoracic surgeon, will be the lead surgeon for the pope’s operation assisted by a medical team, according to the Holy See Press …

Texas priest named Maronite bishop of eparchy in Mexico
Archbishop Broglio denounces ‘public spectacle’ of Hasan execution, obliges Catholic recusal
Washington Letter: Pentagon plan to livestream execution met with widespread condemnation
Pope Leo to be hospitalized Oct. 13 ahead of lung surgery, public appearances canceled
World, religious leaders unite in prayer for Pope Leo, praising his ‘profound serenity and transparency’

U.S. Church

Everything ‘begins with God’ for first Black woman to be president of Denver’s Regis University

by André Escaleira, Jr.

Shawna Cooper Whitehead is the first African American and the first woman to head Regis and the first Black woman president to lead a U.S. Jesuit university.

Novena, resources respond to ‘urgent pastoral challenge’ of mental health

Everything ‘begins with God’ for first Black woman to be president of Denver’s Regis University

Mike Ditka dies at 86: A life of football, fire, and Catholic faith

FOCUS names Jonathan Reyes as CEO

Bishop Dewane recalled for his ‘remarkable legacy of faithful service’ to Church

World

Kenyan archdiocese holds memorial Mass for Catholics killed on way to National Prayer Day

by Fredrick Nzwili

“The brothers and sisters were not traveling to Subukia as tourists, but as pilgrims. They were people of faith.”

Elderly woman dies in Spain after eviction that sparked national housing fury, snap election
Australian bishop sentenced to 6.5 years in prison for abuse of Aboriginal men
World Mission Sunday has ‘borne fruit in my own life,’ says Pope Leo
Remains of over 100 bodies found in dig all buried in coffins at Irish mother and baby home
Women’s equality, uniqueness must be respected, says Vatican UN diplomat

Church leaders call for dialogue over confrontation amid turbulent protests in France

Faithful cannot accept oppression, injustice, pope says

Church leaders in Ethiopia amplify papal call for peace, as new war breaks out in Tigray

Vatican

New online courses help Catholics comfort those struggling with mental health

by Carol Glatz

Opinion

Keeping the faith when dealing with mental illness

by Cecilia Cicone

Capital punishment is ambiguously inadmissible

by Kenneth Craycraft

Quo vadis, Ecclesia?

by Michael R. Heinlein

Reviews

The story of Jesus brings us together

by Sister Nancy Usselmann
Adore Him: He Is Here
Heart of the Beast
Practical Magic 2
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