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Pope Leo in South America

Uruguay, Argentina and Peru • Nov. 6-17, 2026

On-Site News Coverage

Experts see promise in AI as tool for parish flyers, promotions but warn against its misuse

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All kinds of businesses and organizations from coffee shops to dentist offices are using AI to create promotional flyers. Increasingly, Catholic parishes are, too.

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U.S. Church

New exhibit at the Museum of the Bible explores legacy of Blessed Stanley Rother

by Kimberley Heatherington

“The more people know about him, and find in him an attractive, credible witness, the more people will come to him to seek his intercession.”

New exhibit at the Museum of the Bible explores legacy of Blessed Stanley Rother

Democrats win House and Senate in landslide midterm election seen as Trump rebuke

Pro-life advocates pray at grave of 47 babies killed by abortionist Gosnell, but ‘not forgotten’

Supreme Court hears clash between Catholic preschools, Colorado over ‘universal’ program

New scholarship tax credit could expand access to Catholic schools, say education leaders

World

Pope Leo heads to a divided Argentina still reckoning with Francis’ legacy

by Ines San Martin

Pope Leo will arrive in a country that the archbishop of Buenos Aires recently described as “a wounded Argentina, a divided Argentina.”

In secular Uruguay, Pope Leo will visit a Virgin bound to the nation’s birth
For Pope Leo, Peru trip is more homecoming than state visit
As Poland’s constitutional crisis spills into streets, bishops plead for reconciliation
Brother of slain Pakistani minister urges West to act as report finds Christian persecution worsens
For 800 years, they kept the prayers going; now Benedictine nuns face a $1 million deadline

Spain and its Church in shock, grief after high speed train collision leaves dozens dead

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Ethiopian Orthodox leaders call for justice, protection after 60 Christians killed in attacks

Vatican

Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s general audience given November 4, 2026

by Pope Leo XIV

Opinion

Blaming Autumn: Unjust cranks in this excellent season of wonder

by Elizabeth Scalia

Beneath our division lies a crisis of dehumanization

by Vicente Del Real

The courage to risk death for life

by Katie Yoder

Reviews

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