Summary of the Oct. 8, 2025 general audience Dear Brothers and Sisters, In our catechesis on the Jubilee theme of “Jesus Christ our Hope,” today we will continue our consideration of the Resurrection. As we heard in the Gospel reading, … Continue reading →

(OSV News) — Another priest has been found murdered in a violent southern Mexican state, where Catholic bishops’ have brokered truces between warring drug cartels and clergy have been killed with impunity. The body of Father Bertoldo Pantaleón Estrada was discovered … Continue reading →

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Many immigrants in the United States today are living with the same fear people experienced under the “tyrannical” communist governments of the past, said Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas. “We have made people … Continue reading →

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Jesus is always walking alongside everyone, no matter how mundane or precarious their journey, Pope Leo XIV said. “Sometimes we think that the Lord comes to visit us only in moments of contemplation or spiritual fervor, … Continue reading →

 NEW ORLEANS (OSV News) — A funeral urn filled with ashes was found abandoned in 2022 on a park bench in Tennessee, more than 1,000 miles east of Minneapolis. As Jamie Moloney, director of pastoral outreach for the Catholic Cemeteries of … Continue reading →

PARIS (OSV News) — Lourdes saw a record turnout for the annual Rosary Pilgrimage, with 17,000 pilgrims from Oct. 2–4 — the highest number since the Dominican-led event began in 1908. Among them were 200 Dominicans, 3,000 young people and … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Oct. 7 in Chiles v. Salazar, a First Amendment challenge to a Colorado law banning professional counseling services that practice “conversion therapy” for minors, efforts intended to change a minor’s gender … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced Oct. 6 that the bishops will vote for chairmen-elect for six standing committees during their upcoming 2025 plenary assembly in Baltimore in November. Each bishop elected at that time will … Continue reading →

KRAKOW, Poland (OSV News) — As the Pontifical Commission for the Protection Minors concluded its Sept. 29-Oct. 3 assembly in Kraków, “following five days of intensive dialogue, reflection and strategic planning,” it prepares to publish its second annual report Oct. 16. … Continue reading →

(OSV News) — A nonprofit dedicated to supporting the U.S. Army has released a graphic novel highlighting the story and service of Father Emil Kapaun, the Catholic military chaplain who gave his life in a prisoner-of-war camp during the Korean War … Continue reading →