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Pope Leo XIV gives his homily from the "cathedra" or bishop's chair at Rome's Basilica of St. John Lateran Nov. 9, 2025, the feast of the basilica's dedication. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza)
Dig deep, work patiently to keep church on solid foundation, pope says
Phoenix Bishop John P. Dolan is pictured during Mass in the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Jan. 27, 2020. Bishop Dolan gave the keynote at an international conference on mental health in Rome Nov. 5 and 6, 2025. (CNS photo/Stefano Dal Pozzolo)
Love is key to church's mental health ministry, says bishop who lost family to suicide
The poster for the international congress, "AI and Medicine: The Challenge of Human Dignity," sponsored by the Pontifical Academy for Life and the International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations, is seen Nov. 10, 2025, outside the Jesuit headquarters in Rome where the congress was being held. (CNS photo/Cindy Wooden)
Pope asks for extra care when using AI in medicine
Bishop John Bogna Bakeni of Maiduguri, Nigeria, speaks Nov. 6, 2025, in Warsaw, Poland, at a press conference ahead of the 17th Day of Solidarity with the Persecuted Church on Nov. 9. "Every day is a grace, because we never know what will happen in the next hour," Bishop Bakeni told OSV News about the situation of Christians in his country. (OSV News/courtesy Polish bishops' conference)
Bishop: Survival of Christian communities in Nigeria depends on security, justice
Pope Francis greets then-U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., during a private audience at the Vatican Oct. 9, 2021. Pelosi, a Catholic and the first woman to be elected to that role, announced Nov. 6, 2025, that she will not seek reelection to Congress in 2026. (OSV News photo/Vatican Media)
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces she will not seek reelection
Pope Leo XIV welcomes Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to a meeting in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Nov. 6, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope welcomes Palestinian leader; discusses Gaza, peace
A yellow 'X' marks areas of Muhammad Ali Louisville International Airport in Kentucky Nov. 5, 2025, that were closed following the crash of a UPS MD-11 cargo jet. The UPS cargo plane crashed and exploded Nov. 4 in a massive fireball while taking off from the company’s global aviation hub in Louisville, killing at least nine people and injuring 11, authorities said. (OSV News photo/Michael Clevenger, USA Today Network via Imagn Images via Reuters)
Archbishop prays for comfort, peace, healing after deadly crash of UPS cargo plane
Pope Leo XIV is seen speaking to journalists outside the Palazzo Barberini in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, in a screen shot from a video taken Nov. 4, 2025. (CNS photo/screen grab, Vatican Media)
Pope answers questions about migrants, Venezuela, Rupnik trial
A newspaper with an article reporting U.S. President Donald Trump's message to Nigeria over the treatment of Christians hangs at a newspaper stand in Ojuelegba, Lagos, Nigeria. Nov. 2, 2025. Trump said Oct. 31 he would designate Nigeria as a "country of particular concern" in response to violence in that country perpetuated against predominantly Christian communities. On Nov. 1, he threatened military action if that country's government didn't "move fast" to respond. (OSV News photo/Sodiq Adelakun, Reuters)
Nigerian church leaders have mixed reaction to Trump threat of action to protect Christians
Pope Leo XIV processes into St. Peter’s Basilica Nov. 3, 2025, to celebrate a memorial Mass for Pope Francis and all the cardinals and bishops who have died in the past year. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Christ 'tamed' death, but people may still feel sad or outraged, pope says
People receive Communion during an outdoor Mass in the Broadview section of Chicago Nov. 1, 2025, observed by interfaith leaders, community members, and volunteers, outside the Broadview ICE facility, after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered an increased federal law enforcement presence to assist in crime prevention. The Mass was led by Chicago Auxiliary Bishop José María Garcia-Maldonado. (OSV News photo/Leah Millis, Reuters)
ICE bars Chicago bishop from giving detained Catholics holy Communion on All Saints
A mother and a child dressed as a Catholic saint celebrate Holywins festival in the Sanctuary of St. Juliana of Cornillon, better known as Juliana of Liege, in Belgium, Oct. 29, 2023. Across Europe, Catholic families are turning Halloween into a celebration of light, life and holiness with "Holywins" -- a play on "Holy" and "Halloween." The movement began in Paris in 2002 and has since spread to Poland, Belgium, Italy, Spain and beyond. (OSV News photo/courtesy Holywins Liege)
It's Holywins: European Catholics offer a joyful alternative to Halloween
A member of the National Guard packs food at a Los Angeles Regional Food Bank facility Oct. 29, 2025, as nearly 42 million Americans face a potential lapse in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, known as food stamps, due to the second-longest U.S. government shutdown. (OSV News photo/Daniel Cole, Reuters)
Catholic ministries brace for millions of hungry Americans as SNAP deadline looms
A painting of St. Philip Neri adorns the retable in St. Philip's Chapel of the Birmingham Oratory in Birmingham, England. (OSV News photo/Marcin Mazur, courtesy of Bishops' Conference of England and Wales)
All saints have their God-given temperament types, whatever the era
A file photo shows a woman praying at the grave of a relative during the Day of the Dead commemoration near Mexico City. The traditional celebration honors children on All Saints' Day, Nov. 1, and adults on All Souls' Day, Nov. 2. (OSV News photo/Henry Romero, Reuters)
Mexican Catholics unite faith and tradition for Day of the Dead
Pope Leo XIV greets students in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Oct. 30, 2025, as part of the Jubilee of the World of Education. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Gen-Z should be known as Gen+ for what they can add to the world, pope says
St. John Henry Newman, a British-born scholar who dedicated much of his life to the combination of faith and intellect at universities, is pictured in an undated portrait. British Catholics welcomed the July 31, 2025, decision by Pope Leo XIV to declare the saint a doctor of the church, which officially takes place Nov. 1. The 19th-century British theologian, intellectual and preacher journeyed from Anglicanism to Catholicism, powerfully shaping religious thought in both faith traditions. (OSV News file pho
Recognition of St. Newman is ecumenical celebration, leaders say
This is the cover of Anthony DeStefano's new book "All Hallow's Eve." (OSV News screenshot/Sophia Press)
Children's book illustrates Catholic origins of Halloween
A car drives near debris on a road in Kingston, Jamaica, Oct. 27, 2025, as Hurricane Melissa approached. The slow-moving hurricane, a Category 5 storm with winds of ranging from 175-185 mph, had already killed at least seven - three in Haiti, one in the Dominican Republic and three in Jamaica - ahead of making landfall Oct. 28 in southwestern Jamaica at about 1 p.m. ET. (OSV News Octavio Jones, Reuters)
Bishop: Jamaicans trust 'God is with us' through planet's worst storm of 2025
Some of the 100-plus Catholic pilgrims from the Diocese of Wilmington, Del., are headed to Italy from Philadelphia International Airport Oct. 26, 2025 for a pilgrimage led by Bishop William E. Koenig. Pictured from left to right are Father John Solomon and his mother and sister, Mary Solomon and Sister of Life Gianna Maria Solomon; Catholic American Airlines pilot Carol Stone; Sister of Life Amata Filia Dierschke; and Fathers James Gebhart, Joseph W. McQuaide IV and Joseph Piekarski. (OSV News photo/Bob Kre
Globe-trotting pilot says flying over 100 fellow Catholics to Rome a career highlight
Pope Leo XIV presides over Mass as part of the Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 26, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Catholics must build a more humble church, seeking truth together, pope says
Charles Niece, the director of human rights and supply chain transparency, a Maryknoll project based in Taiwan, talks with workers as they leave work at a camera lens factory in Taichung, Taiwan, Oct. 24, 2024. (OSV News photo/Paul Jeffrey)
Maryknoll missionary trains migrant workers in Taiwan to defend their rights
Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh reacts during the first half of a pre-season game against the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Aug. 16, 2025. (OSV News photo/Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images via Reuters)
For Baltimore Ravens head coach, faith is his anchor amid highs, lows of pro sports
A mother and her son kneel before a first-class relic of St. Carlo Acutis that was on display during St. Carlo Acutis Youth Day Oct. 18, 2025, at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion in Wisconsin. St. Carlo, who died Oct. 12, 2006, at age 15, was canonized by Pope Leo XIV on Sept. 7, 2025. (Sam Lucero photo)
At Wisconsin shrine, students encounter Lord through St. Carlo Acutis' example of holiness
Pope Leo XIV greets a child from the popemobile as he rides around St. Peter's Square at the Vatican before his weekly general audience Oct. 22, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
The risen Christ brings joy, hope along life's journey, pope says
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