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‘There is no such thing as a holy war’: Pope Leo marks 40 years of Assisi peace meeting
Posted on 10/27/2026 09:29 AM (CNA Daily News)
The pontiff, who canceled his trip to Assisi on medical advice, sent a video message to the meeting on Tuesday.
Diocese in Guatemala investigates alleged Eucharistic miracle involving host with reddish stains
Posted on 10/27/2026 07:00 AM (CNA Daily News)
A multidisciplinary team is investigating an alleged Eucharistic miracle in the Diocese of St. Rose of Lima, Guatemala. Even if the findings are positive, only the Holy See can declare it a miracle.
Seminarian training kicks off in Nigeria to combat sexual and gender-based violence
Posted on 10/27/2026 06:00 AM (CNA Daily News)
The initiative aims to reach at least 1,000 seminarians to prepare them to recognize different forms of abuse, support survivors, and promote safer communities in their future pastoral ministry.
Bishop Joensen says Trump meeting ‘exploited’ for politics, while others clarify backstory
Posted on 10/26/2026 16:21 PM (CNA Daily News)
Bishops who attended the meeting and the prayer have stated they were invited by the White House Faith Office to discuss issues of importance to Catholics.
Venezuelan opposition leader returns from exile and attends Mass at popular shrine
Posted on 10/26/2026 14:24 PM (CNA Daily News)
María Corina Machado made her first public return to Venezuelan soil at the Archdiocesan Shrine of the Divine Shepherdess, in the city of Barquisimeto.
For first time in 500 years, pope and king of England bestow religious titles on each other
Posted on 10/26/2026 13:34 PM (CNA Daily News)
King Charles III was given the title royal confrater and Pope Leo XIV was given the title papal confrater.
Archdiocese of New York will pay out $800 million in sexual abuse settlement
Posted on 10/26/2026 12:00 PM (CNA Daily News)
Archbishop Hicks said the settlement puts the archdiocese “on the verge of being able to … bring some measure of healing and reconciliation to all victim-survivors.”
‘It fills me with joy’: Pope Leo XIV confirms his trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru
Posted on 10/26/2026 11:20 AM (CNA Daily News)
The Holy See Press Office confirmed that the Nov. 6-17, 2026 apostolic journey will proceed according to the previously published program.
Vatican sends new humanitarian mission to Ukraine ahead of ‘very harsh winter’
Posted on 10/26/2026 09:20 AM (CNA Daily News)
Apostolic almoner Archbishop Luis Marín will travel to Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, and Fastiv, Ukraine, from Oct. 27–30.
Pope Leo XIV: Cultivate charity to heal our divisions
Posted on 10/26/2026 08:20 AM (CNA Daily News)
The pontiff held a private audience on Monday with the Sisters of Charity of St. Jeanne-Antide Thouret.