Oct. 30 Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
The Roman Martyrology includes in today’s commemorations:
Mar Awa III gives Pope Leo XIV a Chicago Cubs jersey, rivals of the pope’s White Sox
Mar Awa III presents a Chicago Cubs jersey to Pope Leo XIV on Oct. 27, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 29, 2025 / 16:29 pm (CNA). His Holiness Mar Awa III, Catholicos-patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, traveled to Rome this week to participate in a ceremony commemorating the … Read more
Vatican to weigh in on Mary’s role in salvation with doctrine document on Nov. 4
Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, presides over a press conference on Friday, May 17, 2024, on the Vatican’s new document on Marian apparitions. / Credit: Rudolf Gehrig/EWTN News Vatican City, Oct 30, 2025 / 09:14 am (CNA). The Vatican’s doctrine office announced Thursday it will release … Read more
How ‘fruitful’ can the spiritual abuse working group be?
Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez met with Pope Leo this month, to update the pope on the progress of a working group on the criminalization of spiritual abuse.
Oct. 29 Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
The Roman Martyrology (2004) commemorates today St. Narcissus of Jerusalem (99-215) who was consecrated Bishop of Jerusalem about the year 180. He was already an old man, and God attested his merits by many miracles. The holy bishop had many false accusations against him, but the truth prevailed. He decided to use this as an … Read more
Pope Leo XIV: ‘The Church does not tolerate antisemitism’
Pope Leo XIV arrives in St. Peter’s Square for his weekly general audience on Oct. 29, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN News Vatican City, Oct 29, 2025 / 08:55 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday strongly condemned antisemitism during his general audience in St. Peter’s Square marking the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, the … Read more
Pope Leo XIV commemorates Nostra Aetate anniversary with interfaith celebrations
Approximately 300 representatives of world religions and cultures joined the Holy Father for an evening ecumenical prayer service for peace, organized by the Community of Sant’Egidio, on Oct. 28, 2025, at the Colosseum in Rome. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 29, 2025 / 05:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV joined faith leaders on … Read more
Oct. 28 Feast of Sts. Simon and Jude, Apostles, Feast
The Church celebrates the Feast of the Apostles Saints Simon and Jude. Their names occur together in the Canon of the Mass and are also celebrated on the same day. They may be paired together because they both preached the Gospel in Mesopotamia and Persia where it is said they had both been sent, but … Read more
Oct. 27 Monday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Evaristus, one of the first popes and the successor of St. Clement. Pope Evaristus governed the Church from 97 to about 107. He was buried at the Vatican.