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. 26 Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday
Gospel Excerpt, Luke 18:9-14: Jesus addressed this parable: “Two people went up to the temple area to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector. The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity–greedy, … 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.
A milestone of dialogue: Sixty years of ‘Nostra aetate’
Signed on 28 October 1965 by Pope St Paul VI, the conciliar declaration “Nostra aetate” set the foundations for a culture of encounter and dialogue in the name of peace for all peoples. Read all
Pope calls for renewal of Catholic education amid challenges of modern society, technology
Pope Leo XIV signs his apostolic letter on Catholic education, “Drawing New Maps of Hope,” at the end of a Mass for Rome university students in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 27, 2025. The document was published on Oct. 28, 2025, to mark the 60th anniversary of Gravissimum Educationis, the Second Vatican Council’s declaration on … Read more