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Pope Leo’s Team Is Out, but Catholic Connections Abound in This Year’s World Series

Milwaukee Brewers’ Sal Frelick (10), who was a theology minor in college, reacts after scoring on a single by Garrett Mitchell during the third inning in Game 4 of baseball’s National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres on Oct. 7, 2026, in San Diego.
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Milwaukee Brewers’ Sal Frelick (10), who was a theology minor in college, reacts after scoring on a single by Garrett Mitchell during the third inning in Game 4 of baseball’s National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres on Oct. 7, 2026, in San Diego.
From an outfielder who minored in theology to a pitcher whose mom is a Catholic school teacher, the Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays both have players — and storylines — that Catholics can get behind.

5 Ways St. John Paul II Changed the Catholic Church Forever

A painting of Pope John Paul II
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A painting of Pope John Paul II
St. John Paul II was the second-longest-serving pope in modern history with 27 years of pontificate and the first non-Italian pontiff to be elected since Pope Adrian VI in 1523.

Pope Leo XIV: Following St. John Paul II, the Church’s Dialogue With Jews Must Continue

Pope Leo XIV holds a framed copy of a paragraph of the Second Vatican Council’s Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions, in Latin and Hebrew, as he poses with members of the American Jewish Committee in the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican on Oct. 22, 2026.
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Pope Leo XIV holds a framed copy of a paragraph of the Second Vatican Council’s Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions, in Latin and Hebrew, as he poses with members of the American Jewish Committee in the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican on Oct. 22, 2026.
The Pontiff met with a delegation of the American Jewish Committee at the Vatican on Thursday.

Indianapolis to Host National Eucharistic Congress in 2029

Attendees kneel and reach for the monstrance as it passes by them during a procession at the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis in July 2024.
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Attendees kneel and reach for the monstrance as it passes by them during a procession at the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis in July 2024.
‘The Lord has already shown us what can happen when we place Jesus Christ in the Eucharist at the center and surrender our lives to Him,’ Bishop Andrew Cozzens of Crookston, Minnesota, said.

‘Be Not Afraid’: John Paul II’s Message to a Fearful World

Left: A statue of St. John Paul II stands outside the St. John Paul II Sanctuary in Krakow, Poland. Right: Book cover of ‘Crossing the Threshold of Hope’ by Pope St. John Paul II.
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Left: A statue of St. John Paul II stands outside the St. John Paul II Sanctuary in Krakow, Poland. Right: Book cover of ‘Crossing the Threshold of Hope’ by Pope St. John Paul II.
COMMENTARY: More than 30 years after its publication, St. John Paul II’s unexpected bestseller, ‘Crossing the Threshold of Hope,’ reminds us that only in Christ can we find the courage to face life without fear.

A Global Symphony of Prayer: 16 Readers Share Ways They Prayed for Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV blesses a darling baby during his weekly general audience on Oct. 21, 2026. Later in the day, news came that the Holy Father will not need any more treatment after his surgery to remove a cancerous nodule.
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Pope Leo XIV blesses a darling baby during his weekly general audience on Oct. 21, 2026. Later in the day, news came that the Holy Father will not need any more treatment after his surgery to remove a cancerous nodule.
We asked, dear readers, and you answered. And now, we give thanks because the Lord answered us all.

Pope Leo Names New Theologians to Vatican Advisory Body

View of the St. Peter’s Basilica dome along the colonnade in St. Peter’s Square
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View of the St. Peter’s Basilica dome along the colonnade in St. Peter’s Square
The new members of the International Theological Commission include six women and scholars from across five continents, several of whom have publicly dissented from settled Church teaching.