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US Catholic Bishops Pray With President Trump

The South Lawn of the White House is seen in Washington on Oct. 2, 2026.
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The South Lawn of the White House is seen in Washington on Oct. 2, 2026.
In addition to praying with Trump, topics discussed during the meeting included religious freedom, school choice, religious visas, and life policy.

Why Deacons? What God Is Saying to the Catholic Church Today

Ford Madox Brown, “Jesus Washing Peter’s Feet,” 1852-1856
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Ford Madox Brown, “Jesus Washing Peter’s Feet,” 1852-1856
COMMENTARY: A deacon is not merely a generous volunteer with an official title. By ordination, he is sacramentally configured to Christ the Servant.

Archbishop Coakley Receives Award for Anti-Death Penalty Advocacy

Archbishop Paul Coakley delivers remarks at the Catholic Mobilizing Network Justice Reimagined Awards and Celebration at the apostolic nunciature in Washington, D.C., Oct. 21, 2026.
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Archbishop Paul Coakley delivers remarks at the Catholic Mobilizing Network Justice Reimagined Awards and Celebration at the apostolic nunciature in Washington, D.C., Oct. 21, 2026.
Coakley said living in the U.S. has deepened his commitment to advocating for death row inmates and urging the Church and the nation to see the inhumanity of executions carried out in their name.

New Vatican Document Considers the Difficulties of Passing on the Faith Today

A child is held up for Pope Leo XIV to bless when he passes by in the popemobile during the general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 21, 2026.
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A child is held up for Pope Leo XIV to bless when he passes by in the popemobile during the general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 21, 2026.
The document is presented as a set of “considerations,” drawing on the input and contributions of several national bishops’ conferences.

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.