Catholic News Service

Pope Francis will travel to Asti Nov. 19 for a private family celebration of his cousin's 90th birthday, and he will celebrate a public Mass the next morning in the Asti cathedral, the Vatican said.

Catholic leaders, experts and members of civil society spoke during a dialogue session ahead of COP27, the next United Nations climate change conference.

The world still has not learned "the essential lesson" of the Cuban Missile Crisis that "the only way to eliminate the nuclear danger is through careful, universal, verifiable steps to eliminate nuclear weapons," said Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Next year will mark the 40th anniversary of the U.S. bishops' landmark pastoral letter "The Challenge of Peace: God's Promise and Our Response."

The Biden administration's Oct. 12 decision to apply Title 42 to Venezuelans at the U.S.-Mexico border "will have an immediate impact on our border community," said Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso.

Owensboro Bishop William F. Medley in a recent letter asked all 78 parishes to take up a special collection and to be "as generous as possible" in responding to the floods on the other side of the state.

Laypeople in an archdiocese of India's Syro-Malabar Catholic Church have begun a round-the-clock vigil to stop the Vatican-appointed administrator from gaining entry into the archbishop's house.

The Care of God Foundation announced on World Food Day (Oct. 16) plans to partner with the Philippine Agriculture Department to produce vegetables in an effort to feed the nation's poor communities.

Catholics working with migrants have mobilized to assist Venezuelans who are arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border in record numbers but are being expelled back to Mexico under pandemic-era health restrictions.

Success in eradicating hunger will require acts of love and solidarity, not just carefully planned and executed international programs, Pope Francis said.

The struggle for justice and love for all people is not over, but the battle must be evangelical and never political, Pope Francis told a group of Catholics from El Salvador.

The Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is "a monument of humanity," French architect Philippe Villeneuve told a Washington audience.

Jeanne Mancini wants it to be clear: The national March for Life in Washington will continue even with the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, its 1973 ruling that found a right to abortion in the U.S. Constitution and legalized it nationwide.

Immaculata High School in Somerville is the first in the Diocese of Metuchen to use solar panels in an effort to align diocesan practice with Pope Francis' encyclical "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home."

The Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences must restructure itself to make the church "relevant and responsive" to the people of Asia, a top-ranking cardinal said.

Young people in the United States are looking for a sense of community and a safe space in the church to express themselves freely, two representatives of Catholic youth told Pope Francis.

The Vatican's permanent observer to the United Nations told a committee of the world body that "civilian populations continue to be victims of widespread and systematic attacks."

In oral arguments Oct. 11, the Supreme Court considered the case of Texas inmate Rodney Reed, who has been on death row for more than 25 years and has gained the attention of Catholic leaders and celebrities for his claims of innocence.

The post-Hurricane Ian landscape is expected to trigger housing, employment and other cost-of-living complications for the entire state and in particular on the Gulf Coast.

As bishops across Asia celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences, Pope Francis urged them to recognize the dignity and potential of their laypeople and to remember that the diversity that marks their cultures and churches is a gift to the church.