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Pope Leo XIV will celebrate 12 public Masses during the month of November, starting with an All Souls' Day Mass at Rome's largest cemetery. The Vatican released the pope's liturgical calendar Oct. 27, one day after doctors confirmed he is fit to undertake his Nov. 6-17 journey to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru.

A new report indicates that 60% of adult Catholics in the U.S. believe racism exists within their local community, with about 4 in 10 (39%) saying they have experienced racial discrimination generally.

Two weeks after Pope Leo XIV's surgery for lung cancer, his doctor confirmed he can fly to South America according to the previously released schedule, with Uruguay, Argentina and Peru planned as stops for his Nov. 6-17 trip, the longest trip of the pontificate so far.

The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem called the massacre of mourners at prayer "a grave offence against God and against humanity."

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops was not a plaintiff in the lawsuit but filed an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs.

Welcoming U.S. Jewish leaders at the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV emphasized the church's commitment to fostering friendship between the two faiths and to rejecting all forms of ethnic and religious discrimination.

Haitian Catholics in Philadelphia are marking a half century of faith and fellowship, amid Trump administration crackdowns on immigration, uncertainty about current deportation protections and ongoing gang violence in Haiti.

While six years separate the two most recent U.S. beatifications of Blessed Michael McGivney in 2020 and Blessed Fulton Sheen on Sept. 24, mere weeks pass before the next: five Franciscan friars known as the Georgia Martyrs on Oct. 31.

Ireland's national synodal assembly has signaled a strong push toward evangelization and faith formation, as delegates voted on 35 proposals shaped by the country's five-year synodal process. 

Key Catholic organizations, including the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, have urged Congress to reject recent Department of Justice guidance that they say weakens protections for people with disabilities. 

Artificial intelligence, migration and signs of church renewal are expected to be on the agenda when the nation's Catholic bishops hold their annual fall meeting next month. In an Oct. 20 press release, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops named the three topics as likely issues for discussion during the bishops' upcoming Nov. 16-19 plenary assembly in Baltimore. 

An Oct. 17 blaze at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright killed four service members and wounded 39 other persons, with at least 19 of the latter sustaining critical injuries.

In an Oct. 20 statement, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said the attack reflected broader settler violence affecting Palestinian villages and peaking during harvest season, when families gather olives that support their livelihoods and ties to the land.

Days before Pope Leo XIV announced that he would undergo surgery at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, the Mexican bishops' conference presented him with a book documenting the cases of people who have gone missing in the country.

The Trump administration on Oct. 18 extended protections from deportation to people from Ukraine and Sudan, allowing them to continue living legally in the U.S. for now.

Archbishop James Golka of Denver has asked Fr. Chad Ripperger "to consider a one-year fast from public speaking and interviews," according to an Oct. 19 statement from the Archdiocese of Denver. 

"The clock is ticking" for more than 100,000 Ukrainians whose temporary protections allowing them to live and work in the United States are set to expire Oct. 19, the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia said.

French Church leaders have strongly condemned a wave of violence that swept across France over the Oct. 17-18 weekend during demonstrations that began as protests against the rising cost of living. 

A priest in Ecuador was struck and killed by a falling crucifix while celebrating Mass, a tragedy captured during a livestream of the service on Oct. 17.

Fr. Wojciech Ziólek's parish covers Tomsk Oblast, a region of more than 122,000 square miles with just two Catholic churches.