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.
"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.
"I always ask people, 'Keep praying for my brother, that he makes a full recovery,' " Louis Prevost said, "because I think he's the pope the church needs at this time."
"We may disagree and poke fun and do all that, but it's in a common spirit for the common good," Hicks said of the annual event that raises money for Catholic charities in the Archdiocese of New York.
Oregon's Catholic bishops expressed sympathy and encouraged the community to support those affected by a shooting at a Bend, Oregon, elementary school that left five dead and two wounded.
Actions to safeguard voting are "rooted in the belief that everyone who can vote should feel safe to do so, and that every vote should count, because we believe that democracy is sacred," said one advocate.
