For Pope Leo, Peru trip is more homecoming than state visit November 2, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Standing on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica in May 2025, Pope Leo XIV addressed Catholics around the world with a message of peace and a call for Christians to “journey together toward the homeland that God has prepared for us.”
Two Peruvian bishops die on eve of papal visit November 2, 2026By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Just days before Pope Leo XIV’s arrival in Peru, two Catholic bishops in the South American country died following illnesses, including Archbishop Richard Daniel Alarcón Urrutia of Cusco, whose archdiocese is preparing to welcome the pope Nov. 15.
At Nov. 1 Mass of thanksgiving, archbishop says beatified Georgia Martyrs ‘are on their way to being saints’ November 2, 2026By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Abundant gratitude was expressed for the Oct. 31 beatification of five Franciscans known as the Georgia Martyrs in a Mass of thanksgiving at the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist on Nov. 1, the solemnity of All Saints.
As Poland’s constitutional crisis spills into streets, bishops plead for reconciliation November 2, 2026By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Poland’s president cut short a foreign trip, police intervened outside the Constitutional Tribunal and protesters gathered in Warsaw as a bitter struggle over control of the country’s highest constitutional court escalated.
Interfaith migration policy summit seeks common ground on welcoming the stranger November 2, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News An Oct. 29-30 interfaith immigration policy summit hosted by the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, also known as CLINIC, brought together faith leaders, legal practitioners, advocates and scholars from Catholic, Protestant and Jewish faith traditions to find areas of commonality in their work serving immigrant communities.
Archbishop Lori announces appointments of vicar for clergy, vocations director, pastors, vicars forane November 2, 2026By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Appointments, Feature, Local News, News Archbishop William E. Lori has announced the appointment of several priests to serve as pastors, vicar for clergy, vocations director and vicars forane. A vicar forane assists and supports the pastors and parishes within a geographic region of the archdiocese, serving as a liaison between local parishes and the archbishop while helping coordinate pastoral initiatives and fostering collaboration among clergy.
Josephites urge Catholics to defend civic participation of marginalized communities November 2, 2026By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Local News, News, Social Justice The superior general of the Baltimore-based St. Joseph’s Society of the Sacred Heart is urging Catholics to defend the right of all eligible Americans to participate in the nation’s democratic process, expressing concern about public rhetoric that questions the civic participation of vulnerable and historically marginalized communities.
Archbishop Lori brings message of hope, redemption to Maryland inmates November 1, 2026By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News, Prison Ministry, Social Justice Archbishop William E. Lori brought a message of hope and redemption to nearly 75 inmates in Hagerstown, urging them to see themselves as God does and to make their prison “a sanctuary.”
Pope receives letters from ICE detainees, pastoral workers in Chicago October 30, 2026By Carol Glatz OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Pope Leo XIV received letters and messages from individuals detained in a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) processing facility near Chicago and from Catholics active in providing immigrants and refugees with spiritual and pastoral support.
Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, dead at 96, remembered for her faith, defense of human dignity October 30, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, World News Catholics are remembering civil rights leader Dolores Huerta as a woman whose faith inspired her lifelong mission of service.
Vatican confirms Pope Leo XIV voted by mail in Illinois midterms October 30, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV has submitted his vote by mail-in ballot for the upcoming Illinois midterm elections, the Vatican confirmed.
Serving vulnerable pregnant and parenting women is ‘heroic’ work, says USCCB pro-life chair October 30, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities expressed gratitude Oct. 27 “for all those who work to provide necessary resources to women, babies, and families during pregnancy and beyond.”
