Pope calls for unity among world’s religions to promote peace, justice, ethical AI October 29, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News At a time when so many people and the planet are suffering, the world’s religions need to come together to promote truth, compassion, reconciliation, justice and peace, Pope Leo XIV said.
‘Nostra Aetate’, a document that revolutionized Catholic-Jewish relations, turns 60 October 29, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News A landmark Catholic document, credited with igniting a revolution in Catholic-Jewish relations over the decades, has turned 60.
Globe-trotting Maryland pilot says flying over 100 fellow Catholics to Rome a career highlight October 29, 2025By OSV News The Dialog Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News As a dedicated Catholic and parishioner of St. Jude’s Church in North East, Md., airline pilot Carol Stone has been to shrines, basilicas and so many religious destinations across the world.
Interreligious dialogue is ‘way of life’ for Catholic Church, pope says October 29, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News For the Catholic Church, interreligious dialogue “is not a tactic or a tool, but a way of life — a journey of the heart that transforms everyone involved, the one who listens and the one who speaks,” Pope Leo XIV said.
Changing world calls for new commitment to Catholic schools, pope says October 28, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Catholic education, which has changed over the centuries, must continue to evolve to help young people face the challenges not only of technology but of confusion about the meaning and purpose of life, Pope Leo XIV said.
Catholic universities must promote growth in faith, knowledge, pope says October 28, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Colleges, News, Vatican, World News Rather than educating students to “become experts in infinitesimal details of reality,” Pope Leo XIV said, Catholic universities must help them have a broader vision, one that holds together faith, spirituality and knowledge of the world.
Reflections on the synodal journey October 27, 2025By Jenny Kraska Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, Jubilee 2025, Synodality, Vatican Participating in the Jubilee for Synod Teams and Participatory Bodies in Rome was a moving experience of communion, prayer and listening at the heart of the universal Catholic Church.
Pope Leo’s first trip will focus on ecumenical, interreligious relations October 27, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News Commemorating the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea and its Creed, as well as reaffirming hopes for peace in the Middle East, Pope Leo XIV will travel to Turkey and Lebanon Nov. 27-Dec. 2.
Bishops must ‘sow’ with patience, foster respect, pope says October 27, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Bishops, News, Vatican, World News Then-Msgr. Miroslaw Wachowski, an official of the Vatican Secretariat of State, was ordained a bishop by Pope Leo during a ceremony in St. Peter’s Basilica Oct. 26, after appointing the 55-year-old Polish priest to be papal nuncio to Iraq Sept. 18.
Cardinal Burke celebrates traditional Latin Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica October 27, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments In the presence of hundreds of priests and with lay faithful packed into the pews and standing along the walls, U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke celebrated the traditional Latin Mass at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s Basilica.
Catholics must build a more humble church, seeking truth together, pope says October 27, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News The supreme rule in the Catholic Church is love, which compels all of the faithful to serve, not to judge, exclude or dominate others, Pope Leo XIV said.
Hope doesn’t mean having all the answers, but having trust, pope says October 27, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Living in hope means accepting that one does not have answers to all questions and staying calm amid conflicts and tensions, Pope Leo XIV said.
