Top Vatican official sees ‘perverse spiral of hatred’ in Israel-Gaza war October 6, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News The Hamas attack on Israel two years ago “was inhuman and indefensible,” the Vatican secretary of state said, and Israel’s two-year-long war on Gaza has had “disastrous and inhuman consequences.”
Cardinal Pizzaballa welcomes ceasefire talks as first step, urges prayer, perseverance October 6, 2025By Judith Sudilovsky OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News As indirect ceasefire talks began in Egypt between Israel and Hamas Oct. 6 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt — aimed at finalizing a ceasefire deal based on a proposal from U.S. President Donald Trump — the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem lauded it as an “important and long-awaited first step.”
Pope asks Vatican police to be witnesses of the Gospel through their work October 6, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News Police work is a service for the safety and security of people and institutions, Pope Leo XIV said, but it is also a way for Christians to give witness to their faith.
Pope condemns ‘rise of antisemitic hatred,’ Manchester synagogue attack October 6, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV decried “the rise of antisemitic hatred in the world,” particularly as evidenced by “the terrorist attack in Manchester,” England, Oct. 2, an attack that killed two men.
Mission, migrants make church ‘catholic,’ cardinal says October 6, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News Sharing the Gospel with one’s neighbor, welcoming migrants who are Christian or setting off to a foreign land to share God’s love through charity and proclamation are concrete expressions of belief that the church is “catholic” and that God wants to save all people, said Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle.
Proclaiming the Gospel includes welcoming migrants, pope says at Jubilee October 6, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, Missions, News, Vatican, World News The joint celebration of the Jubilee of Migrants and the Jubilee of the Missions is an opportunity to remind all Catholics that the duty to welcome and assist migrants is also part of each person’s obligation to share God’s love, Pope Leo XIV said.
Walking with migrants in the U.S.: Pilgrims see, want to be signs of hope October 6, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Amid the fear and confusion facing immigrants in the United States, Catholics who minister with them see signs of hope and celebrated that during the Jubilee of Migrants.
One can’t serve God and money, pope says on day he signs text on poverty October 6, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News The Jubilee Year requires making a choice: serving God and justice or money and inequity, Pope Leo XIV said, marking the Jubilee of Migrants and the Jubilee of the Missions.
After Oct. 7 attack, Jewish man who chose forgiveness over revenge works for peace October 6, 2025By Judith Sudilovsky OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, World News For Maoz Inon, the past two years have been a personal journey from profound loss and anger toward the Israeli government to embracing “radical forgiveness” and working for lasting Israeli-Palestinian peace through InterAct — the NGO he co-founded with Palestinian partners Aziz Abu Sarah and Hamze Awawde.
Why St. Thérèse continues to inspire believers today — especially those who suffer October 5, 2025By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, News, Saints, World News St. Thérèse is often seen as a “sweet saint of roses,” a childlike figure whose holiness seemed effortless. Yet behind this image was a young Carmelite who embraced the demands of cloistered life, endured spiritual darkness, and suffered from tuberculosis, dying at just 24.
Vatican publishes list of papal liturgies November-January October 5, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News From the solemn proclamation of St. John Henry Newman as a doctor of the church to the Jan. 6 closing of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Leo XIV has a full calendar of liturgies and prayer services in the coming months.
In North Carolina, ‘we got through the first year’ after Helene, ‘but we’re not over it’ October 4, 2025By OSV News Catholic Herald News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, World News A year after Helene devastated Western North Carolina, signs of recovery are everywhere — from rebuilt roads and bridges, to refurbished homes, to revived workplaces. Yet scars remain, too.
