Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress Nov. 3 in a landslide midterm election, according to multiple projections, with significant ramifications for the final years of the Trump administration and its policies.

Catholic opposition to state laws permitting assisted suicide for the terminally ill is expanding in federal courts.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Nov. 3 in a case over a clash between Catholic preschools and the state of Colorado over whether those schools can participate in the state’s universal preschool program.

The Federal Scholarship Tax Credit, or “Education Freedom Tax Credit” — a federal tax credit for donations to 501(c)(3) public charities providing scholarships to elementary or secondary school pupils — threw a proverbial lifeline to Catholic schools following its passage into law July 4, 2025.

In Uruguay, Holy Week is officially Tourism Week. Christmas is the Day of the Family, and the Dec. 8 feast of the Immaculate Conception became the Day of the Beaches.

The threat to world peace stems from economic imbalances linked to development that is “neither equitable nor respectful of creation,” Pope Leo XIV said at his weekly general audience.

In a world full of possibilities, yet still marked by injustice and fear, Pope Leo XIV said young Christians are called to transform the world with love.

A federal appeals court panel ruled Oct. 30 that Idaho’s abortion ban may continue to be fully enforced as voters in the Gem State prepared to vote directly on the legality of abortion on Nov. 3.

At dawn on Oct. 29, people were already lining up outside the Catholic Cathedral of God the Merciful Father in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. By morning, about 2,000 had gathered for bread, among them children carrying empty bags, some without their parents.

National Vocation Awareness Week — which this year began Nov. 1 and ends Nov. 7 — “reminds us of the beautiful witness of those who have responded to God’s call to serve in ordained ministry as priests and deacons, and men and women who serve in consecrated life,” Archbishop Ronald A. Hicks of New York said in a statement.