Lebanon eagerly awaits Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming visit, marking his first apostolic trip abroad, Catholic clergy organizers say.

Pope Leo XIV will issue a document on Catholic education Oct. 28, marking the 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council’s declaration on education, a top Vatican official said.

The joy of Christ’s resurrection can repair the widespread sadness and malaise in today’s world, Pope Leo XIV said.

More than 100 members of the Delaware-based Raskob family joined parish worshippers at an intimate Wilmington church to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities.

The U.S. Army said religious support contracts for Army chapels would be “reexamined” after Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, head of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, raised an alarm about their cancellation.

Religious freedom is not only a fundamental and essential human right, “it is also a pathway to truth and deeper communion with God and neighbor,” said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state.

Spiraling organ and choral music ushered in a new era for St. Lawrence Basilica in Asheville Oct. 17 at a ceremony to kickstart a massive restoration project for the historic building.

On Sept. 27, Tess Rada and other Annunciation parents and volunteers from Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action gathered on the steps of the Minnesota Capitol in St. Paul to demand a special legislative session be called by Gov. Tim Walz to ban semi-automatic rifles.

Archbishop Gabriele G. Caccia, the Holy See’s U.N. apostolic nuncio and permanent observer, delivered a statement at the Oct. 17 general debate of the U.N. General Assembly in New York.

Often literally pushed to the margins of cities and even parish life, Catholic members of the Roma, Sinti and Traveling communities are models of steadfast faith in the face of adversity, Pope Leo XIV said.