The pope celebrated Mass Nov. 2, the feast of All Souls, at Rome’s largest cemetery, Verano, which covers more than 200 acres.

After reciting the Angelus prayer Nov. 2, the feast of All Souls, the pope offered special prayers for the victims in el-Fasher, capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state.

Each June, the church invites the faithful to turn their own hearts toward the Sacred Heart of Jesus — a symbol of his boundless mercy and deep compassion for all humanity.

Ahead of a new English edition of the Liturgy of the Hours for the Latin Church, Father Ernest and other liturgical experts are encouraging parishes and other Catholic communities to embrace this prayer, which is said at different points throughout the day.

Historically, the Franciscan Sisters, like many religious orders, were directly involved in hands-on care, nursing patients at their hospitals across Illinois and Michigan. Their work was rooted in the Gospel call to care for the most vulnerable and serve as healers of both body and soul.

The lives of St. John Henry Newman and of all the saints teach Christians that “it is possible to live passionately amidst the complexity of the present without neglecting the apostolic mandate to ‘shine like stars in the world,'” Pope Leo XIV said.

Attorneys for the Diocese of Paterson, N.J., have moved to voluntarily dismiss a lawsuit they had filed against the federal government regarding visas for religious workers — a case that highlights the perfect storm created by the nation’s shifting immigration policies and the increased reliance on international clergy by the Catholic Church in the United States amid a downturn in domestic vocations to the priesthood.

Regardless of scheduling, the goal of National Vocations Awareness Week remains timeless and crucial — and the aim is a whole-of-church effort, said the USCCB in its Oct. 15 media release containing Bishop Boyea’s statement.

Michael S. Carter and other experts in philosophy, science and theology spoke with OSV News about incorruptibility, addressing everything from incorrupt saints and their significance in the Catholic Church to the relationship of faith and science.

Frank Connor, a seminarian with the Augustinian Province of St. Thomas of Villanova, has embraced a divine invitation to service and purpose that has unfolded gradually throughout his life.