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.

As the nation heads to the ballot box at the midterm elections, Catholics are working to ensure peace at the polls.

Surrounded by the tombs and monuments of Rome’s largest cemetery, Pope Leo XIV offered All Souls’ Day Mass Nov. 2, saying prayer for the dead helps lead our loved ones toward full communion with the Lord.

Augustinian friars watched anxiously courtside, Vatican officials cheered from the stands and fans in costume bishops’ miters sang “That’s Amore” as Notre Dame defeated Villanova Nov. 1 in the Eternal City Tip Off.

Standing on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica in May 2025, Pope Leo XIV addressed Catholics around the world with a message of peace and a call for Christians to “journey together toward the homeland that God has prepared for us.”

Just days before Pope Leo XIV’s arrival in Peru, two Catholic bishops in the South American country died following illnesses, including Archbishop Richard Daniel Alarcón Urrutia of Cusco, whose archdiocese is preparing to welcome the pope Nov. 15.

Abundant gratitude was expressed for the Oct. 31 beatification of five Franciscans known as the Georgia Martyrs in a Mass of thanksgiving at the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist on Nov. 1, the solemnity of All Saints.