In the weeks surrounding World Mission Sunday, observed Oct. 20 this year, Catholic kids from coast to coast have been supporting missions through prayers and donations.

NCADDHM, established in the early 1990s to reinforce the Hispanic ministry in the United States, held this year’s conference in Miami Oct. 8-11, 2024. Approximately 200 representatives from 65 dioceses attended, even though Hurricane Milton made landfall Oct. 9, on Florida’s nearby Gulf Coast.

The 18 cardinals who head Vatican offices will find a little less in their pay envelopes starting Nov. 1.

Christians and Hindus must promote harmony among all groups of people despite their differences, especially when ideologies increasingly seek to sow division, the Vatican wrote in a message for the Hindu celebration of Diwali.

Members of the Synod of Bishops elected Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, and Bishop Alain Faubert of Valleyfield, Quebec, to be the North American members of the Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod.

The availability of confession, even in churches heavily frequented by tourists, presents the Catholic Church as a welcoming space for an encounter with God, Pope Francis said.

Change in the Catholic Church, including a commitment to recognizing women’s leadership gifts and being more welcoming of all people, happens slowly and deliberately, which is a good thing in a rapidly changing world, said the archbishop of Seattle.

A world that has become “heartless” and indifferent to greed and war, and a Catholic Church in need of revitalizing its missionary joy need to open themselves up to Christ’s infinite love, Pope Francis wrote.

A number of U.S. Catholic dioceses and their bishops have issued statements disavowing fake Catholic newspapers that have resurfaced in swing states ahead of the presidential election to target Catholic voters on key issues.

Beneath the nation’s fascination with horror films — which translates into a multibillion-dollar industry — lurks a hidden quest for the divine, a theologian with expertise on the genre told OSV News.