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Sister Mary Teresa Barron, superior general of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles and new adjunct secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization

Sister named to Vatican post by Pope Leo XIV says women can feel priestly call

October 23, 2026

A view of Rome, where the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith reviewed the deacon's appeal

Vatican upholds excommunication of Louisiana deacon whose son was abused by a priest

October 22, 2026

Four bishops of the Society of St. Pius X in miters and vestments during the episcopal consecration ceremony

Society of St. Pius X appeals excommunication decree and plans documentary on consecrations

October 22, 2026

Bishops seated at long tables during a general assembly of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops

US bishops to discuss rise in conversions at fall assembly in Baltimore

October 21, 2026

A canonical court hearing in Zamora

Bishop in Spain puts former vicar general on canonical trial over alleged irregularities

October 21, 2026

Archbishop Luis Argüello, president of the Spanish Bishops' Conference, speaking at a microphone

Archbishop Argüello rejects Spanish plan to offer medication abortion in health centers

October 21, 2026

Exterior of a school building in central Madrid where a teacher was arrested on child sexual abuse charges

Police arrest teacher at Mercedarias school in Madrid over abuse of about 10 minors

October 20, 2026

A devotional depiction of St. Michael the Archangel

Knoxville bishop tells priests to stop reciting St. Michael prayer at Mass

October 20, 2026

Cardinal José Cobo Cano, archbishop of Madrid, speaking at a public forum

Spain's Cardinal Cobo calls for more lay involvement in choosing bishops

October 19, 2026

Jesuit priest James Martin in a black clerical shirt and Roman collar

Applicant says Jesuits rejected him after he criticized Father James Martin

October 16, 2026

Louis Prevost, the older brother of Pope Leo XIV, speaking during a television interview

Pope Leo XIV's brother Louis Prevost has cancer relapse, his wife says

October 15, 2026

Clergy of the Society of St. Pius X, the traditionalist group appealing the excommunications issued by the Vatican

Society of St. Pius X appeals four bishops' excommunications to the Vatican

October 15, 2026

A copy of the apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia

Vatican will keep Amoris Laetitia report private and deliver it to Pope Leo XIV

October 14, 2026

The San Carlos Borromeo pastoral center in the Entrevías neighborhood of Madrid

Madrid pastoral center hosts talk by Samidoun, designated a terrorist group by the US

October 14, 2026

Exterior of the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic in Rome

Pope Leo XIV has lung lobe removed in Rome; biopsy confirms adenocarcinoma

October 13, 2026

Cardinal José Cobo, archbishop of Madrid, speaking at the Vatican summit on Amoris Laetitia

Cardinal Cobo asks at Vatican whether the Church prepares couples for weddings or for marriage

October 13, 2026

Members of the Institute of the Incarnate Word in religious habits

Vatican delegates ask Incarnate Word institutes to change their approach to abuse victims

October 13, 2026

Bishop Juan Espinoza Jiménez of Aguascalientes speaking to camera in a video message

Bishop of Aguascalientes, Mexico, receives death threats on social media

October 9, 2026

Pope Francis seated among participants at a synod assembly in the Vatican

Synodality turns five as Pope Leo XIV's office reviews synod proposals

October 9, 2026

Pope Leo XIV

Cardinal Schönborn says Germany's synodal path ignored Pope Leo XIV's letter

October 8, 2026