Archive for October 27, 2025

Father Vladimír Jukl who was born 100 years ago, was a secretly ordained Catholic priest in communist Czechoslovakia, and endured imprisonment and torture. He was a key figure in the underground Catholic resistance and inspired thousands through faith, courage, and quiet leadership.?w=200&h=150

By Bohumil Petrík

The ‘General of the Secret Church’: Remembering Vladimír Jukl a century after his birth

A hundred years ago, Vladimír Jukl was born — a secretly ordained Catholic priest in communist Czechoslovakia who endured imprisonment... Read more

Pope Leo XIV speaks to participants in the Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies on Oct. 24, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican.?w=200&h=150

By Antonio Tarallo

Pope Leo XIV on the gifts of women and synodality: ‘Women are already better’

Pope Leo XIV drew laughter and applause when he recalled asking his mother in the 1970s whether she wanted equality... Read more

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By Tyler Arnold

Napa report: 75% of states flunk religious freedom index

The “2025 Religious Freedom Percentage” was part of Napa’s Faith & Freedom Index published Oct. 27. Read more

Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Sunday Angelus on Oct. 26, 2025, at the Vatican.?w=200&h=150

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope Leo to pray at tomb of St. Charbel during first apostolic journey to Turkey, Lebanon

The trip will center on two key moments: a pilgrimage to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of... Read more

A portrait of a young St. John Henry Newman hangs in Cathedral High School, part of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, in Houston.?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Meet 10 patron saints of Catholic education, students, and teachers

Newman will join a list of several other Catholic saints considered patrons of other aspects of education. Get to know... Read more

Pope Leo XIV addresses the audience in his homily at a Mass on Oct. 27, 2025, marking both the start of the academic year at Rome’s pontifical universities and the opening day of the Jubilee of the World of Education.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pope Leo XIV urges university students to feed ‘hunger for truth and meaning’

Pope Leo XIV urged university students to feed their “hunger for truth and meaning,” lamenting that modern education often loses... Read more

Gertrude Detzel (1903–1971), born in the Caucasus region of the Russian Empire, was later deported to Kazakhstan and became a key figure in the underground Catholic community.?w=200&h=150

By Alexey Gotovskiy

Meet the laywoman who kept Catholic faith alive in Soviet camps

Gertrude Detzel kept the Catholic faith alive in Soviet Kazakhstan through decades of persecution. Her sainthood cause has now reached... Read more

The St. Paul Center in Steubenville, Ohio, is a nonprofit research and educational institute that promotes life-transforming Scripture study from the heart of the Church. The center serves clergy and laity, students, and scholars with research and study tools.?w=200&h=150

By Tessa Gervasini,Ken Oliver-Méndez

St. Paul Center to kick off ‘largest Bible study in America’

The study, titled “Bible Across America,” is set to begin Nov. 5 and aims to gather Catholics “around God’s word... Read more

Vladimir Putin, president of Russia expressed concern about the ongoing internal problem of “falling birth rates” in October 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Putin signals concern for ‘falling birth rates’ in Russia, seeks state solutions

President Vladimir Putin is voicing concern about the ongoing internal problem of “falling birth rates” in his own country and... Read more

Pope Leo XIV meets with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Oct. 27, 2025, at the Vatican.?w=200&h=150

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

Pope Leo XIV meets with Viktor Orbán at the Vatican

In separate audiences on Monday, Pope Leo XIV received two political leaders with very different views on the migration issue. Read more

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Andre Mahanna, a former Maronite Catholic priest.

Former Maronite priest still presenting himself as a cleric, Denver Archdiocese warns

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Leo XIV eliminates commission for donations to Holy See created by Pope Francis

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1 in 4 post-abortive women regret abortion decades later, study finds

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Catholic bishops back Trump’s removal of gender ideology in refugee forms

The Ten Commandments outside the Texas capitol.

Dozens of Congress members urge court to allow Ten Commandments display in public schools

Bishop Michael Fisher outside the meeting hall during the 2019 USCCB General Assembly, June 12, 2019.

Buffalo bishop will allow faithful to meet at parishes to oppose closures, mergers

St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.

Vatican commission rejects female diaconate, although without a ‘definitive judgment’

Pope Francis receives the bishops of England and Wales for their ad limina visit at the Vatican, Sept. 28, 2018.

Did leak in England suggest broader shift in Vatican policy on the Latin Mass?

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio leads the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA.

Archbishop Broglio: Drug cartels must be stopped, but not with ‘violence outside the law’

Poster for the St. John of the Cross 2026 Jubilee.

Discalced Carmelites prepare to celebrate jubilee year of St. John of the Cross

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