In Turkey, parishioners safe, but iconic cathedral damaged after quake
The magnitude 7 quake that hit Izmir, Turkey Oct. 30 killed 115 and injured more than a thousand people. St. John Cathedral is considered the most important Catholic place of worship in Turkey's Asia Minor.
Vatican shuts down museums as COVID-19 cases, deaths mount in Italy
As COVID-19-related deaths reached their highest level since early May and Italy began enacting new restrictions to slow the spread, the Vatican has closed its museums through Dec. 3.
Vatican’s investments now under tighter control, says bishop
A lack of oversight over the Vatican Secretariat of State's investment activities led to money-losing property deals, but a leading bishop says now "more eyeballs are looking at operations" of the secretariat.
Catholic leaders, religious groups urge unity, peace during elections
The messages focused on the need to overcome the discord and anger that has marked the current election cycle in favor of greater respect across the political divide.
Young adults with disabilities get a home of their own
Dedicated Oct. 23, St. Philomena Cottage is "a dream realized" that offers a balance of care and independence to grown-up residents of St. Edmond's Home for Children.
McGivney family members, many others ‘thrilled’ Knights’ founder is beatified
John Walshe remembers the unveiling of the Father Michael J. McGivney statue in downtown Waterbury, Connecticut, when he was in eighth grade. Dozens of years later, he was one of the few to attend the beatification Mass for his relative, now-Blessed McGivney.
L.A. archbishop prays for COVID-19 victims at Día de los Muertos vigil
The lives of people lost to the "long, dark months of the coronavirus pandemic" was on the mind of Archbishop José H. Gomez during a Day of the Dead ceremony Nov. 1 at a Catholic cemetery in East Los Angeles.
Blessed McGivney: Model parish priest with ‘zeal’ for Gospel, for serving faithful
Beatified at an Oct. 31 Mass, Father Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, was a holy priest who "died daily to his own desires" in serving others, said celebrant Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin.
‘It is an attack on everyone’: Bishops react to Nice basilica murders
Bishops from the U.S. and around the world mourned the loss of three faithful during an Oct. 29 terrorist attack in France, and called for forgiveness, healing and justice.
Malaysia’s first cardinal dies at the age of 88
Cardinal Anthony Soter Fernandez, one of the Asian pioneers in interreligious dialogue in the 1970s and 1980s, died Oct. 28.