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As the nation heads to the ballot box at the midterm elections, Catholics are working to ensure peace at the polls. bit.ly/4inslxi

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. bit.ly/4z1aBhN

Five Franciscan friars killed in present-day Georgia for defending Church teaching in 1597 were beatified Oct. 31 in a Mass where Church leaders considered their witness amid historical complexities and contemporary challenges. bit.ly/48tNdOS

In an Oct. 31 statement, the leadership of the Polish bishops' conference warned that the escalating dispute over the Constitutional Tribunal "is leading to a profound crisis of the state." bit.ly/4ijCTim

Pope Leo "wants the church to take nonviolence seriously and put it into practice," said the activist, author and professor. bit.ly/3UAvrq2

As artificial intelligence continues to widen the world of possibilities at breakneck speed, prompting Pope Leo XIV to issue caution with its use, it is worth noting that AI lacks something distinctively human: death. bit.ly/4z6VIKY

Latin America is where the U.S.-born future pope spent more than two decades as a missionary priest and bishop. His homecoming in Peru and to the city of Chiclayo in particular, has been highly anticipated. ncronline.org/vatican/vatica…

In Joseph Orso's rural Wisconsin community, family and friends are learning the sacred practice of caring for the bodies of loved ones in the days after death. ncronline.org/opinion/all-so…

"Those who hunger and thirst for justice, practice mercy and pursue peace are the ones who most closely embody the holiness to which we are all called," writes Yunuen Trujillo bit.ly/4iR2wal

"The exhibition offers an opportunity to reflect on the remarkable advances in automotive technology, as well as the deeper significance of the journeys undertaken by the Successors of Peter," Pope Leo said in a speech. bit.ly/3Wgdgqg

Elizabeth Greenop had been the subject of graphic sexual assault accusations posted to shareyourstory.notredame, an Instagram account not affiliated with the university. She is suing for defamation. bit.ly/4yRQoKY

Huerta died Oct. 28 at age 96, following a decades-long career of advocacy for farmworkers, migrants, the economically marginalized and women. bit.ly/4BTbnQC

Belief in the communion of saints expresses an awareness of our oneness with all who live on Earth and in heaven. As Mom taught me, we can call on one another from here or there. bit.ly/4e44Vfo

When director Ken Russell's "The Devils" was released in 1971, its violent and sexual religious content created a maelstrom of controversy that resulted in it being banned in several countries and heavily censored in others. bit.ly/4BzVUo7

The late-blooming lilies reminded us that endurance and patience matter when waiting for underground spiritual growth, for ourselves and for others we care about. There will always be ordeals we can't control, and the growth comes in God's timing; not ours.bit.ly/48pE8qj

Catholicism is strange, argues W. Tyler Allen, but that's far from derogatory. For Allen, "strange" is the only word expansive enough to capture the mystical elements of this faith. bit.ly/47LXlm3

Voters will consider culture war issues in many states this Election Day. Some activists cite a 100-year-old Supreme Court decision about nuns and Catholic schools. bit.ly/4BSUSUL

Nearly 430 years after they were killed in a bloody uprising by Native people they came to the New World to baptize, five Spanish missionaries will be elevated to a step away from sainthood during a religious ceremony in Georgia. bit.ly/4A6uyET

"It was just so horrific to think that some of the language that was quoted in the early reports really came from the Vatican," recalled DignityUSA Executive Director Marianne Duddy-Burke. bit.ly/4iQMPiz

Pope Leo XIV became the first pope to vote in a U.S. election by submitting a mail-in ballot in his native Chicago, the Vatican has confirmed. bit.ly/4it7JUI