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VIDEO: Transitional Deacons Ordained at St. Joseph’s Seminary, Four to Serve the Diocese of Brooklyn

Four men were ordained transitional deacons and will be serving the Diocese of Brooklyn ahead on the last step in their journey to the priesthood. Read More

International News

Over 90 Us Lawmakers Call for Pope Leo To Address Next Congress in Bipartisan Letter

Ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections, a bipartisan group of more than 90 U.S. lawmakers urged House Speaker Mike Johnson to invite Pope Leo XIV to address Congress, saying the U.S.-born pope's "unique perspective" and "ties to our country" would be "a unifying force" for officials. Read More

International News

Pope Leo XIV Arrives in Argentina, Meets President Milei While Urging Respectful Dialogue

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Buenos Aires Nov. 8 urging Argentina's civil leaders to safeguard democracy, protect the unborn, and engage in respectful dialogue across political divides after meeting with President Javier Milei at the Casa Rosada presidential palace. Read More

International News

Pope Leo XIV Joins With Church, Poland in Mourning Krakow Mass Shooting

Six people were killed and over a dozen wounded in Poland Nov. 7 when a gunman opened fire at random passersby in Kraków's Main Market Square Read More

International News

In Secular Uruguay, Pope Leo Urges Catholics To Find Strength in Being Few

Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics in secular Uruguay to find strength in their small numbers, live their faith publicly and become witnesses who draw others toward Christ. Read More

International News

Pope Leo Challenges Uruguay On Abortion, Euthanasia & Suicide

Pope Leo XIV landed Nov. 6 in Uruguay, Latin America's most secular country, and used his first address to challenge the nation's political leadership on abortion, euthanasia and a suicide rate that remains among the highest in the Americas. Read More

International News

Pope Leo Arrives in Uruguay, Saying He Had ‘No Doubt’ He Would Make the Trip After Cancer Surgery

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Uruguay on the afternoon of Nov. 6, telling journalists aboard his 13-hour transatlantic flight from Rome that he was "convinced that this trip had to go forward" following lung cancer surgery a little more than three weeks earlier. Read More

International News

Pope Leo XIV Departs for 12 Day Tour of South America

Pope Leo XIV departed Rome for Uruguay on the morning of Nov. 6 at the start of a 12-day trip to South America, the longest international journey of his pontificate, a little over three weeks after undergoing surgery for lung cancer. Read More

VIDEO: Diocese of Brooklyn Honors Priests and Deacons Who Died Over the Past Year

Bishop Robert Brennan celebrated a Mass in Douglaston honoring priests and deacons who died over the past year. Read More

New York News

Archdiocese of New York, Survivors Attorneys Sign $800M Abuse Settlement

The $800 million settlement to resolve some 1,300 abuse claims brought against the Archdiocese of New York under the state’s lookback law, the Child Victims Act, has been signed by both the archdiocese and plaintiffs’ lawyers as of Nov. 5, making it official, Archbishop Ronald Hicks announced. Read More