Having returned the previous day from a religious summit in Bkerke, north of Beirut, Archbishop Bacouni struck a tone of cautious optimism regarding the end of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.

The U.S. delegates at the Synod of Bishops on synodality are contributing to discussions on the future of the Catholic Church by bringing the diversity of the U.S. church to the Vatican, a U.S. synod delegate said.

En este episodio de Protagonistas de Fe, Alejandro Aguilera Titus de la USCCB nos habla sobre el Plan Pastoral  Nacional Para el Ministerio Hispano/Latino, “La presencia hispana  es una levadura que esta transformando el rostro de la Iglesia y esta contribuyendo al tejido que continua dándole forma a la Iglesia en Estados Unidos.”

A coalition of medical and pro-life groups Oct. 22 launched what they called the Women’s Healthcare Declaration, which they said calls on policymakers, medical boards and other health care entities to enact pro-life policies that enhance “the medical standard of care for pregnant women and women facing miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, an incomplete abortion or any other life-threatening condition related to pregnancy.”

A funeral Mass for Franciscan Sister ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Frances Schiminsky (formerly Sister Ann Philip), will be offered Oct. 25 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa. Sister Frances died Oct. 21. She was 95 and had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 76 years.