With war and violence plaguing so many parts of the world, Christians can look to the saints to discover from their example the true meaning of peace, Maronite Auxiliary Bishop Paul Rouhana of Beirut told participants at the Synod of Bishops.

A St. Petersburg priest who is also president of the National Conference of Diocesan Vocation Directors took time out Oct. 8 to check on his elderly neighbors before Hurricane Milton was expected to make landfall the next night in this Gulf Coast region.

As the Holy Land marked a grim first anniversary Oct. 7 of the Hamas attack on southern Israeli communities and subsequent Israel-Hamas war that has devastated the Gaza Strip, the papal almoner raised $35,000 in one afternoon from delegates to the Synod on Synodality and immediately sent it to Holy Family Parish in Gaza City.

El 29 de septiembre la Arquidiócesis de Baltimore emitió decretos para algunas de las iglesias que se verán afectadas por el proceso de planificación de Busquemos la Ciudad Venidera.

A menos que se revierta un cambio reciente en la ley de visados de los Estados Unidos, más de quince sacerdotes de otros países que ahora sirven en la Arquidiócesis de Baltimore podrían verse obligados a regresar a casa, desarraigando sus ministerios y dejando en apuros a parroquias, escuelas e instituciones católicas.