In Jamaica, Hurricane Melissa “has left a trail of heartbreak across our beloved island,” said the Diocese of Montego Bay — and now parishes, schools and other communities throughout the Caribbean are seeking help as they begin the arduous task of rebuilding and healing after the deadly storm.

Saying he was deeply saddened, Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre of Louisville prayed for comfort, peace and healing after the deadly crash of a UPS cargo plane at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport Nov. 4.

On a brilliant autumn day brimming with historic significance, Eliza Monroe Hay, daughter of the fifth U.S. president, James Monroe, was reinterred alongside her father and mother in Richmond’s Hollywood Cemetery.

Marking the 400th anniversary of the archdiocesan seminary in Trujillo, Peru, Pope Leo XIV thanked God for all the men whose ministry was nurtured there.

Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of Washington has been diagnosed with cancer and will undergo surgery Nov. 13, the Archdiocese of Washington announced Nov. 5.