Pope Leo XIV: ‘Culture of reconciliation’ needed to support migrants, displaced people — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Leo XIV greets participants attending the Oct. 1-3 Migrants and Refugees in Our Common Home summit in Rome on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 2, 2025 / 11:10 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV said a “culture of reconciliation” is necessary to support more than 100 million people affected…

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It’s official: St. Francis’ feast day back to being a national holiday in Italy — By: Catholic News Agency

A 13th-century fresco of St. Francis of Assisi by the Florentine painter Cimabue, one of the earliest depictions of the saint, is located in the lower church of the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Assisi, Italy.  / Credit: Jacob Stein/Crux Stationalis Rome Newsroom, Oct 2, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Italy’s Senate Constitutional…

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