Dear Pope Leo: We Need an Encyclical on the Eucharist — By: Crisis Magazine

There has been much speculation and anticipation regarding the subject of Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical. He recently released his first papal document, Dilexi Te, an apostolic exhortation begun by Pope Francis. Leo reportedly made some edits to the document and added some personal reflections, but he largely seemed to leave it intact, apparently wanting…

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Right-leaning Bolivian president-elect Rodrigo Paz thanks God for his victory — By: Catholic News Agency

Bolivian president-elect Rodrigo Paz Pereira. / Credit: Jallallabolivia, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 21, 2025 / 18:26 pm (CNA). Rodrigo Paz Pereira of the Christian Democratic Party is the president-elect of Bolivia after defeating former Bolivian President Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga Ramírez of the Free Alliance coalition in a close runoff…

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U.S. Army to reexamine canceled chapel contracts — By: Catholic News Agency

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, meets with reporters in Baltimore on Nov. 15, 2022. / Credit: Joe Bukuras/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 21, 2025 / 13:37 pm (CNA). The U.S. Army is reexamining canceled religious contracts after Archbishop for the Military Services, USA, Timothy Broglio lamented that cuts…

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Aid to the Church in Need: Authoritarian regimes are greatest threat to religious freedom — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Pietro Parolin speaks at the release of Aid to the Church in Need’s “Religious Freedom in the World Report 2025” at the Vatican on Oct. 21, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Oct 21, 2025 / 14:07 pm (CNA). Authoritarian regimes are among the main drivers of religious discrimination and persecution in 52…

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