Pope Leo XIV encouraged members of the general chapter of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Jeanne Antide Thouret to keep alive their charism of Christ-centered charity.

“Based on his current clinical status, as well as the instrumental and laboratory tests performed, there are no contraindications that would prevent him from undertaking his upcoming Apostolic Journey to Latin America as planned,” said the statement. “The Pope is following medical recommendations with great care and diligence, and with a deep determination to continue serving the Church.”

Pope Leo XIV received President Nataša Pirc Musar of Slovenia on October 26.

The meeting concludes today with a time of prayer. Christians are scheduled to pray in the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi; non-Christians will pray at various locations outside the basilica.

Pope Leo XIV was scheduled to travel to Assisi today, but cancelled his visit because of his recent lung surgery.

Archbishop Luis Marín de San Martín, O.S.A., is bringing 600 boxes of food, clothing, and blankets to Kyiv.

Born in 1938 and ordained to the priesthood in 1961, Romeo entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1967 and was appointed apostolic nuncio to Haiti in 1983. He was later appointed apostolic nuncio to Colombia (1990), Canada (1999), and Italy and San Marino (2001).

Pope Benedict XVI named him archbishop of Palermo in 2006 and created him a cardinal in 2010. Five years later, Pope Francis accepted Cardinal Romeo’s resignation from the see of Palermo for reasons of age.

“Notably, during his time as Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti, he carried out his ministry during a turbulent period in the Caribbean nation’s history, marked by the fall of the Duvalier regime and various coups d’état,” the Vatican newspaper reported.

With Cardinal Romeo’s death, there are now 239 living members of the College of Cardinals, 116 of whom are eligible to take part in a papal election.

Jordanian police today arrested three suspects in an October 23 attack on a Greek Orthodox church in the village of Hamoud (Hmood).

“It is essential that the international community places human dignity at the center of its work,” Archbishop Christophe-Zakhia El-Kassis, apostolic nuncio and Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, said during a recent UN committee discussion. “This means translating commitments on poverty eradication and food security into the political will and allocate the resources needed to reach those most in need.”

Pope Leo XIV encouraged members of the Jesus Youth association to keep their gaze fixed on Christ and to witness to Him in Indian society.

Pope Leo XIV appealed for peace in Yemen, where, amid civil war, the residents of the besieged city of Taiz face a grave humanitarian crisis.

Pope Leo XIV told pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Sunday Angelus address (video) that Christ “places love at the very center of our relationship with God.”

Pope Leo XIV approved decrees recognizing the heroic virtues of six Servants of God, all of whom lived in the twentieth century.

It is the second-largest such diocesan settlement in the nation’s history. In 2024, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles agreed to an $880-million settlement with 1,000 plaintiffs.

Pope Leo XIV called for continued prayers for peace as he recalled Pope St. John Paul II’s 1986 day of prayer for peace in Assisi.

“The Holy Father underwent a follow-up chest X-ray as scheduled,” Dr. Luigi Carbone and Professor Stefano Margaritora (the Pontiff’s personal physician and the head of the surgical team that operated on him) said in an October 23 statement.

“The examination confirmed that his postoperative recovery is progressing very well,” the statement continued. “However, given the short time that has elapsed since the surgery, his doctors advised against the planned helicopter journey on October 27 as a precaution.”

“In mid-September, I was invited to join a group of a dozen bishops to discuss matters of importance to the Church and our people, including immigration enforcement, religious worker visas, and human dignity,” Archbishop Grob said. “We came in good faith to try to work for the betterment of our fellow human beings, to ease their suffering, to build up the common good, and to pray with a president, not to pose for a political photo opportunity to benefit the few.”

“We should never have been put in that position by the White House,” added the prelate, who said that the bishops had not given the White House permission to distribute photographs of the meeting.

The document has eight chapters:

• The Proclamation of the Father’s Love
• The Light of Faith
• The Epochal Change
• Centrality of the Kerygma
• The Transmission of the Faith in Communities
• Faith and Culture
• Some Specific Areas of Attention
• Personal Testimonies

“Jesus is the true light of the world, and whoever believes in him, the living Risen One, overcomes the darkness of death and lives by the light of life (cf. Jn 1:6?9; 8:12),” the dicastery stated. “This is the faith of the Church, and this is the faith that every believer is called to spread to the ends of the earth. This task, the transmission of the faith under today’s sociocultural conditions, is at the heart of these Considerations.”

An important new Vatican document released this week recognizes that the Catholic Church faces an “epochal” problem in passing along the faith to younger generations. But while offering some valuable insights on the process of evangelization, the document skirts the question of how that problem has arisen. Consequently its recommendations fail to match the severity of the problem that it accurately reports.

Pope Leo XIV and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke by telephone on October 19.

“The final histopathology and molecular testing reports on the tissue removed during the Holy Father’s surgery were issued today,” Dr. Luigi Carbone and Professor Stefano Margaritora said in an October 21 statement. “The results confirmed that the tumor was a lung adenocarcinoma and that the disease was localized. A subsequent oncological assessment has confirmed that no further treatment is necessary.”