St. James the Apostle Roman Catholic Church

The prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad, is in the United Kingdom for the first time meeting with faith leaders.

Catholic leaders urged Congress to defend disability rights, warning a new Department of Justice opinion could threaten community-based care.

The pontiff, still hospitalized after surgery, sent a message for World Food Day on Friday.

Vatican sources also indicated that the pope will publicly lead the Angelus this Sunday, although it has not yet been determined whether it will be from the hospital or the Vatican.

The Vatican secretary of state also said Thursday that the pontiff may have to “adjust his pontificate if it becomes necessary.”

Despite threats of violence and restrictions placed on some Christian communities, the national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Nigeria is encouragging missionaries to be unafraid.

The certificate program seeks to provide formation for people who can spread knowledge about the Guadalupe event.

Bishops and priests remain active in Nevada, Virginia, Idaho, and Missouri, as they prepare Catholics to vote on referendums that could reshape abortion policies in their states.

The USCCB president called on Catholics to exercise their “right and responsibility” to vote while advocacy organization CatholicVote issued state voter guides.

“I ask you please to pray for me, as I pray for you,” Pope Leo XIV wrote.