Huerta died Oct. 28 at age 96, following a decades-long career of advocacy for farmworkers, migrants, the economically marginalized and women.
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The Vatican Museums celebrate almost a century of popemobiles with new exhibit
From silk brocade to electric motors, a new Vatican exhibit traces nearly a century of Mercedes-Benz papal cars and the changing ways popes meet the world.
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Cardinal Tobin of Newark, NJ, to undergo surgery for mass on his kidney
“Testing to date indicates that the mass appears confined to the kidney, and his doctors are optimistic about his outlook,” the archdiocese said Oct. 28.
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Top Vatican official says Pope Leo’s cancer diagnosis a ‘game-changer’ for the papacy
Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Holy See’s foreign minister, also predicted that the Chicago-born Leo would in the “not-too-distant future” visit his native United States.
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Montse Alvarado prepares to step into Vatican communications prefect role Nov. 1
Alvarado will be the first laywoman who is not a religious sister to lead a dicastery, and, at age 39, will be the youngest prefect in the Roman Curia.
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Archdiocese of New York reaches $800 million abuse settlement
The Archdiocese of New York has reached an $800 million settlement to resolve some 1,300 abuse claims brought under lookback laws in that state and involving clergy and staff.
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Catholic bishops regret White House prayer photo with Trump, say it was used politically
“I wish I had been more shrewd and less simple, like those who exploited our meeting for partisan political purpose,” Bishop William Joensen of Des Moines said in a statement.
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Catholic bishops pray over Trump days before midterms
The U.S. bishops’ conference said it had no role in the Oval Office gathering, which echoed prayer sessions with Trump’s evangelical supporters.
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Meeting US Jewish leaders, Pope Leo warns differences must not fuel prejudice
Pope Leo reaffirmed that “the Church does not tolerate antisemitism and fights against it, on the basis of the Gospel itself.”
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Vatican’s doctrine office publishes document on the ‘crisis’ of passing on the Christian faith
The Vatican’s doctrine office published a new a document Oct. 22 on how to pass on the Christian faith in a time of “epochal change” marked by a “crisis in the intergenerational transmission of the Christian faith.”