A Homily for the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Father Terrence Klein

On election day, voters in 10 states will vote on ballot initiatives related to abortion. If the past two years are any indication, I fear the pro-life movement can expect yet another round of bruising electoral defeats.

While the candidates jousted through the end of the election season, migrant encounters along the U.S. southwestern border continued a sharp fall in fiscal year 2024. But why?

The Archbishop of San Juan has demanded former President Donald Trump personally apologize for racist remarks directed at Puerto Rico and others at his Oct. 27 rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

There’s an old joke that a camel is what you get when a horse has been designed by a committee. The synod’s final document bears the camel-like appearance of committee drafting. Maybe that‘s a good thing.

“The second and final session of the Synod on Synodality has just concluded,” Father James Martin writes. “And what I noticed most this year is how much the attitude toward L.G.B.T.Q. issues has changed—and for the good.”

A Reflection for the Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles, by Leilani Fuentes

At midday yesterday, the Vatican released Pope Francis’ latest encyclical, “Dilexit Nos,” in which he invites us, the faithful, to return to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and rediscover our own hearts.

With an all-star cast including Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci, “Conclave“ genereated a lot of Hollywood buzz. It has also raised some questions: How is a pope really elected? Does the movie get it right?

In his fourth encyclical, “Dilexit Nos,” Pope Francis calls on believers to rediscover devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and, through it, to love our brothers and sisters in the church and world.