FaithNews
Archbishop Edgar Pena Parra, current nuncio to Mozambique, will take up his new position as "substitute secretary for general affairs" Oct. 15. Archbishop Pena, 58, succeeds Italian Cardinal Giovanni Becciu, the new prefect of the Congregation for Saints' Causes.
FaithNews
While Mary was given a special grace, the pope said, the feast day should remind Catholics that the church professes faith in "the resurrection of the body" for all who are saved by Christ.
Politics & SocietyNews
Gov. Pete Ricketts helped finance a ballot drive to reinstate capital punishment after lawmakers overrode his veto in 2015.
FaithLast Take
A former head of the E.P.A. warns that the pope’s message on the death penalty, like his message on the environment, may not make it to the pews.
FaithVatican Dispatch
It is true that “sometimes we are the ones who betray the Gospel,” the pope said.
FaithEditorials
The unborn and the condemned have the same right to life, and all citizens, especially Catholics, have a duty to defend that right.