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Bishop Kevin Kenney shares in this video his recent experience in Rome meeting Pope Leo XIV and receiving his prayers.

Pope Leo XIV prayers highlight Bishop Kenney’s visit to Rome 

Bishop Kevin Kenney shared his recent experience in Rome receiving Pope Leo XIV’s prayers and he offered updates on his treatment plan following a lung cancer diagnosis. 
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Pope Leo XIV gives his blessing to participants in the Jubilee of Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers after Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican July 29, 2025.

World Mission Sunday has ‘borne fruit in my own life,’ says Pope Leo

The aim of World Mission Sunday (Oct. 18), established 100 years ago by Pope Pius XI, has "borne fruit in my own life," said Pope Leo XIV.
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Pope Leo XIV gives his blessing to participants in the Jubilee of Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers after Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican July 29, 2025.

World Mission Sunday has ‘borne fruit in my own life,’ says Pope Leo

The aim of World Mission Sunday (Oct. 18), established 100 years ago by Pope Pius XI, has "borne fruit in my own life," said Pope Leo XIV.
Jonathan Reyes, new CEO of FOCUS, the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, is pictured in this undated photo. The organization announced Oct. 7, 2026, that Reyes has been selected to succeed founder Curtis A. Martin, who retired in December 2025. Reyes will take over from interim CEO Tim Toman effective Nov. 16.

FOCUS names Jonathan Reyes as CEO

A longtime Catholic youth ministry is welcoming a new leader whose work draws on Church history while developing new evangelization outreaches.
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University of St. Thomas president talks about shaping the direction of the school

Rob Vischer, president of the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, said that it’s well-known that many young people don’t have a strong sense of purpose or meaning in their lives.
Tom Cruise and Riz Ahmed star in a scene from the movie "Digger." The OSV News classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R -- restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.

Digger — R (O)

Among the subjects being held up for mockery in the grating black comedy "Digger" (Warner Bros.) is religion. While the film's scorn might be interpreted as applying only to a hypocritical version of evangelicalism, its treatment of Christianity is so flippant that all viewers of faith will likely be affronted.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. speaks at a Jubilee of Justice event in the Vatican's Palazzo della Cancelleria in Rome Sept. 20, 2025. In rare interviews, Alito spoke to CBS and Fox just ahead of the Oct. 5, 2026, start of the court's 2026-2027 term. He has also released his first book, "So Ordered: An Originalist's View of the Constitution, the Court and Our Country."

In rare interviews, Alito defends court’s independence, reflects on impact of Dobbs leak

In interviews at the start of the new Supreme Court term, Justice Samuel Alito expressed concern about what he called "a concerted effort to intimidate the court."
Bishop Kevin Kenney shares in this video his recent experience in Rome meeting Pope Leo XIV and receiving his prayers.

Pope Leo XIV prayers highlight Bishop Kenney’s visit to Rome 

Bishop Kevin Kenney shared his recent experience in Rome receiving Pope Leo XIV’s prayers and he offered updates on his treatment plan following a lung cancer diagnosis. 
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Assignments to campus ministry at University of Minnesota surprised Father Anderson, Brother Brennan

Neither Father Jake Anderson, pastor of St. Lawrence and Newman Center in Minneapolis, nor Brother Brennan, of the Brotherhood of Hope, are native to Minnesota. Yet both found themselves at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
United States Army Specialist Robert Orcutt prays near a makeshift memorial for victims of the shootings at Fort Hood Army post in Fort Hood, Texas November 9, 2009. In an Oct. 8, 2026 interview, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said they planned to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad in December; Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, denounced the plan as "barbaric” in an Oct. 9 statement.

US bishops’ president condemns ‘barbaric’ Pentagon plan to livestream execution

After Pentagon officials said they planned to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad in December, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops denounced the plan as "barbaric."
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Digital Edition – October 8, 2026

Blessed Fulton Sheen, Father Campbell remembered, A return to the Church, Pope Leo in France, Burnout be gone, Of angels and foibles
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Looking forward to the feast of heaven

It’s no secret that meals are an important part of our lives. Besides providing us with the sustenance our bodies need, often they are the setting where we build and nourish our relationships. There’s a reason many dates include going out to a restaurant for a meal. Growing up, I can remember many Sunday dinners after Mass when we took time to make the food and place settings extra special, in the process of making time to spend with each other. For many of us, our holiday celebrations on Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter revolve around a feast.
Father and baby

Becoming a parent doesn’t make you less selfish

There’s little doubt that many young folks today can be stuck in a state of prolonged adolescence, one that encourages self-preoccupation and eschews taking on greater responsibilities. As a response, some propose starting a family as a kind of quick fix, a one-way ticket to becoming a more responsible and selfless person.
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Looking forward to the feast of heaven

It’s no secret that meals are an important part of our lives. Besides providing us with the sustenance our bodies need, often they are the setting where we build and nourish our relationships. There’s a reason many dates include going out to a restaurant for a meal. Growing up, I can remember many Sunday dinners after Mass when we took time to make the food and place settings extra special, in the process of making time to spend with each other. For many of us, our holiday celebrations on Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter revolve around a feast.

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Father and baby

Becoming a parent doesn’t make you less selfish

There’s little doubt that many young folks today can be stuck in a state of prolonged adolescence, one that encourages self-preoccupation and eschews taking on greater responsibilities. As a response, some propose starting a family as a kind of quick fix, a one-way ticket to becoming a more responsible and selfless person.
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