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Live blog: Archbishop Coakley new USCCB president-elect, Bishop Flores USCCB vice president-elect

by OSV News

Live updates from the 2025 Fall plenary assembly of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore — new president vote, U.S. Sacred Heart consecration and more …

Churches should be joyful places of sharing gift of faith, pope says
‘Leo from Chicago:’ Vatican releases new documentary on pope’s early years
Archbishop Coakley and Bishop Flores are elected president and vice president of USCCB
Survey: Young adult Catholics are the most engaged and most at risk of leaving the church
U.S. bishops to Pope Leo: We ‘will continue to stand with migrants and defend everyone’s right to worship free from intimidation’

U.S. Church

US bishops celebrate Mass to ‘beg the Holy Spirit to inspire’ their fall assembly

by Katie V. Jones

More than 320 bishops celebrated Mass in Baltimore Nov. 10, asking the Holy Spirit to inspire them on the first day of their annual fall plenary assembly.

As deal to end shutdown advances, Catholic groups urge action on health insurance costs

Texans vote overwhelmingly to enshrine parental rights in state constitution

Supreme Court sides with Trump administration to temporarily block full funding for SNAP

Former diocesan fundraising director indicted on wire fraud for alleged 6-figure theft

Love is key to church’s mental health ministry, says bishop who lost family to suicide

Caring for creation is part of peacemaking, pope tells COP30

World

Catholics in Mexico oppose proposed online media gag law

by David Agren

Mexican Catholics have expressed alarm at a proposal to oversee the online expressions of religious leaders through a change of the country’s Religious Associations and Public Worship Law.

First plenary of French bishops under Cardinal Aveline discusses turbulent topics
Bishop: Survival of Christian communities in Nigeria depends on security, justice
Security for Syria’s religious minorities is disastrous, say religious freedom advocates
Ahead of World Day of the Poor, first laundry for the poor under Pope Leo opened in Parma
Nigeria: Diocese mourns following death of kidnapped teen seminarian

Pope Leo calls for dialogue as US builds up military presence on Venezuelan coast

After Hurricane Melissa ‘left a trail of heartbreak,’ faith and action bring healing

Dominican master recalls Cardinal Duka’s courage, perseverance in faith amid persecution

Vatican

Pope asks for extra care when using AI in medicine

by Cindy Wooden

Opinion

A pastoral reflection on voting rights and the call to justice

by Bishop Joseph N. Perry

How many vocations are there?

by Jenna Marie Cooper

Parents, PLEASE: My seventh grade religious ed students do not know the ‘Our Father’

by Elizabeth Scalia

Reviews

Novel highlights power of art and music as a salve to troubled humanity

by Mike Mastromatteo
The Smashing Machine
‘Bernadette of Lourdes’ French musical coming to America with ‘universal’ message
Friar behind ‘Rosary in a Year’ explores Jesus Christ’s ‘blueprint’ in the beatitudes
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