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President Donald Trump on Oct. 15 called off Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s plans to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan.

“I wanna see Pope Leo get well,” he said to reporters on an Arizona tarmac Oct. 14.

Catholic and evangelical leaders issued a historic ecumenical statement Oct. 13 as part of a joint effort to call for compassionate immigration reform.

Catholic voters have soured on President Donald Trump since he returned to the White House last year, a new Pew Research Center survey found.

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — President Donald Trump revived baseless claims surrounding Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, during an Oct. 12 campaign rally in the state. In remarks at his Youngstown rally, …

Following the Holy See’s Oct. 13 announcement that Pope Leo XIV was diagnosed with lung cancer, Church and civic leaders expressed their hope and prayers for his full recovery.

“I oblige any Catholics assigned to the firing squad to request to be excused from this action contrary to the teaching of the Church,” Archbishop Broglio said.

After Pope Leo XIV announced his upcoming surgery to remove a lung nodule, Catholic bishops, clergy, religious and faithful in the U.S. offered up prayers.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced the 2026 start of its annual Novena for Mental Health, which takes place Oct. 10-18.

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 …