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Over a Million Children, Including in the Middle East, Prayed the Rosary for Peace
The campaign ran Oct. 1–7, and ACN’s page counted 1,049,272 children praying worldwide as families face war and displacement.
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Jim Caviezel’s Ghost Soldier brings St. Michael to the screen
Raymond Arroyo praised the film and pointed viewers to its St. Michael reference ahead of its Veterans Day theatrical release on Nov. 11.
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Pope Leo XIV to Undergo Surgery for Early-Stage Lung Nodule as Catholics Pray Worldwide
Pope Leo’s planned surgery has canceled audiences through Oct. 20 as Catholics around the world gather in prayer for his health.
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Zach Lahn’s Iowa race puts a worker’s faith at stake
A clip from Lahn’s Oct. 7 town hall brings religious conscience and a family’s paycheck into Iowa’s governor’s race, as voters weigh what candidates will do to protect workers of faith.
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Msgr. Charles Pope says God's mercy makes forgiveness possible
For the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Pope says receiving God's mercy moves Christians to forgive others without requiring them to ignore harm or abandon necessary boundaries.
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Msgr. Charles Pope warns piety can weaken Christian witness
In his homily for the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Pope warns that believers’ treatment of others and daily conduct shape whether they hand on the faith.
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Charles Pope urges Christians to seek mercy, not fairness
For the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Pope reads Jesus’ vineyard parable as a warning against demanding fairness from God and a call to depend on his mercy.
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Msgr. Charles Pope urges readers to tend their own vineyard
In his homily for the Oct. 4, 2026, 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, the Washington pastor links Isaiah’s vineyard to the choices that shape a soul.