via Loyola University Chicago: A life of faith, service, and basketball. Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM, a beloved icon of Loyola University Chicago for more than six decades and a member of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary since 1937, passed away on October 9, 2025 at the age of 106. Celebrated… Read More Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM (1919-2025)
via Hope Border Institute: During a private audience at the Vatican on October 8th, 2025, the Hope Border Institute and Bishop Mark J. Seitz presented Pope Leo XIV with messages from members of the immigrant community in the United States.
via CBS News: Across America, men are falling behind — economically, educationally and at home — in the latest chapter of a story decades in the making. It has fostered a search for answers and a new era of masculinity, with influential voices promoting male strength, purpose and resilience. But behind the slogans, some are… Read More Why America’s Sons are Struggling
via America: Asked about some Catholics’ criticism of giving an award to Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, Pope Leo XIV said, “I would ask first and foremost that there be greater respect for one another.”… “I’m not terribly familiar with the particular case,” the pope said before adding, “I think that it is very important to… Read More Pope Leo: Abortion Opponents Who Favor the Death Penalty, Anti-Immigrant Policies Are Not Really Pro-Life
Highlights from Cardinal Robert McElroy’s homily in Washington DC at the Mass for the 111th World Day of Migrants and Refugees: But this year is different from the one hundred ten years that have preceded it. For this year we are confronting – both as a nation and as a Church – an unprecedented assault… Read More Cardinal McElroy Calls for Prophetic Response to Unprecedented Assault Upon Millions of Immigrants and Families
via PBS News: Bishop Michael Pham, appointed by Pope Leo as the first U.S. bishop under his papacy, has emerged as a new voice of the Catholic Church. Through his own story of survival as a child refugee from Vietnam, he’s stepped into the national spotlight, showing up at immigration courts to support families caught… Read More Bishop Michael Pham Emerges as a New Voice of the Catholic Church
The USCCB has released The Cabrini Pledge, as “both a reminder of our immigrant heritage and a call to deeper engagement with our faith in response to current events.” You can watch Bishop Seitz introduce the pledge here: Here is the text of the pledge: To affirm, in word and deed, the inherent dignity of… Read More The US Bishops Introduce the Cabrini Pledge
