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Pope, at audience, says Resurrection is cure for sadness (Vatican Press Office)
Posted on 10/21/2025 22:10 PM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
The Resurrection, the Pope said, is an answer to the sadness that permeates our time. Recalling how the reality of the Resurrection brought joy to the grieving apostles who encountered the risen Lord on the road to Emmaus, Pope Leo observed that “this sad journey of defeat and return to ordinary life occurs on the same day as the victory of light, fo the Pasch that has been fully consummated.”
The Pope concluded: “May the unexpected joy of the disciples of Emmaus be a gentle reminder to us when the going gets tough.”
Oct. 21 Tuesday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
Posted on 10/21/2025 00:00 AM (Catholic Culture Liturgical Year)
Annual Report finds over 5 billion lack religious freedom (Aid to the Church in Need)
Posted on 10/20/2025 23:10 PM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
The ACN report finds serious violations of religious freedom in 62 countries (of 196 studied). Among these countries, ACN classified the restraints on religious freedom in 38 as “discrimination,” while 24 were severe enough to be called “persecution.” The countries where ACN found persecution are heavily clustered in Asia and northern Africa, with only one such country—Nicaragua—in the Western hemisphere.
The report finds that Islamic extremist continues to grow, constituting the main factor in outright persecution in 15 countries and discrimination in 10 more. Sub-Saharan Africa is now the area where jihadist violence is most intense.
However the Western world is not immune from anti-religious violence. ACN detailed almost 1,000 attacks on churches in France, for instance; vandalism of churches also spiked in Greece, Spain, Italy, and the US.
The ACN report noted that authoritarian governments—notably China, Iran, and Nicaragua—have employed high-tech means of restricting religious activities, including surveillance and digital censorship.
ACN found that in only two countries, Kazakhstan and Sri Lanka, had restrictions on religious freedom eased during the past year.
Oct. 20 Monday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Paul of the Cross, Priest (USA), Opt. Mem.
Posted on 10/20/2025 00:00 AM (Catholic Culture Liturgical Year)
Oct. 19 Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday
Posted on 10/19/2025 00:00 AM (Catholic Culture Liturgical Year)
Oct. 18 Feast of St. Luke, Evangelist, Feast
Posted on 10/18/2025 00:00 AM (Catholic Culture Liturgical Year)
Oct. 17 Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr, Memorial
Posted on 10/17/2025 00:00 AM (Catholic Culture Liturgical Year)
Oct. 16 Thursday of the Twenty-Eighth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Hedwig, Religious; St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin, Opt. Mem.
Posted on 10/16/2025 00:00 AM (Catholic Culture Liturgical Year)
Oct. 15 Memorial of St. Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church, Memorial
Posted on 10/15/2025 00:00 AM (Catholic Culture Liturgical Year)
Oct. 14 Tuesday of the Twenty-Eighth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Callistus I, Pope & Martyr, Opt. Mem.
Posted on 10/14/2025 00:00 AM (Catholic Culture Liturgical Year)