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Pope Leo XIV starts respiratory physical therapy a day after lung cancer surgery

Pope Leo XIV arrives at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital Oct. 13, 2026, ahead of his surgery that afternoon to remove a lung nodule. (OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media) ROME (OSV News) – Pope Leo ...
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Pope Leo opens Vatican bishops’ meeting calling attention to the ‘fragility of families’

Pope Leo XIV leads a prayer Oct. 7, 2026, as he opens the weeklong Vatican meeting of presidents of bishops’ conferences marking the 10th anniversary of “Amoris Laetitia” (The Joy of Love”). In his ...
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Bishop Bambera to celebrate Respect Life Sunday Mass on Oct. 4 at Cathedral

SCRANTON – The Catholic Church recognizes the month of October as Respect Life Month and the first Sunday in October is designated as Respect Life Sunday. The Most Reverend Joseph C. Bambera, Bishop ...
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In Assisi, cardinals and friars celebrate the 800th anniversary of St. Francis’ death

On Oct. 4, 2026, in Assisi, Italy, clergymen lead a procession as Archbishop Felice Accrocca of Assisi arrives to celebrate a vespers in the lower Basilica of St. Francis in celebration of the 800th ...
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Hispanic Heritage Mass to be held Sept. 19 in Brodheadsville

BRODHEADSVILLE – The Diocese of Scranton will bring together Hispanic Catholics from across northeastern and north central Pennsylvania on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, for the sixth annual Hispanic ...
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Three longtime Catholic educators honored for 25 years of service

Three educators were presented with the Saint John Paul II Award for 25 years of dedicated service in Catholic education on Sept. 14, 2026. Participating in the award presentation, from left: Charlene ...
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‘I remember like it was yesterday’: Catholics describe ministering in aftermath of 9/11

(OSV News) – On Sept. 11, 2001 – the date of the worst terrorist attack in American history, when four hijacked jets became deadly weapons — there was no shortage of heroic first responders who ...
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Pope Leo commemorates 9/11, praying for all who ‘bear wounds of that tragic day’

ROME (OSV News) – Pope Leo XIV commemorated the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, in his Sunday Angelus address, praying for “those who continue to bear the wounds of that ...
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Twenty-five years after 9/11, Avoca parish continues holding Blue Mass

Emergency services personnel participate in the annual Blue Mass and 9/11 Memorial Service at Saint Mary Church in Avoca on Sept. 11, 2026. (Photo/Dan Piazza) AVOCA – Beneath a large American flag ...
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Faith carries Catholics who lost family to 9/11 terror attacks 25 years ago

(OSV News) – Joseph Connor had his back turned to the large window of his 36th floor office when he “suddenly more felt than heard” the massive impact of a commercial jet slamming into the north tower ...
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Catholic faith endures at Pentagon 25 years after 9/11

ARLINGTON, Va. (OSV News) – At 9:37 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington killing 184 people — 125 people inside the Pentagon and 53 passengers and ...
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Wyoming Area Catholic School family turns to prayer after fire

Students and families from Wyoming Area Catholic School attend Mass at Saint Maria Goretti Parish in Laflin, one day after a fire caused damage to their school building. (Photo/Eric Deabill) LAFLIN – ...