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Today's Readings
- Monday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time
  
  Reading 1 Ezra 1:1-6
  Responsorial Psalm Psalm 126:1b-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6
  Gospel Luke 8:16-18
News from the Vatican
- Pope Leo says ‘violence, forced exile, or revenge’ not a solution in Holy Land
  
  On Sunday, Pope Leo XIV greeted representatives of various Catholic associations engaged in works of solidarity with the people of the Gaza Strip.
- Roman notebook: What it’s like to interview the pope
  
  After interviewing Pope Leo XIV, Crux Senior Correspondent Elise Ann Allen shares what it was like to converse with the pope and offers some of her main takeaways.
- Lima mayor ousted from front-row seat at papal audience
  
  In what has been described as an unprecedented move, last week Lima mayor Rafael Lopez Aliaga at the last minute was denied front-row tickets to a papal audience, and the photo with the pope that...
- Appeals process in Vatican’s ‘Trial of the Century’ opens today
  
  Defense lawyers may question whether any civil prosecution in the Vatican can ever meet contemporary standards of due process when the pope is both the supreme executive and judicial authority.
- Pope Leo tells Jubilee attendees to protect the family
  
  Families are both “a gift and a task” according to Pope Leo XIV, who was speaking Sep. 19 to participants of a Jubilee Meeting organized by the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Council (CELAM...

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National Catholic Register
- Pope Leo XIV to Religious: ‘God Found Not One, but Many Strong and Courageous Women’
  
  Vatican Media Pope Leo XIV meets with representatives of several women’s religious orders in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace on Sept. 22, 2025. The Pope...
- A ‘Favorite Student Who Never Went Here’: Hillsdale College Remembers Charlie Kirk
  
  Austin Thomason Charlie Kirk poses with Hillsdale president Larry Arnn during the National Leadership Seminar hosted by Hillsdale College at the Sheraton Phoenix...
- Trump, Vance Among Those Honoring Charlie Kirk’s Christian Legacy
  
  Joe Raedle Erika Kirk embraces U.S. President Donald Trump at the conclusion of the memorial service held for Charlie Kirk in Glendale, Arizona, on Sept. 21, 2025. ...
- How to Better Welcome Those With Disabilities in the Church
  
  ‘Indispensable,’ edited by Mark Bradford Advocating for those with disabilities is the subject of a new pastoral-resource book.
- Study: ‘Traditional Liturgical Experiences Predict Stronger Belief in the Real Presence’
  
  Zolnierek The Eucharist. Other factors that tended to result in a higher belief in the presence of Jesus in the Eucharist included more frequent Mass...
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