Daily Catholic News:
Cardinal Blase Cupich said an award to a philanthropist did not endorse all of the recipient’s views. Illinois Right to Life criticized the decision at an Oct. 29 banquet, saying it risked scandalizing Catholics, because the philanthropist has donated to Planned Parenthood.
Legal scholars and other experts disputed U.S. bishops’ comparison of a proposed census rule to the 18th-century slave compromise. They also challenged the bishops’ claim that excluding noncitizens from the census would imply that those people are not persons.
In Peru, Bishop Guillermo Elías urged participants in the Lord of Miracles procession to carry their faith into daily life through acts of love. U.S. bishops also released videos urging Catholic voters to begin their discernment with their faith ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, which could serve as a referendum on President Donald Trump’s second term.
A conference in Rome examined whether the Church did enough to resist totalitarian regimes. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, warned nations against the temptation to “be like God.”