Spiritual Insights for Today:
Catholic conferences in some U.S. states are guiding voters on ballot initiatives, with bishops urging support for or opposition to specific measures.
Pope Leo XIV is set to return to Chiclayo, Peru, where he served as bishop. His itinerary includes the cathedral, the Shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Zaña, sites connected with his pastoral ministry.
On Nov. 2, Leo visited Rome’s Verano Cemetery, continuing a practice begun by St. John Paul II in the late 1970s. He said faith assures Catholics that their bond with the faithful departed remains unbroken.
A standing-room-only congregation gathered at the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist in Savannah on All Saints’ Day to give thanks for the newly beatified Georgia Martyrs. Bishop Stephen D. Parkes offered ways to carry forward the friars’ witness.
Poland’s bishops, the primate and religious superiors called for dialogue, de-escalation and prayer as a dispute over the Constitutional Tribunal’s leadership deepened.