Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes chose Father Eduardo Chávez because of his expertise concerning the “Guadalupan event.”

During a meeting in September, the bishops also asked the pope to visit the country.

The decision to livestream the execution of Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Hasan faced strong criticism from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA.

Davenport Bishop Dennis Walsh said Fatou Traore has resided in the community for more than two decades and has been a legal resident since a 2011 withholding-of-removal order.

An Irish priest pleads guilty to minor sex abuse, Glasgow shutters 24 churches and half its parishes, the UAE gets a new Vatican ambassador, and more in this week’s Catholic world news roundup.

At a gathering marking the 10th anniversary of Amoris Laetitia, Church leaders point to changing attitudes toward sexuality, widespread divorce, and economic insecurity as obstacles to marriage.

A Catholic journalist for more than 30 years, Murua covered a talk by EWTN’s foundress, Mother Angelica, as a 20-year-old reporter in Peru.

The three-day gathering will bring together experts to examine the scientific, anthropological, and ethical challenges surrounding fertility, infertility, sexuality, and human reproduction.

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, who leads the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization, succeeded Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re on Oct. 9.

St. John Henry Newman, who was declared a doctor of the Church on Nov. 1, 2025, was canonized after two miracles were attributed to his intercession.