AP News Summary at 12:34 p.m. EDT

Israel and Hamas will exchange hostages and prisoners after agreeing to a pause in the war in Gaza CAIRO (AP) — Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their devastating two-year war and the release of the remaining hostages in exchange for...

Venezuelans Took The Streets To Celebrate José Gregorio Hernández’ Canonization

October 5, 2025 Hour: 4:01 pm Thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets of Caracas this Saturday evening to participate in the “Night Route for Peace,” a procession held in honor of Dr. José Gregorio Hernández, on the eve of his historic...

El Paso bishop brings Pope Leo XIV desperate letters from migrants in crosshairs of US...

“He had a few words for us, thanking us for our commitment to the immigrant peoples and also saying that he hopes that the bishops' conference will speak to this issue,” said Seitz, chair of the migration committee of the U.S. Conference of...

AP News Summary at 10:58 a.m. EDT

Israel and Hamas will exchange hostages and prisoners after agreeing to a pause in the war in Gaza CAIRO (AP) — Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their devastating two-year war and the release of the remaining hostages in exchange for...

‘Something new’: Catholic leaders express ‘ardent hope’ in Gaza

"In the coming phase, we are looking forward to rebuilding people’s souls in the Holy Land, and specifically in Gaza." Join us in the Day of Prayer on October 11. Catholic leaders of the Holy Land were quick to respond with joy and hope as news...

“It Hurts Me That Cubans Don’t Defend Migrants”

Mike Fernandez, 73, has fought all kinds of battles and now stars in yet another skirmish, this time from Miami and for respect for migrants. / 14ymedio Cuban businessman Mike Fernandez believes the thaw with the US failed because “the Cuban...

AP News Summary at 9:37 a.m. EDT

Israel and Hamas will exchange hostages and prisoners after agreeing to a pause in the war in Gaza CAIRO (AP) — Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their devastating two-year war and the release of the remaining hostages in exchange for...

AP News Summary at 8:53 a.m. EDT

Israel and Hamas will exchange hostages and prisoners after agreeing to a pause in the war in Gaza CAIRO (AP) — Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their devastating two-year war and the release of the remaining hostages in exchange for...

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Adding Fresh Ending, Unlocked if You Finish New Game Plus

A special update for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will add an additional scene to the game's ending, as well as a New Game Plus option. The update is due tomorrow, October 10, on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S and comes in celebration...

Where despair meets mercy: Church’s mission in Colombian slum

In the south of Bogotá, in what was once a middle-class Colombian neighborhood, lies the “Barrio San Bernardo.” Today, this area bears the marks of marginalization and despair, but within it, seeds of hope are being planted by a young parish...

Catholic Charities’ Migration and Refugee Services marks 50 years of refugee support in Louisville

Reverend Joseph E. Kurtz, D.D. Bishop | Archdiocese of Louisville When Father Peter Do arrived in Louisville from Vietnam at age 17, he and his family were welcomed by Catholic Charities’ Migration and Refugee Services. "Catholic Charities helped...

Netflix Italy Content VP Eleonora Andreatta on Streamer’s First Decade in the Country and Nurturing Local Talent: ‘Telling Italian Stories Is Important’ for ‘Our Offerings Worldwide’

Netflix VP of Italian originals Eleonora Andreatta, who is affectionately known as Tinny, is understandably proud of what the streaming giant has accomplished. Ten years after its launch in the country, Netflix leads the SVOD pack with more than 8...

Leo XIV speaks out on ‘dictatorship’ of economic inequality and support for migrants in first major text

(CNN) — Pope Leo XIV, writing in the first major document of his pontificate, has denounced the “dictatorship” of economic inequality while insisting the Catholic Church is committed to supporting “rejected” migrants. Leo’s almost 40-page text,...

BOB BROWN: “Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones”

Ye watchers and ye holy ones, bright seraphs, cherubim, and thrones, raise the glad strain, Alleluia! Cry out, dominions, princedoms, powers, virtues, archangels, angels’ choirs: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! O higher than the...

All you need to know about Pope Leo’s first official document to the faithful

The apostolic exhortation Dilexi Te (“I have loved you”) is the first doctrinal document issued by Pope Leo the XIV. The letter is organized in six parts, one introduction and five chapters. This is what you need to know. The letter was sent to...

Pope Leo’s first official document calls out poverty and ecclesial division: ‘Would like that our first great desire be for a united church’

Five months into his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV has promulgated his first official document, making as his own the draft of a text unfinished by his predecessor. Described as an exercise in “continuity” with Pope Francis, the apostolic exhortation...

The seizing of Europe’s bells

Bell cemetery in Hamburg after the Second World War. [Bundesarchive] The bells that rang out across allied nations after the First World War ended what for many had been a four-year silence enforced by regulation in some places and imposed by...

Clarification: Mideast-Wars-Gaza story

CAIRO (AP) — Israeli and Hamas officials launched indirect talks Monday at an Egyptian resort on a U.S.-drafted peace plan to end the ruinous war in Gaza on the eve of its second anniversary. The talks, which went on for several hours, unfolded...

You Can See St. Francis Of Assisi's Remains In 2026 (And It Only Took 800 Years)

Catholics around the world will soon have the chance to see something that has been kept from the eyes of believers for hundreds of years: the remains of St. Francis of Assisi, the venerated figure who died in 1226 and after whom the recently...

Israel and Hamas begin pivotal talks in Egypt on eve of Gaza war anniversary

CAIRO — Israeli and Hamas officials launched indirect talks Monday at an Egyptian resort on a U.S.-drafted peace plan to end the ruinous war in Gaza on the eve of its second anniversary. Many uncertainties remain about the plan presented by...