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Con el fin de ser solidarios con el prójimo, la iniciativa el Pan de San Antonio ha lanzado una nueva campaña que este año busca reunir 15.000 panes para ser entregados el 25 de octubre a personas necesitadas de Colombia, Ecuador y México.

El Vaticano anunció este miércoles 15 de octubre que el Papa León XIV nombró al P. Ignacio Wu Jianlin como Obispo Auxiliar de Shanghái el 11 de agosto, y que su ordenación episcopal tiene lugar hoy en el marco del Acuerdo Provisional con China.

Miles de devotos del Señor de los Milagros recorrerán Roma este domingo hasta la Plaza de San Pedro, en una de las expresiones más multitudinarias de fe del Año Santo

CNA Staff, Oct 15, 2025 / 12:45 pm (CNA).

Pensacola-Tallahassee Bishop William Wack this week called for immigration reform while urging the faithful to welcome immigrants amid ongoing deportations and detainments in Florida and throughout the country. 

The bishop told the faithful in his diocese in an Oct. 14 letter that he has “reflected with a heavy heart” on the trials of immigrants in the United States “suffering under the weight of a broken immigration system.”

The Trump administration has continued to aggressively pursue enhanced immigration enforcement, claiming that more than two million immigrants have either been removed or self-deported in roughly the last eight months. 

In his letter, Wack acknowledged that law enforcement “has a responsibility to apprehend and detain individuals who commit crimes,” but he criticized what he described as “the dangerous narrative that every immigrant is a threat.” 

“At the same time, we must also advocate for reform — of immigration law, of due process, and of enforcement practices — so that justice and mercy are upheld together, and families are not needlessly torn apart,” he said. 

The bishop suggested that “a pro-life people” should not support “the separation of families with mixed immigration status.” 

“Can we, in good conscience, endorse policies that deport a working father — knowing the devastating impact it will have on his family — without also acknowledging his contributions to our communities?” he wrote. “Can we accept that more children are being pushed into the foster care system because both parents have been deported?”

Wack said Catholics in his diocese should “set aside partisan talking points” and look to the messages of Christ and the Gospel. 

“We are called to care for our neighbor, to shelter the stranger, and to welcome the foreigner; for each of us has been lovingly created in the image and likeness of God,” he said. 

The Christian faith has always required the faithful to give “special care” to the poor and vulnerable, Wack said, including immigrants who come to the U.S. “in search of safety and a better life.” 

The prelate urged the faithful to “to employ all of your gifts and influence to join me in bringing about this needed change” to U.S. immigration policy. 

“Our nation has long been a beacon for those fleeing violence, persecution, and extreme poverty. As people of faith, may we choose hope and life —  not just for ourselves and our loved ones, but for every child of God,” he said. 

Earlier this year, Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski similarly urged the government to expand legal pathways to citizenship for unlawfully present migrants who have committed no other crimes.

“Rather than spending billions to deport people who are already contributing positively to our nation’s well-being, it would be more financially sensible and more morally acceptable for Congress, working with the administration, to expand legal pathways for noncriminal migrants to adjust to a permanent legal status,” the archbishop said at the time.

In July, meanwhile, Venice, Florida, Bishop Frank Dewane criticized the then-proposed “Alligator Alcatraz" immigrant detainment facility and said it was “alarming to see enforcement strategies which treat all unauthorized immigrants as dangerous criminals.”

“Decency requires that we remember individuals being detained are fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters of distressed relatives,” he said.

Con motivo del Día Internacional del Duelo Gestacional y Perinatal, la funeraria especializada En Vela organizó un coloquio en el que la fe afloró con naturalidad.

El Papa León XIV recibió este miércoles en el Vaticano a un grupo de monjas Agustinas Recoletas de México, a quienes recordó que el amor da sentido a toda obra cristiana.

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 15, 2025 / 11:48 am (CNA).

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will select a new president and vice president during its Fall Plenary Assembly, which is set for Nov. 10 to Nov. 13 in Baltimore, Maryland.

In November, the three-year terms for the current president, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, and vice president, Archbishop William E. Lori, are set to expire. The new conference leaders, who will be chosen from a slate of 10 candidates, will also serve three-year terms.

The following slate of candidates was selected through nominations from the bishops:

• Bishop Robert E. Barron, Diocese of Winona-Rochester

• Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, Archdiocese of Oklahoma City

• Bishop Daniel E. Flores, Diocese of Brownsville

• Archbishop Richard G. Henning, Archdiocese of Boston

• Bishop David J. Malloy, Diocese of Rockford

• Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez, Archdiocese of Philadelphia

• Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades, Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend

• Archbishop Alexander K. Sample, Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon

• Archbishop Charles C. Thompson, Archdiocese of Indianapolis

• Archbishop Edward J. Weisenburger, Archdiocese of Detroit

According to a news release from the USCCB, both positions are selected by a majority vote of present voting members. If no bishop receives more than 50% of the vote, the bishops will hold a second vote. If there is still no bishop with a majority, the assembly will vote in a head-to-head race between the two bishops who received the most votes in the second round. 

The president is chosen first, and the vice president is chosen from the remaining nine candidates, according to the USCCB.

At the gathering, bishops will also select new chairmen for six committees: the Committee on Canonical Affairs and Church Governance; the Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs; the Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis; the Committee on International Justice and Peace; the Committee on the Protection of Children and Young People; and the Committee on Religious Liberty. 

For those positions, the elected bishops will serve a single year as chairman-elect and then begin a three-year term at the end of the 2026 Fall Assembly. 

El abulense Antonio Sierra, de 89 años, impulsa una campaña para que la estación de tren de  Ávila lleve el nombre de Santa Teresa de Jesús, reformadora del Carmelo.

El Papa León XIV recibirá por primera vez a cerca de 130 delegados de los Movimientos Populares, acompañados por representantes de las Iglesias locales, el próximo 23 de octubre.

“Hay teólogos y biblistas que están diciendo que la virginidad de María es un mito, y esto es muy peligroso”, asegura el director de la Pontificia Academia Mariana Internacional