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León XIV continuó con el ciclo de catequesis sobre la relación entre la Resurrección de Cristo y los desafíos del mundo actual.

San Odón de Cluny fue un monje francés nacido alrededor del año 879, conocido por ser el segundo abad de Cluny (Borgoña, Francia), el más célebre monasterio de su tiempo; así como por haber tenido bajo su dirección a más de mil monjes, a lo largo de su vida, en diversos monasterios de Francia e Italia.

La Arquidiócesis Primada de México acogerá el jueves 20 de noviembre un “encuentro de diálogo y escucha” con las familias buscadoras de desaparecidos, que apunta a “escuchar, acompañar y visibilizar el caminar de quienes buscan a sus seres queridos”.

Tanto cristianos como musulmanes han sido masacrados en Nigeria, donde hay actividad terrorista por cuestiones económicas, dijo el Papa León XIV a los periodistas al salir de su residencia de Castel Gandolfo la tarde del martes.

El Papa León XIV afirmó que se debe tratar a los inmigrantes con dignidad y alentó a todas las personas en Estados Unidos a escuchar el mensaje de sus obispos sobre inmigración.

El Papa León XIV se pronunció sobre la investigación en curso respecto a una denuncia contra el Obispo de Cádiz y Ceuta (España), Mons. Rafael Zornoza, por presuntos abusos.

El Papa León XIV se manifestó hoy “encantado de viajar”, y aseguró que quiere ir a los santuarios marianos de Fátima, en Portugal, y Guadalupe, en México. También dijo que “por supuesto” que quisiera volver a Perú y visitar Argentina y Uruguay.

El movimiento Comunión y Liberación organiza el primer Encuentro Buenos Aires, un espacio de diálogo y amistad que se llevará a cabo del 22 al 24 de noviembre con el lema “Hay un bien a punto de nacer en el límite de nuestro horizonte humano”. 

Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Nov 18, 2025 / 15:56 pm (CNA).

Pope Leo XIV said immigrants must be treated with dignity, and he encouraged all people in the United States to heed the bishops’ message on immigration.

“No one has said that the United States should have open borders. I think every country has a right to determine who and how and when people enter,” Pope Leo XIV said Nov. 18 outside the papal villa of Castel Gandolfo before returning to Rome after a daylong stay there.

“But when people are living good lives, and many of them for 10, 15, 20 years, to treat them in a way that is extremely disrespectful, to say the least — and there’s been some violence, unfortunately — I think that the bishops have been very clear in what they said. I think that I would just invite all people in the United States to listen to them.” 

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) on Nov. 12 overwhelmingly opposed the indiscriminate mass deportation of immigrants who lack legal status and urged the government to uphold the dignity of migrants.

Speaking in English, the first U.S.-born pope responded to a journalist’s question asking whether the pope could take credit for the bishops’ statement on immigration because U.S. bishops believe the pope has “got their back” on immigration. The pope replied that immigrants must be treated with dignity even if they lack legal status.

“I think we have to look for ways of treating people humanely, treating people with the dignity that they have. If people are in the United States illegally, there are ways to treat that. There are courts, there’s a system of justice. I think there are a lot of problems in the system,” the pope said.

In October, the pope used the word “inhuman” to refer to the immigration crackdown in the United States.

When journalists asked about a Chicago-area immigration facility where detainees have been barred from receiving Communion, Pope Leo said: “I would certainly invite the authorities to allow pastoral workers to attend to the needs of those people.” 

U.S. bishops met in Baltimore on Nov. 12 to approve a special message on immigration.

“I appreciate very much what the bishops have said. I think it’s a very important statement. I would invite, especially all Catholics, but people of goodwill to listen carefully to what they said,” the pope said.

CNA Staff, Nov 18, 2025 / 15:35 pm (CNA).

A rising number of New Yorkers are reportedly converting to the Catholic Church, with the spike in converts coming as the U.S. bishops say increasing numbers of men and women are coming into the faith in this country. 

The New York Post found that multiple New York City Catholic churches have year-over-year double or even triple the number of adults signing up to become Catholic through the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA). 

At one parish, St. Joseph’s Church in Greenwich Village, interest in OCIA tripled since last year, with about 130 people signing up, according to the paper. At St. Vincent Ferrer on the Upper East Side, numbers have doubled to nearly 90 participants.

Sign-ups at the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral also doubled to about 100, according to the report.

Many converts reportedly cited the Sept. 10 assassination of Charlie Kirk as a motivator for their conversions. In addition to his political activism, Kirk, an evangelical Protestant, often spoke about the importance of faith in God.

This report follows a trend of rising OCIA numbers throughout the U.S.

The National Catholic Register, CNA’s sister news partner, reported in April on rising conversions across dioceses. Many new Catholics cited immigration, evangelization, and the National Eucharistic Revival as reasons they found their way into the Catholic Church last Easter.   

The U.S. bishops last week during their annual fall assembly in Baltimore also noted these rising numbers in a discussion about the National Eucharistic Revival as they approved the next National Eucharistic Congress for 2029.

Bishop Andrew Cozzens of Crookston, Minnesota, who spearheaded the most recent congress, said during a session on Nov. 12 that the revival was “a time of great grace for the Church in the United States.”

His diocese, he said, had its largest OCIA class in 20 years.

During the session, the bishops offered a show of hands of those who had large numbers of OCIA participants in their dioceses, with many bishops indicating rising numbers of converts. 

“Praise God. Let’s hope that this trend continues,” Cozzens said at the time.