"La vida política ya no tiene que ver con debates saludables sobre planes a largo plazo para mejorar la vida de las personas y promover el bien común, sino solo con técnicas de marketing hábiles, destinadas, principalmente, a desacreditar a los demás. "

The COVID-19 pandemic, abortion and the Supreme Court, and race were among the top issues debated by Sen. Kamala Harris, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, and Vice President Mike Pence

“Las mujeres son protagonistas de una Iglesia en salida, a través de la escucha y el cuidado de las necesidades de los demás, y con una marcada capacidad de sostener dinámicas de justicia en un clima de ‘calor doméstico’, en los diferentes ambientes sociales en los que se encuentran trabajando”,

The organization Walking With Purpose has adapted its signature face-to-face Bible study groups into a virtual study program "that has become a lifeline for women during this period of isolation," said the group's founder.

"Mujeres en instancias de responsabilidad en la Iglesia": es el título que lleva el vídeo con la intención de oración del Papa Francisco para este mes de octubre, mes de las misiones. "Laicos y laicas son protagonistas de la Iglesia", afirma el Santo Padre. Y añade: "hemos de promover la integración de las mujeres en los lugares donde se toman las decisiones importantes".

In fact, he said, "for the first time, a dicastery has involved a group of women by making them protagonists in developing cultural projects and approaches, and not simply to deal with women's issues."

Cardinal Becciu denied the allegation Oct. 3, saying "I categorically deny interfering in any way in the trial of Cardinal Pell," and his lawyer reiterated the denial in the statement four days later.

"It seems that in many places, the supremacy of money over human beings is taken for granted," he said. "Sometimes, in the effort to amass wealth, there is little concern for where it comes from, the more or less legitimate activities that may have produced it, and the mechanisms of exploitation that may be behind it."

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"How wonderful it would be if the growth of scientific and technological innovation could come along with more equality and social inclusion," the pope said, quoting his recently published encyclical, "Fratelli Tutti, on Fraternity and Social Friendship."

"The proving ground for prayer is concrete love for one's neighbor," the pope said Oct. 7 at his weekly general audience.

Protests erupted across the U.S. this year in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor. On the evening news, racial tension still appears to be high, but Black Catholics looking at the historic and global perspectives of racism feel encouraged that people are talking about the issue.

The normalization of diplomatic relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates can be a step for peace in the Middle East, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace.

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"As we continue to pray for the full recovery of all those suffering from COVID-19, we now include President and Mrs. Trump & all those recently diagnosed," the Cardinal Supich said.

A great global crisis has rocked the world, leaving millions afflicted and sowing fear everywhere.

El mensaje de la nueva encíclica social del Papa Francisco: nadie se salva a sí mismo. La propuesta de una sociedad fraternal que no sea abrumada por la guerra, el odio, la violencia, la indiferencia y los nuevos muros.

La fraternidad y la amistad social son las vías indicadas por el Pontífice para construir un mundo mejor, más justo y pacífico, con el compromiso de todos: pueblo e instituciones. Reafirmado con fuerza el no a la guerra y la globalización de la indiferencia.

Pope Francis signs his new encyclical, "Fratelli Tutti, on Fraternity and Social Friendship" after celebrating Mass at the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy, Oct. 3, 2020. (

Some Vatican officials and media outlets translating the title in English as "Brothers All" in the weeks before the text's publication, many people urged the pope to adopt a clearly inclusive title.