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Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV announces he will undergo surgery to remove a lung nodule

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope Leo XIV announced Oct. 11 that he will undergo surgery in the coming days to remove a nodule from one of his lungs that was recently detected during medical examinations.

10/11/26

Reading Time 2 min

Pope Leo XIV announces he will undergo surgery to remove a lung nodule

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope Leo XIV announced Oct. 11 that he will undergo surgery in the coming days to remove a nodule from one of his lungs that was recently detected during medical examinations.

10/11/26

Reading Time 2 min

Columns

Feast for the Son

By Fr. Jack Peterson

The parable in today’s Gospel is another gem from our precious Lord. It speaks directly about God’s shocking generosity and our need to respond to him in a fitting way.

10/10/26

Reading Time 3 min

Feast for the Son

By Fr. Jack Peterson

The parable in today’s Gospel is another gem from our precious Lord. It speaks directly about God’s shocking generosity and our need to respond to him in a fitting way.

10/10/26

Reading Time 3 min

National

Mental Health Sunday 2026

Special to the Catholic Herald

The National Catholic Mental Health Campaign has designated the Sunday that falls within the Oct. 10-18 Novena for Mental Health as Mental Health Sunday. This year, that is Oct. 11.

10/10/26

Reading Time 1 min

Mental Health Sunday 2026

Special to the Catholic Herald

The National Catholic Mental Health Campaign has designated the Sunday that falls within the Oct. 10-18 Novena for Mental Health as Mental Health Sunday. This year, that is Oct. 11.

10/10/26

Reading Time 1 min

Global

Cardinal Tagle elected College of Cardinals dean

By Ishmael Adibuah

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has been elected dean of the College of Cardinals, succeeding Italian Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, who has held the position since 2020.

10/9/26

Reading Time 2 min

Cardinal Tagle elected College of Cardinals dean

By Ishmael Adibuah

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has been elected dean of the College of Cardinals, succeeding Italian Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, who has held the position since 2020.

10/9/26

Reading Time 2 min

Movies

‘The Social Reckoning’ shows the dark side of Facebook

By Zoey Maraist

Sixteen years ago, viewers of “The Social Network” met the ambitious, awkward Harvard student who founded Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg’s friends and classmates were suing him, but at least the site was a huge hit.

10/9/26

Reading Time 3 min

‘The Social Reckoning’ shows the dark side of Facebook

By Zoey Maraist

10/9/26

Reading Time 3 min

Columns

Blessed Fulton Sheen saw communism’s evil

By Douglas P. Harden

On Sept. 24, the church gave American Catholics a reason to rejoice: Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen was beatified in St. Louis. Yet the best way to honor this extraordinary evangelist is not simply to remember his television fame.

10/9/26

Reading Time 4 min

Blessed Fulton Sheen saw communism’s evil

By Douglas P. Harden

10/9/26

Reading Time 4 min

Local

Missionhurst-CICM mark 80 years in the US

By Ann M. Augherton

A historic Spanish-mission style home sits on 25th Street in North Arlington not far from Marymount University. In 1907, Frank Lyon had it built as his family home.

10/9/26

Reading Time 3 min

Hispanic Heritage Mass and festival draw 3,000

By Mary M. Shaffrey

Nearly 3,000 Catholics braved the elements to celebrate Hispanic heritage with Mass and a festival at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Falls Church Oct. 4.

10/7/26

Reading Time 2 min

Four-legged friends get blessed

Catholic Herald Staff Report

Across the Arlington diocese, the pews gave way to parking lots as dogs, cats, horses and other beloved companions gathered for the annual blessing of animals in honor of St. Francis of Assisi.

10/6/26

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Columns

Feast for the Son

By Fr. Jack Peterson, YA

Blessed Fulton Sheen saw communism’s evil

By Douglas Harden

Carrying each other’s burdens

By Andrea Picciotti-Bayer

God’s kindness

By CAREY KINSOLVING

National

Mental Health Sunday 2026

10/10/26

Reading Time 1 min

FOCUS names Jonathan Reyes as new CEO

10/7/26

Reading Time 3 min

Archbishop Fulton Sheen declared ‘blessed’

9/24/26

Reading Time 3 min

US bishops launch task force amid rise of artificial intelligence

9/17/26

Reading Time 2 min

Catholics process in Washington in solidarity with migrants

9/17/26

Reading Time 3 min

Global

Pope Leo XIV announces he will undergo surgery to remove a lung nodule

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope Leo XIV announced Oct. 11 that he will undergo surgery in the coming days to remove a nodule from one of his lungs that was recently detected during medical examinations.

10/11/26

Reading Time 2 min

Cardinal Tagle elected College of Cardinals dean

By Ishmael Adibuah

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has been elected dean of the College of Cardinals, succeeding Italian Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, who has held the position since 2020.

10/9/26

Reading Time 2 min

Pope Leo urges bishops to show courage in responding to struggling families

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope Leo XIV urged bishops from around the world gathered at the Vatican for a meeting on the family to face with “courage” the challenge of learning from and responding to families marked by hardship and “apparent failure.”

10/8/26

Reading Time 4 min

Pope warns that ‘watering down’ Christianity’s demands won’t make it more attractive

By Victoria Cardiel

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV called on Christians to be capable of “viewing the world in a positive light,” while urging them to be actively committed to transforming society according to the spirit of the Gospel, without watering down the Christian message.

10/7/26

Reading Time 3 min

Arts

Movies

‘The Social Reckoning’ shows the dark side of Facebook

By Zoey Maraist

10/9/26

Reading Time 3 min

Art

The Kid’s Connection 10/01

The Kid’s Connection will capture the attention of your little ones. Click here to download the latest issue and please let us know on our social media if your kids succeed in solving it! We’d love to hear about it.

10/1/26

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Art

St. Francis at the Walters

By Nora Hamerman

In honor of the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi Oct. 4, 1226, The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore is again exhibiting the most precious relic of the saint in America: the Saint Francis Missal.

9/30/26

Reading Time 3 min