Pope Leo meets privately with five Argentine abuse survivors Pope Leo celebrates Mass with 2.5 million people in heart of Buenos Aires Radio Interview: Bringing Christmas hope to children worldwide Kraków’s cardinal after deadly shooting: The final word does not belong to hatred, but love In 1st FIFA World Cup stadium, Pope Leo tells 70,000 Uruguayans life in Christ is the ultimate goal Local News Radio Interview: Bringing Christmas hope to children worldwide Catholic Review Staff November 9, 2026 As Box of Joy approaches the milestone of delivering one million gift boxes to children in need around the world, Rita Buettner speaks with Michele Sagarino, president of Cross Catholic Outreach, about the ministry’s remarkable growth and enduring impact. Sagarino shares how a simple idea sketched on a napkin evolved into a nationwide Catholic outreach effort that invites families, parishes and schools to pack shoebox-sized gifts filled with toys, school supplies and daily necessities, along with a rosary and the story of Jesus. She explains how the program fosters service, faith and solidarity among participants while bringing joy to children who often receive no Christmas gifts. Lawyer honored by St. Thomas More Society of Maryland sees hand of God in fight for religious liberty Katie V. Jones November 6, 2026 On New Year’s Eve 2013, while Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was aboard a train bound for New York City to help Miley Cyrus drop the ball in Times Square, a legal brief filed just hours earlier by Mark Rienzi was making its way into her hands. Inside Baltimore’s fight against human trafficking George P. Matysek Jr. November 5, 2026 Human trafficking is often hidden in plain sight in Baltimore. 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Radio Interview: Bringing Christmas hope to children worldwide Catholic Review Staff November 9, 2026 As Box of Joy approaches the milestone of delivering one million gift boxes to children in need around the world, Rita Buettner speaks with Michele Sagarino, president of Cross Catholic Outreach, about the ministry’s remarkable growth and enduring impact. Sagarino shares how a simple idea sketched on a napkin evolved into a nationwide Catholic outreach effort that invites families, parishes and schools to pack shoebox-sized gifts filled with toys, school supplies and daily necessities, along with a rosary and the story of Jesus. She explains how the program fosters service, faith and solidarity among participants while bringing joy to children who often receive no Christmas gifts.
Lawyer honored by St. Thomas More Society of Maryland sees hand of God in fight for religious liberty Katie V. Jones November 6, 2026 On New Year’s Eve 2013, while Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was aboard a train bound for New York City to help Miley Cyrus drop the ball in Times Square, a legal brief filed just hours earlier by Mark Rienzi was making its way into her hands.
Inside Baltimore’s fight against human trafficking George P. Matysek Jr. November 5, 2026 Human trafficking is often hidden in plain sight in Baltimore. Behind the statistics are survivors rebuilding their lives, advocates working to expose exploitation and a network of people determined to offer hope and healing.
Entrepreneur uses tech to combat human trafficking George P. Matysek Jr. November 5, 2026 Niccolini’s company, Hotel Shield, works with the hospitality industry to help identify suspicious activity and connect hotels with law enforcement in real time.
Pope Leo meets privately with five Argentine abuse survivors Ines San Martin November 9, 2026 Pope Leo XIV met privately Nov. 9 with five people abused by clergy or Church institutions in Argentina, listening individually to their experiences during an encounter that lasted more than an hour, the Holy See Press Office said.
Pope Leo celebrates Mass with 2.5 million people in heart of Buenos Aires Courtney Mares November 9, 2026 Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass with 2.5 million people in the heart of Buenos Aires on Nov. 9, drawing the largest crowd of his pontificate so far.
Kraków’s cardinal after deadly shooting: The final word does not belong to hatred, but love Katarzyna Szalajko November 9, 2026 As Kraków mourned the victims of a mass shooting Nov. 7 that left six people dead in the city’s historic Main Market Square, Cardinal Grzegorz Rys urged residents not to surrender to fear and hatred, delivering a powerful homily Nov. 8 on suffering, faith and the hope that death does not have the final word.
In 1st FIFA World Cup stadium, Pope Leo tells 70,000 Uruguayans life in Christ is the ultimate goal Courtney Mares November 9, 2026 The stadium built for the first-ever FIFA World Cup in Uruguay was filled with cheers on Saturday night, not for a soccer match, but for Pope Leo XIV, who told the 70,000 people inside that becoming a saint is the ultimate goal.
White Martyr Family George Weigel November 9, 2026 Imagine yourself seventy-eight, diabetic, falsely convicted in a sham trial of threatening national security, imprisoned for over 2,200 days in a maximum-security solitary confinement cell from which you’re only freed for 50 minutes of exercise per day. Could you find it within yourself to respond, when asked whether what you’re enduring is worth it, “Yes, for the glory of God….”?
Life is worth living Archbishop William E. Lori November 9, 2026 Most of us would readily agree with the proposition that life is worth living. Most of us would agree with the proposition that human life is endowed by God with dignity. Yet our adherence to that proposition is often tested by a culture which denies the dignity of the human person by laws and policies such as abortion-on-demand and proposals for physician-assisted suicide. Such laws and proposed laws proclaim loud and clear that some lives are not worth living.
The day I achieved my Mass attendance goal (and kept going) Rita Buettner November 5, 2026 Truthfully, I wasn’t sure I could attend 226 Masses in 2026. But it’s amazing what you can do when you set a goal.
Traveler, there is no road Effie Caldarola November 5, 2026 So, as I begin my walk, I ask Jesus to give me a listening heart. I begin with thankfulness, gratitude. Then I acknowledge to him my present worries. I try to be very honest with Jesus about my fears and my feelings. I avoid the insistent prayers of petition that I can sometimes invoke, instead just briefly lifting them to Jesus to hold. I ask for the grace of listening, noticing.
A magical morning commute Rita Buettner November 4, 2026 It was one of those crisp autumn mornings that felt brand-new. We decided to stay on the back roads.
