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Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass commemorating the faithful departed at Rome's Verano Cemetery on Nov. 2, 2025. / Daniel IbáñezRome, Italy, Nov 2, 2025 / 12:40 pm (CNA).Celebrating Mass for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed at Rome's Verano Cemetery, Pope Leo XIV invited Catholics to contemplate death "not so much as a recollection of the past, but above all as a hope for the future."The pope said the Christian vision of death is not one of despair or nostalgia but of confident expectation rooted in the resurrection of Christ. "Our Christian faith, founded upon Christ's Paschal mystery, helps us to experience our memories as more than just a recollection of the past but also, and above all, as hope for the future," he said in his homily.He encouraged the faithful not to remain "in the sorrow for those who are no longer with us," but instead to look forward "towards the goal of our journey, towards the safe harbor that God has promised us, towards the unending feas...

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Pope Leo XIV leads the faithful in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in reciting the Angelus on Nov. 2, 2025. / Vatican MediaVatican City, Nov 2, 2025 / 10:50 am (CNA).Pope Leo XIV issued urgent appeals for peace and humanitarian access in Sudan and Tanzania on Sunday, decrying escalating violence that has left civilians dead and aid blocked in parts of Africa."With great sorrow I am following the tragic news coming from Sudan, especially from the city of El Fasher in the war-torn region of North Darfur," the pope said after leading the Angelus in St. Peter's Square on November 2. He condemned "indiscriminate violence against women and children, attacks on unarmed civilians, and serious obstacles to humanitarian aid," and called for an immediate ceasefire and the opening of humanitarian corridors."I renew my heartfelt appeal to all parties involved to agree to a ceasefire and to urgently open humanitarian corridors," he said, urging the international community "to act with...

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Scene from Nov. 1, 2025 Mass outside the Broadview facility in Chicago where immigration advocates allege federal authorities inhumanely treat detainees. / Credit: Kathleen Murphy/CNAChicago, Illinois, Nov 1, 2025 / 17:29 pm (CNA).Bishop Jose María García-Maldonado celebrated a Mass Nov. 1 outside the Broadview facility in Chicago where immigration advocates allege federal authorities inhumanely treat detainees.Maldonado, an auxiliary bishop in Chicago, and a group of eight spiritual leaders sought to bring Holy Communion to detainees and were not admitted. Mass organizers said they followed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's guidelines to obtain access and submitted the request weeks in advance.An estimated 2,000 Catholics attended the outdoor Mass including Sister JoAnn Persch, 91, a Sister of Mercy and longtime advocate for immigrant rights in the Chicago area. Persch said in previous years she was granted access to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility an...