https://pulpitnews.com/en/Christianity around the world, in all its voicesenhttps://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/03/leo-xiv-world-youth-day-message-take-courage/https://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/03/leo-xiv-world-youth-day-message-take-courage/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTThe pope's message for the 41st World Youth Day names loneliness, pressure to succeed and social media, and points towards Seoul in 2027.Vaticanhttps://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/03/nigerian-bishops-call-for-peaceful-2027-elections/https://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/03/nigerian-bishops-call-for-peaceful-2027-elections/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 11:30:00 GMTParishes are asked to fast and pray on 31 October, 28 November and 15 January, the eve of the 16 January 2027 general elections.Faith & societyhttps://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/03/leo-xiv-uruguay-argentina-peru-trip-route/https://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/03/leo-xiv-uruguay-argentina-peru-trip-route/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:50:00 GMTTwelve days and a final flight from Lima: what the Holy See's official programme sets out for 6 to 17 November.Vaticanhttps://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/03/idaho-abortion-ninth-circuit-boise-bishop-proposition-1/https://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/03/idaho-abortion-ninth-circuit-boise-bishop-proposition-1/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 06:00:00 GMTA Ninth Circuit order lets the state's abortion ban apply while an appeal runs; Catholic leaders and the initiative's backers read the ballot measure very differently.Faith & societyhttps://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/02/archbishop-broglio-moral-injury-firing-squad-hasan/https://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/02/archbishop-broglio-moral-injury-firing-squad-hasan/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 21:10:00 GMTThe head of the US military archdiocese stands by his view, in America, that Catholic service members are 'obliged' not to take part in Nidal Hasan's execution, set for 3 December.Faith & societyhttps://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/02/pope-leo-mail-ballot-us-midterms/https://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/02/pope-leo-mail-ballot-us-midterms/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 21:00:00 GMTThe Holy See confirms the pope, a US citizen, has submitted his mail-in ballot in Chicago. The ballot is secret, and nothing in the statement says how he voted.Faith & societyhttps://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/02/aid-church-need-report-persecuted-christians-2026/https://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/02/aid-church-need-report-persecuted-christians-2026/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 13:00:43 GMTThe Catholic charity says conditions worsened in 10 of 18 countries; its 413 million and 220 million figures need to be read with their context.Religious freedomhttps://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/02/southwell-minster-cathedral-closure-risk-funding/https://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/02/southwell-minster-cathedral-closure-risk-funding/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 13:00:43 GMTThe dean of the listed Anglican cathedral in England cites a repairs backlog of more than £20 million and cash problems next year.Culture & heritagehttps://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/02/us-churches-midterms-divided-faith-voters/https://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/02/us-churches-midterms-divided-faith-voters/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 13:00:43 GMTPew shows white evangelicals and Black Protestants leaning towards opposite parties, and the law limits what each church can do in a campaign.Faith & societyhttps://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/02/world-council-churches-ebola-guide-faith-communities/https://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/02/world-council-churches-ebola-guide-faith-communities/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 13:00:43 GMTThe document stresses the role of funerals and religious leaders and argues that the disease is not a punishment from God.Faith & societyhttps://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/02/bartholomew-35-years-ecumenical-patriarchate/https://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/02/bartholomew-35-years-ecumenical-patriarchate/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:50:00 GMTThe Ecumenical Patriarch's anniversary was celebrated at the Phanar with messages from other Churches and his criticism of 'heretical ideologies' that, he said, have undermined common efforts in part of Orthodoxy.Churcheshttps://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/02/church-of-england-new-synod-bishop-jarrow/https://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/02/church-of-england-new-synod-bishop-jarrow/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:50:00 GMTResults for the new General Synod were published on 22 October; a day later, Downing Street announced Jitesh Patel as suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Durham.Churcheshttps://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/02/karak-orthodox-church-funeral-attack-jordan-syria/https://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/02/karak-orthodox-church-funeral-attack-jordan-syria/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:50:00 GMTThree arrests, Jordanian air strikes in southern Syria and a speech by King Abdullah on 2 November, ten days after an attack that killed nine.Religious freedomhttps://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/02/polish-bishops-abortion-bills-abuse-commission/https://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/02/polish-bishops-abortion-bills-abuse-commission/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:50:00 GMTAt the close of their 24 October assembly, the bishops' conference answered two bills the Sejm passed on the 20th, which still need the Senate and the president.Churcheshttps://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/02/pope-leo-audience-marriage-family-council/https://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/02/pope-leo-audience-marriage-family-council/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:50:00 GMTAt his first Wednesday audience since lung surgery, the pope devoted his catechesis to marriage as taught by Vatican II, a week after a Vatican meeting on the family.Vaticanhttps://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/02/shakahola-verdict-mackenzie-kenya/https://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/02/shakahola-verdict-mackenzie-kenya/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:50:00 GMTMombasa's High Court found him and 28 others guilty of murder over deaths linked to forced fasting in his sect; sentencing is set for 6 November and the defence says it will appeal.Faith & societyhttps://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/02/georgia-martyrs-beatified-savannah-guale-history/https://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/02/georgia-martyrs-beatified-savannah-guale-history/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:30:00 GMTThe Catholic Church recognises them as martyrs; some historians see a power struggle among Guale leaders, and the Muscogee Nation says its history reaches further.Churcheshttps://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/02/pope-leo-cancer-papacy-south-america-trip/https://pulpitnews.com/en/2026/11/02/pope-leo-cancer-papacy-south-america-trip/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:12:00 GMTWhat changes and what does not in a papacy under 18 months old, based on what the Vatican and the pope's doctors have made public.Vatican