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Pope Leo XIV leads an evening rosary and candlelit procession Sept. 27, 2026, at the Lourdes grotto, a Marian pilgrimage site in France dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

The grotto and the Gospel: Why the Church preserves Lourdes without adding to revelation

Standing as a pilgrim at the Grotto of Massabielle, Pope Leo XIV offered a visible reminder of why
Bishop Daniel Flores, left, vice president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks at the Vatican on Sept. 11, 2026. Also pictured: Emilce Cuda, secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

As AI reshapes the workplace, labor and Church leaders demand a worker voice

They point to collective bargaining, social dialogue, and human oversight as safeguards for jobs, rights, and human dignity.
About half of Nigeria’s bishops visit the tomb of St. Paul after celebrating Mass at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome during their ad limina visit on March 4, 2026. | Credit: Ishmael Adibuah/EWTN News

Synod study group proposes broader role for Catholics in bishops’ ad limina visits

Study Group 7 says bishops’ visits to Rome should be instruments of missionary conversion, communal discernment, and greater

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