Mid-City Christian: Irish synod marks the “end of an era.”

Leo’s doctors: “No further treatment is necessary”

Pope Leo XIV’s lung cancer was localized and needs no further treatment, his doctors said Wednesday evening. Dr. Luigi Carbone and surgeon Stefano Margaritora said final histopathology and molecular tests on the tissue removed Oct. 13 “confirmed that the tumor was a lung adenocarcinoma and that the disease was localized,” and that “a subsequent oncological assessment has confirmed that no further treatment is necessary.” The news came hours after Leo, eight days out of surgery, spoke with a strong voice and sang the Our Father in Latin at his general audience. In America, Barbara Mahany, who had the same type of cancer, reflects on what it taught her about living. — Vatican News · America (Gerard O’Connell) · National Catholic Reporter (Justin McLellan) · Vatican News [IT] · America (Barbara Mahany)

Ten years on, Amoris Laetitia is “a settled part of the life of the Church”

“We’re in a different place now” was a phrase commonly heard at this month’s “Amoris at 10” meeting of bishops’ conference presidents in Rome, writes Austen Ivereigh in The Tablet. Opening with his own experience defending the Church’s teaching on marriage in the U.K.’s 2012 same-sex marriage debate, Ivereigh argues the pastoral conversion Pope Francis called for has taken root: isolated attempts to reopen the debates over Chapter 8 “met an overwhelming view in the room that the interpretation of that question is settled,” though implementation of discernment processes “remains poor.” On Third Space, WPI co-founder Paul Fahey and Sarah Carter talk with Hendro Munsterman about what happened at the meeting. — The Tablet (Austen Ivereigh) · Third Space (Paul Fahey, Sarah Carter, and Hendro Munsterman)

Leo to American Jewish Committee: Differences “must never give rise to prejudice and hostility”

Receiving an American Jewish Committee delegation on the feast of St. John Paul II, Pope Leo XIV said Catholic-Jewish friendship calls both communities “to defend human dignity, serve the poor, protect religious freedom and promote justice and peace.” “Essential to this commitment is the rejection of all forms of religious and ethnic hatred and discrimination,” he said, recalling his words for the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate that “the Church does not tolerate anti-Semitism and fights against it, on the basis of the Gospel itself.” — Full text (Vatican) · Holy See Press Office [IT] · Vatican News (Deborah Castellano Lubov) · Vatican News [IT]

Pope and Holy See

Leo to Catholic schools: “Beneath the armor that so many teenagers build around themselves to avoid suffering lies the desire to love and be loved.” Opening the Dicastery for Culture and Education’s international congress on pastoral care in schools and universities, the pope warned of “a performance-driven culture that constantly compares and ranks people, sometimes ruthlessly.” — Full text (Vatican) · Holy See Press Office [IT] · Vatican News (Isabella H. de Carvalho)
Cardinal Czerny on sustainability, AIDS, and AI. “Sustainability is because we all pull in the same direction,” Czerny said after receiving the inaugural Pope Leo XIV Sustainability Medal. — America (Colleen Dulle)
[IT] Parolin prays for peace at the tomb of St. John Paul II. The secretary of state celebrated Mass at the Polish pope’s tomb on his feast day. — Vatican News [IT]
Holy See at OAS: Respect the dignity and culture of indigenous peoples. At a session on “The Encounter of Two Worlds,” Msgr. Juan Antonio Cruz Serrano acknowledged the “suffering and injustices inflicted upon indigenous peoples” and pointed to Our Lady of Guadalupe as a symbol of encounter. — Vatican News (Davide Dionisi)

United States

U.S. Catholic voters see the economy as a major issue in the midterms. With high gas prices, stagnant wages, and housing costs squeezing families, polling suggests many voters are frustrated with the economy. — National Catholic Reporter (Brian Fraga)
Catholic groups raise alarm about DOJ guidance on institutionalizing people with disabilities. Organizations including the USCCB urged Congress to reject guidance they say weakens protections for people with disabilities. — National Catholic Reporter (Kate Scanlon, OSV News)
AI, migration, and Church renewal top the U.S. bishops’ fall meeting agenda. The USCCB named the three topics as likely issues for its annual November meeting. — National Catholic Reporter (Gina Christian, OSV News)

Around the World

Irish synod marks the “end of an era.” At a national gathering, Bishop Niall Coll said cultural Catholicism “is over” and the Church needs to form “intentional disciples.” — America (Ruadhán Jones)
Survey shows a rise in Christian nationalism in Britain. The movement is new in Britain but has worried bishops, who have tried to distance the Church of England from it. — Religion News Service (Catherine Pepinster)
Canadian bishops pledge prayer after a deadly military base fire. An Oct. 17 blaze at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright killed four service members and injured 39 others. — National Catholic Reporter (Gina Christian, OSV News)

Liturgy and Church Life

How England’s newest community of sisters is bucking religious decline. The Community of Our Lady of Walsingham aims to tap a new openness to religion among young Britons. — Global Sisters Report (Jonathan Luxmoore)
Zambian sisters shelter young girls in Chirundu’s red-light district. Mudzi-wa-Moyo, founded by the Sisters of Charity of Sts. Bartolomea Capitanio and Vincenza Gerosa, cares for 60 girls. — Global Sisters Report (Derrick Silimina)

Video and Podcasts

American Catholics are souring on Trump. Here’s why. A new explainer video from America Media. — YouTube (America Media)

Commentary

Opinion: Whatever the high court decides, Catholic schools must choose inclusion. “No Supreme Court decision can substitute for the choice that we have to make,” NCR’s editors write. — National Catholic Reporter (Editorial)
Opinion: Leo’s encyclical is a north star for the new space race — and alien encounters, too. Scott Hurd on what Pope Leo’s teaching offers as nations and companies push into space. — National Catholic Reporter (Scott Hurd)