Mid-City Christian: Leo prays for Jordan attack victims, appeals for peace in Yemen

Sunday, October 25, 2026

Leo prays for Jordan attack victims, appeals for peace in Yemen

After the Sunday Angelus, Pope Leo XIV prayed for those killed and injured in Friday’s attack on a funeral at St. George’s Orthodox Church in Jordan’s Karak governorate, and appealed for hostilities in Yemen to cease. “I am close to that community and to the entire country, which stands out for its peaceful coexistence and respect among different religions,” he said of Jordan, where Vatican News reports nine people were killed and about 40 wounded. He drew attention to the Yemeni city of Taiz, “where the population is suffering from a lack of food, water and medical care,” and invited the faithful to join in prayer with religious leaders gathering in Assisi on Tuesday, 40 years after St. John Paul II’s 1986 meeting. In his reflection on the Gospel of the greatest commandment, he said, “We cannot truly love God unless this love overflows into love for our brothers and sisters.” — Vatican News (appeals) · Vatican News (Angelus reflection)

Cardinal Paolo Romeo, archbishop emeritus of Palermo, dies at 88

[IT] Cardinal Paolo Romeo, archbishop emeritus of Palermo, died the morning of Oct. 25 after a long illness, at age 88. A longtime Vatican diplomat, he served as apostolic nuncio to Haiti, Colombia, Canada, and Italy before leading the Archdiocese of Palermo from 2006; Pope Benedict XVI created him a cardinal in 2010. His funeral will be celebrated Wednesday, Oct. 28, in the cathedral of his native Acireale, and Palermo Archbishop Corrado Lorefice has invited the faithful to pray for him. — Vatican News [IT]

New York archdiocese agrees to $800 million settlement with abuse survivors

The Archdiocese of New York and attorneys for about 1,300 people who said they were sexually abused by clergy have agreed to an $800 million settlement, the second-largest involving a U.S. Catholic archdiocese. Archbishop Ronald Hicks confirmed the agreement in an email to clergy Saturday, saying it will not be final until the parties sign it, which is scheduled for the week of Nov. 6. The settlement would end more than seven years of lawsuits; only the Archdiocese of Los Angeles’s $880 million agreement in 2024 is larger. — National Catholic Reporter (John Hanna, AP)

Also today

Brazilian bishops release letter opposing Trump-backed candidate Flávio Bolsonaro — Eduardo Campos Lima, National Catholic Reporter. Forty-seven bishops have backed the letter ahead of today’s presidential runoff between Bolsonaro and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
[IT] Archbishop Jean Nicolas Rakotojaona succeeds Archbishop Fulgence Rabemahafaly in Fianarantsoa, Madagascar — Holy See Press Office. He had been coadjutor archbishop since October 2025.
Bishop Nykiel: Confession is not a place of judgement but a home of celebration — Vatican News. The regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary closes a Rome seminar on contrition.

Compiled from publicly available reporting as of about 7:45 a.m., Oct. 25, 2026 (ET). Quotations are as published by the linked outlets. Headlines from non-English sources are our translations.

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