Catholic News Headlines for Thursday 10/9/2025  

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Catholic leaders are seeing the first step towards hope for peace in the Holy Land: negotiators for Hamas and Israel reached an agreement on a path to a ceasefire.

Pope Leo XIV has released his first apostolic exhortation, and Brooklyn Bishop Robert Brennan is sharing his insights on the new document with parishioners.

Every October 9 people flock to Wisconsin to pray the rosary on the Feast of Our Lady of Champion. But Catholics in New York City don’t have to travel far to celebrate the feast day, thanks to one couple who is bringing devotion towards the Blessed Mother to the Diocese of Brooklyn in a special way.