Catholic News Headlines for Wednesday 10/22/2025  

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After reading a novel about the struggle to access clean drinking water in war-torn South Sudan, students at a Queens Catholic academy have stepped up to raise money – and awareness – of the issue.

Pope Leo XIV received letters from victims of the Annunciation Church shooting in Minnesota – Archbishop Bernard Hebda of St. Paul-Minneapolis delivered them to the Holy Father while in Rome.

This week marks a grim anniversary for Catholics around the world: six months ago Pope Francis returned to the Lord.