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The Good News: Man Desecrates Altar at St. Peter’s Basilica

The Good News | October 13, 2025 | by Catholics for Catholics

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SAINT OF THE DAY ≥: St. Edward the Confessor

MAN DESECRATES ALTAR OF ST. PETER’S BASILICA 
A man urinated on the Altar of Confession of St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday before being taken away by security officers in the famous basilica…READ MORE >

TRUMP STARTS WEEK IN MIDDLE EAST, OVERSEEING HISTORIC PEACE AGREEMENT 
President Donald Trump will spend the first part of the week in the Middle East to oversee a historic peace deal between Israel and Hamas, a landmark agreement expected to end the two-year war in Gaza and bring home the remaining hostages…READ MORE > 

HOW THE ‘MIRACLE OF THE SUN’ IN FATIMA HELPED TO END AN ATHEIST REGIME 
Oct. 13, 1917, marked the last Marian apparition in Fátima and the day on which thousands of people bore witness to the miracle of the dancing sun — a miracle that shattered the prevalent belief at the time that God was no longer relevant…READ MORE >

AMID HISTORIC DEAL, GAZA PASTOR SAYS LITTLE IS LEFT AFTER ‘TSUNAMI’ OF DESTRUCTION 
Historic momentum is felt across the Middle East as thousands gathered Oct. 11 in Tel Aviv, Israel, for the last mass gathering before the hostage release expected to take place Oct. 13, and tens of thousands of Palestinians started to make their way back to their homes in northern Gaza Strip…READ MORE >

POPE LEO XIV TO TRAVEL TO TURKEY, LEBANON NEXT MONTH ON HIS 1ST FOREIGN TRIP 
Pope Leo XIV will travel to Turkey and Lebanon next month on the first foreign trip of his papacy, making a symbolically important gesture to Christians and Muslims on a pilgrimage to two countries that Pope Francis had planned to visit…READ MORE >

THOUSANDS OF PILGRIMS JOIN POPE LEO XIV IN ST. PETER’S SQUARE TO PRAY THE ROSARY FOR PEACE 
Before the statue of Our Lady of Fatima, which was brought to Rome from Portugal for the Oct. 11-12 Jubilee of Marian Spiritualities, the Pope entrusted believers to the Mother of God to guide the Church in its “pilgrimage of hope.”…READ MORE >

TEXAS ARRESTS 8 IN WIDENING PROBE OF MIDWIFE ACCUSED OF ILLEGAL ABORTIONS 
Eight people linked to a Houston-area midwife accused of allegedly performing illegal abortions have been arrested and indicted for practicing medicine without a license, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Wednesday…READ MORE >

ARCHBISHOP BROGLIO: POPE LEO UNDERSTANDS THE CHURCH IN THE US 
The leadership of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), headed by its president, Archbishop Timothy Broglio, was received in audience on Friday morning by Pope Leo XIV. Following the meeting, Archbishop Broglio spoke with Vatican News about the encounter…READ MORE >

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