Overview
- The pope said migrants’ spiritual needs must be respected and invited authorities to permit pastoral workers to minister in detention centers.
- A clergy delegation, including a bishop, was denied entry on Nov. 1 at the Broadview federal facility near Chicago when they sought to bring Communion.
- U.S. Homeland Security says more than 3,000 people have been held in the Chicago area under recent operations tied to the administration’s enforcement approach.
- Leo criticized U.S. naval deployments near Venezuela as heightening tensions, urging dialogue as the proper path to resolving disputes.
- He noted the first phase of a recent Middle East peace deal is holding but fragile, and confirmed a Vatican trial of ex-Jesuit Marko Rupnik has begun, while also emphasizing the human right to dignified work ahead of the Jubilee of the World of Work.