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octubre, 2026

The audience took place just three days after he was discharged from the hospital Photo: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV

Leo XIV Becomes the Most Highly Rated International Leader in France, According to New Research

According to a Cluster 17 poll conducted on October 14 and 15, 65 percent of respondents expressed a “very good” or “fairly good” opinion of Leo XIV, making him the most positively regarded foreign political figure among those surveyed. The findings come weeks after his historic visit to France, during which more than one million people gathered in Paris, Lourdes and Metz.

Good News•Marriage and Family•Testimonies

Only a 1% Chance of Being Born Alive . . . Yet He Lived. The Hopeful Case of a Baby Born Without Kidneys, Urethra, or Bladder

Stepping out of the consultation room to take a breath of air, Diana and Iñigo found their eyes filled with tears. «We hugged each other and cried for a while,» he recalls. Upon going back inside, they pressed the question: «Is there truly nothing that can be done? Isn’t there some kind of intrauterine surgery available?»

Analysis Opinion•Rome

The Synod’s ideas on synodality run up against the wall of canon law: here’s how experts explain it

The commission’s recommendations include broadening the roles that qualified laypeople can exercise in ecclesiastical offices and ministries, increasing lay participation in particular Church councils, and changing the rules governing diocesan tribunals. It also proposes allowing diocesan bishops to appoint lay judges without the approval currently required from the episcopal conference, according to the report’s critics.

Gender Ideology

U.S.: Number of Teens Identifying as LGBT+ Declines

The findings come from the 2025 Youth Risk Behavior Survey published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Psychologist Jean Twenge, a professor at San Diego State University who compared the new figures with those from 2023, described the changes as striking in a late-September analysis.