ROSARIO, Argentina (OSV News) — In Uruguay, Holy Week is officially Tourism Week. Christmas is the Day of the Family, and the Dec. 8 feast of the Immaculate Conception became the Day of the Beaches.

During a papal audience with 6,000 fans, alumni and athletes the day before game day, Pope Leo dribbled a golden basketball in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall.

A federal appeals court panel ruled Idaho's abortion ban may continue to be fully enforced as voters in the Gem State prepared to vote directly on the law.

As the nation heads to the midterm elections Nov. 3, Catholics are working to ensure peace at the polls and help the faithful exercise their right to vote.

National Vocation Awareness Week "reminds us of the beautiful witness of those who have responded to God's call," Archbishop Hicks of New York said.

The leadership of the Polish bishops' conference warned the escalating dispute over the C Tribunal "is leading to a profound crisis of the state." ...

Archbishop Alarcón spent his first year in Cusco traveling the diocese, which includes urban areas, remote mountain villages and a jungle region.