Pope Leo XIV prays for leaders to ‘abandon projects of death’ in peace prayer video
byROME (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV prayed for world leaders to “abandon projects of death” in a video message released by the Vatican…
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Sudanese bishops express distress at the massacre of 178 people in northern South Sudan
byBy Fredrick Nzwili , OSV News (OSV News) — Catholic bishops in Sudan and South Sudan have expressed distress at the brutal killing of…
Drone strike on Iraqi Catholic church complex reopens old wounds
byBy Dale Gavlak , OSV News (OSV News) — The Catholic community in northern Iraq has been shaken by the attack of an explosive…
9 ‘perpetual pilgrims’ to travel patriotic East Coast route in 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage
byBy OSV News , OSV News (OSV News) — Nine young adults have been selected as “perpetual pilgrims” to travel with the Eucharist along…
Church is holy by Christ’s presence, not human perfection, pope says
byBy Josephine Peterson, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) –The Catholic Church is both a community made up of fragile and limited human beings…
Vatican synod study group proposes creation of pontifical commission for new technologies
byBy Courtney Mares , OSV News ROME (OSV News) — A Synod on Synodality study group has recommended the creation of a new “Pontifical…
Vatican stamp depicts Ukrainian Catholic cathedral as witness to ‘the light of Christ’
byBy Gina Christian , OSV News (OSV News) — A new Vatican City postage stamp points to the power of Christ’s resurrection amid a…
USCCB president: Prayer, diplomacy needed in Middle East to avert ‘tragedy of immense proportions’
byBy Gina Christian , OSV News (OSV News) — The leader of the U.S. Catholic bishops has echoed Pope Leo XIV’s call for deescalation…
Pope Leo warns of ‘irreparable abyss,’ if diplomacy doesn’t take over violence in Iran, Middle East
byBy Paulina Guzik , OSV News (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV issued a fervent appeal for return of diplomacy in “these dramatic hours”…
Pro-abortion professor withdraws from University of Notre Dame institute appointment
byBy Gina Christian , OSV News (OSV News) — A professor at the University of Notre Dame has declined a research appointment at the…