Algeria, Angola, Spain among 2026 papal trips, with invitation to Mexico on the table
by(OSV News) — A series of recent announcements by bishops in Angola, Algeria and Spain have indicated that Pope Leo XIV will embark on trips to…
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Broglio: ‘Morally acceptable’ for troops to disobey ‘morally questionable’ orders on Greenland
byBy Kate ScanlonOSV News WASHINGTON — The head of the U.S. military archdiocese said in a Jan. 18 radio interview that U.S. soldiers could…
US cardinals call for ‘genuinely moral foreign policy for our nation’
byBy Gina ChristianOSV News Three U.S. cardinals have issued a joint statement urging the creation of a “genuinely moral foreign policy for our nation,”…
Kyiv’s iconic St. Nicholas Church returns to Catholic hands for 50 years
by(OSV News) — After decades of legal disputes, delays and competing claims, Ukraine’s Roman Catholic community has received the right to use Kyiv’s historic…
Vatican completes official mosaic portrait of Pope Leo XIV for papal basilica
by(OSV News) — The Vatican has completed the official mosaic portrait of Pope Leo XIV, continuing a centuries-old tradition that marks the election of each…
Rev. King, a Baptist, lived Catholic social justice in ‘extraordinary fashion,’ says cardinal
byBy Tony Gutiérrez / The Catholic Sun, OSV News (OSV News) — Last year Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory became the first African American to…
More than 388 million Christians worldwide face ‘high levels’ of persecution
byBy Gina Christian, OSV News (OSV News) — More than 388 million Christians — or 1 in 7 believers worldwide — face “high levels…
‘Many challenges remain’ in making abortion ‘unthinkable,’ says bishop
byBy Gina Christian, OSV News (OSV News) — As the nation’s Catholics are set to remember unborn children in prayer, a U.S. bishop is stressing…
Amid protests, ICE operations, archbishop prays for community, for family of slain protester
byBy Rebecca Omastiak / The Catholic Spirit, OSV News ST. PAUL, Minn. (OSV News) — Acknowledging what he described as “a heaviness in our…
For Pope Leo XIV, Christian unity is not just an ideal, but an imperative
byBy Junno Arocho Esteves, OSV News (OSV News) — As the Catholic Church prepares to join Christians around the world in commemorating the 2026…