Cardinal Parolin questions whether missiles, bombs are solution to Iranian people’s aspirations March 4, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, World News The Vatican secretary of state appealed for peace and diplomacy on the fifth day of the U.S. and Israel-Iran war, warning that recognition of any country’s right to wage “preventive war” according to their own criteria would risk the world “being set ablaze.”
Expert: Violent 764 group a ‘growing problem’ targeting vulnerable kids online March 4, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, social media, World News A number of violent extremist groups, led by minors and young adults, are increasingly targeting kids online — in some cases, with deadly results.
9 ‘perpetual pilgrims’ to travel patriotic East Coast route in 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage March 4, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, News, World News Nine young adults have been selected as “perpetual pilgrims” to travel with the Eucharist along the East Coast this summer in the third National Eucharistic Pilgrimage. The pilgrims — five men and four women — will participate in the pilgrimage’s full route, which begins May 24 in Florida and reaches Maine before ending in Philadelphia July 5 for U.S. semiquincentennial celebrations.
Prayer, unity essential as conflict spreads to Gulf States, says apostolic vicar of region March 4, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News The apostolic vicar of Southern Arabia warned that the current military escalation in the Persian Gulf amid the U.S. and Israel-Iran war is a conflict with “ancient roots” that poses a serious threat to the Middle East and the wider world.
Amid U.S. and Israel-Iran war, Palestinian sisters find refuge in prayer at Jerusalem hospital March 4, 2026By Judith Sudilovsky OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News Among the belongings Asma Isyed, 68, brought from her West Bank village of Zababdeh in October were a small Bible and a booklet of prayers by St. Mariam Baouardy, a Palestinian saint.
Church is holy by Christ’s presence, not human perfection, pope says March 4, 2026By Josephine Peterson Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church is both a community made up of fragile and limited human beings and a divine reality, Pope Leo XIV said at his weekly general audience.
Vatican synod study group proposes creation of pontifical commission for new technologies March 4, 2026By Courtney Mares Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Synodality, Vatican, World News A Synod on Synodality study group has recommended the creation of a new “Pontifical Commission for Digital Culture and New Technologies” in the first of 15 synod study group reports expected in the coming weeks.
Supreme Court temporarily blocks California policy against parental notification of gender identity March 3, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court on March 2 temporarily blocked California from enforcing policies that generally prohibit public school teachers from notifying parents about a student’s sexual orientation or gender identity, as litigation over that policy proceeds.
Young Catholics want doctrinal clarity, not adaptability, Irish bishop says March 3, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: News, World News, Youth Ministry The next generation of young Catholics is less interested in a Church that adapts to modern culture and more drawn to one with a solid doctrinal foundation that is firmly anchored against a fragmented world, an Irish bishop said.
Church can teach what’s at stake when nations choose war, not peace, cardinal says March 3, 2026By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News In a fractured world threatened by war, Christians can strengthen their bonds of unity to show the world that peace is possible, Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago said.
Lebanese archbishop: Innocents are ‘paying the price’ of Middle East war March 3, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News As the scourge of war spreads across the Middle East, including Lebanon, the ones paying the ultimate price are the innocent men, women and children who want to live in peace, said Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop Georges Iskandar of Tyre.
From Algeria to Angola, Africans hope message of peace, dialogue will resonate during papal trip March 3, 2026By Ngala Killian Chimton OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Vatican, World News From Algeria to Angola, Church leaders across Africa expressed profound joy and hopes that the upcoming apostolic trip would bring much needed change to regions needing reconciliation and social stability, and dialogue to those who live interreligious relations daily.
