Who are the 4 US archbishops receiving the pallium from Pope Leo XIV? June 26, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Four American archbishops have traveled to Rome to receive the pallium from Pope Leo XIV on the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, joining newly appointed metropolitan archbishops from around the world in a centuries-old tradition.
Pope Leo hosts Pulitzer Prize-winning authors at Vatican for discussion on power of written word June 25, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pulitzer Prize winners, a Nobel laureate, celebrated novelists and authors from nearly a dozen countries met at the Vatican June 24 for an audience with Pope Leo XIV, who reflected on the importance of books to reveal who we are and “our inner dialogue with God.”
Pope Leo prays at St. Augustine’s tomb in Pavia, calling all to be signs of Jesus’ love June 22, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV knelt in prayer at the tomb of St. Augustine June 20, returning to the basilica where he once guided the late Pope Benedict XVI as the leader of the Augustinian order, only this time as the first Augustinian pope in history.
Pope Leo XIV venerates heart of Mother Cabrini, calls for more missionaries like her June 22, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV venerated a relic of the heart of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first U.S. citizen ever canonized a saint, during a visit June 20 to her hometown in northern Italy, saying that her missionary devotion to migrants speaks directly to the challenges of today’s world.
Pope Leo XIV tells American teens true joy isn’t found in ‘endless scrolling’ on social media June 20, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV has a message for American teens gathered this summer at the Steubenville Youth Conferences: True joy is not found “spending hours in front of a screen or endlessly scrolling on social media.”
Pope Leo XIV brings dad joke energy to the papacy June 19, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV may carry the weight of guiding 1.4 billion souls, but the Holy Father is not above a good dad joke.
Pope Leo XIV meets Peru’s president, discusses possible November visit June 18, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV met with Peruvian President José María Balcázar at the Vatican June 18 for a nearly two-hour discussion, after which the president revealed details of a possible papal trip to Peru in November.
Pope Leo tells trafficking survivors God recognizes their ‘inestimable worth’ during Canary Islands visit June 11, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo delivered a powerful message to human trafficking survivors June 11 during the first stop of a two-day visit to Spain’s Canary Islands, one of Europe’s closest points of entry from the African coast.
Pope Leo blesses Sagrada Familia’s Tower of Jesus, says beauty can lead people to God June 11, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV blessed the newly completed Tower of Jesus Christ at Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia basilica June 10, inaugurating the crowning spire that makes the iconic church the tallest Catholic church the world and urging people to lift their gaze to Christ “who alone reveals to us the truth about God and the truth about ourselves.”
Pope Leo XIV arrives in Barcelona on eve of Gaudí’s 100th death anniversary June 10, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Nearly 100 years after the death of “God’s architect” Antoni Gaudí, Pope Leo XIV arrived in Barcelona on June 9 for a two-day visit to the Catalan capital that will culminate in the inauguration of the crowning tower of his unfinished masterpiece, the Sagrada Família, or Basilica of the Holy Family.
Pope Leo XIV calls defense of life the measure of a nation’s moral greatness in landmark parliament speech June 8, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News In a sweeping address to the Spanish parliament, Pope Leo XIV delivered a forceful defense of the dignity of every human life, declaring that its protection is not a partisan issue but “a goal of civilization,” while addressing the issues of abortion, migration, freedom of conscience, the seal of confession and the Church’s role in public life.
Pope Leo’s Corpus Christi Mass and procession in Madrid draws 1.2 million June 7, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, Vatican, World News More than 1.2 million people filled the streets of Madrid as Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass and led a Eucharistic procession through the heart of the Spanish capital June 7 for the solemnity of Corpus Christi, the liturgical feast celebrating the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ.
