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.
Pope Leo arrives in Spain, urges end to polarization and ‘renewed fidelity to the Gospel’ June 6, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV arrived in Spain June 6, invoking Saints Teresa of Ávila, John of the Cross and Ignatius of Loyola as spiritual guides for the polarized country as it navigates profound social tensions.
Pope Leo urges Catholic universities to instill passion for the truth found in Christ June 4, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV told Catholic university leaders on June 3 that they have a responsibility to instill in their students a passion for “not only intellectual truth, but the truth that is Christ himself.”
As World Cup approaches, Pope Leo’s June prayer intention is for sport to foster peace and encounter June 3, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Sports, Vatican, World News With the FIFA World Cup opening this month, Pope Leo XIV has dedicated his June prayer intention to the power of sport to build bridges between cultures and nations, releasing a video prayer calling on athletes, coaches and fans alike to embrace the field as a space of encounter rather than division.
Pope Leo XIV names EWTN’s Montse Alvarado as prefect of Vatican Dicastery for Communication June 2, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV appointed Maria Montserrat “Montse” Alvarado, president and chief operating officer of EWTN News, as prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication on June 2.
Pope Leo calls Archbishop Fulton Sheen ‘a light of faith’ who touched millions with the Gospel June 1, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV praised Venerable Fulton J. Sheen on June 1 as “a light of faith, hope, and love” whose radio and television broadcasts brought the Gospel to millions of Americans — including the pope himself as a child.
Can Catholics as consumers drive a better AI future? June 1, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: AI, Feature, News, Vatican, World News As a small group of tech companies race to dominate the artificial intelligence era, much of the world has been left wondering whether ordinary people have any voice in the AI future that is being built.
Meet the Silicon Valley priest advising tech companies on artificial intelligence ethics May 29, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: AI, Feature, News, World News Father Brendan McGuire used to be a Silicon Valley technology executive. Now he’s hearing their confessions. Today, the Irish-born pastor of St. Simon Catholic Parish in Los Altos, California, is helping to shape the moral conscience of the artificial intelligence industry.
Pope Leo asks Catholics worldwide to pray rosary for peace May 30 May 29, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV will preside over a worldwide rosary for peace May 30, uniting Marian shrines across continents in simultaneous prayer to close the Catholic Church’s month of devotion to the Virgin Mary.
Pope Leo XIV tells Vatican press conference AI must be ‘disarmed’ for humanity’s sake May 25, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: AI, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV called for vigilance as he spoke at the Vatican press conference May 25 to present his first encyclical on artificial intelligence, saying his conversations with industry leaders — including “very troubling voices” who warned of autonomous weapons systems beyond effective human governance — had led him to the conviction that AI “needs to be disarmed.”
‘Magnifica Humanitas’: Pope Leo’s AI encyclical warns of temptation to build future excluding God May 25, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: AI, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV published his landmark encyclical on artificial intelligence “Magnifica Humanitas” May 25, comparing the attempt to build an AI future that excludes God to the “Tower of Babel” and underlining the need to safeguard human dignity as it is “threatened by new forms of dehumanization.”
Pope Leo XIV urges confirmation candidates to ask Holy Spirit for gift of perseverance May 20, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments Pope Leo XIV has encouraged young Catholics preparing to receive the sacrament of confirmation to ask the Holy Spirit for the gift of perseverance, warning that too many young people “disappear from the parish” after receiving the sacrament.
