Young American missionaries get papal shoutout during summer in Rome July 24, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News When Jack Lebon, 15, returns to his Texas high school in the fall, he will be able to share a summer experience few can match: a handshake with Pope Leo XIV.
Pope Leo takes road trip to mountainside shrines during his summer vacation July 23, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV took a road trip pilgrimage with his older brother to the scenic mountainside Sanctuary of the Most Holy Trinity in Vallepietra July 22 before stopping to pray in the Holy Cave in Subiaco, where a young St. Benedict sought refuge from the corruption of Rome in the early sixth century.
Pope Leo quotes Bob Dylan song in book foreword calling for nuclear disarmament July 22, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV said the conscience of just one person can “be worth the entire world” when it comes to preventing a nuclear catastrophe, in a new book foreword that also quotes an unpublished Bob Dylan song about the atomic bomb.
Pope Leo XIV makes surprise visit to pray for peace at the tomb of St. Benedict July 21, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV made a surprise visit to the Benedictine Abbey of Montecassino July 20, where he prayed for peace at the tomb of St. Benedict.
Pope Leo XIV in Castel Gandolfo: God’s kingdom grows in the ‘little things of daily life’ July 20, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Catholics from every inhabited continent gathered in Castel Gandolfo July 19 as Pope Leo XIV led the Angelus prayer from the papal summer palace in the small Italian hill town, where the pope reflected on how the kingdom of God grows through “the little things of daily life.”
Nobel laureates call pope’s encyclical a ‘clarion call’ for prevention of AI-driven nuclear warfare July 17, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: AI, Feature, News, World News Nobel laureates called Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical “Magnifica Humanitas” a “clarion call” and “a giant step forward” for the prevention of AI-driven nuclear warfare as they gathered in Rome July 16 to sign a declaration urging a global treaty banning artificial intelligence from nuclear launch systems.
Catholic group helps parishes to share a table with the poor, following pope’s example July 15, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News When Pope Leo XIV sat down to lunch with people experiencing homelessness and poverty at Castel Gandolfo this month, he offered a model that one Catholic organization says any parish can follow.
Pope Leo overhauls Vatican finance watchdog, revises Rome vicariate reforms in busy day of decrees July 1, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV spent what is traditionally his weekly day off on Tuesday issuing a flurry of legislation and appointments June 30, overhauling the Vatican’s financial watchdog agency, revising the governing structure of the Vicariate of Rome and making several appointments in the Roman Curia.
Cardinals reflect on Pope Leo XIV’s June consistory: ‘We’re starting to get to know each other’ June 28, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Cardinals from around the world wrapped up a two-day extraordinary consistory on June 27 saying Pope Leo XIV’s initiative of convening the College of Cardinals twice in six months has already had one clear achievement — it has helped the cardinals to get to know one another.
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.
