‘Proclaim the Gospel of life,’ Pope Leo says in first papal visit to Monaco in modern era March 30, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News In the principality known for super yachts and sports cars, Pope Leo XIV urged Monaco’s wealthy citizens to remember the poor and protect every human life, calling on them to remember that the Last Judgment “places the poor at its center.”
Marriage or the priesthood? Pope Leo XIV shares advice for discerning one’s vocation March 26, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Consecrated Life, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News Pope Leo XIV has shared his advice for how to discern one’s vocation, starting with the importance of creating space for interior silence to “hear what the Lord desires for our happiness.”
Pope Leo XIV meets head of Israel’s Holocaust memorial center March 24, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV met with the head of Israel’s Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center at the Vatican March 23.
St. Francis’ relics returned to crypt after monthlong veneration draws 370,000 pilgrims March 23, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News Bells rang out over the hilltop town of Assisi on the night of March 22 as Franciscan friars closed the monthlong public veneration of the bones of St. Francis of Assisi, which drew more than 370,000 pilgrims from around the world to pray before the beloved saint.
Pope Leo XIV declares Boys Town founder Father Flanagan venerable March 23, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV declared Father Edward Flanagan, the founder of Boys Town, venerable on March 23, recognizing his heroic virtue and moving him one step closer to sainthood.
Pope Leo XIV meets Spanish royals at Vatican, renewing crown’s historic bond with Basilica of St. Mary Major March 20, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV received King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain at the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace March 20, ahead of a solemn ceremony in which the Spanish king renewed a centuries-old bond with the Basilica of St. Mary Major by taking possession of his hereditary title as its protocanon.
Pope Leo XIV calls bishops to Rome to discuss marriage and family in October March 19, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV announced March 19 that he is asking the presidents of all bishops’ conferences around the world to convene in Rome in October to renew and deepen the Church’s discussion on marriage and family in light of “Amoris Laetitia.”
Vatican appeals court declares partial mistrial in Cardinal Becciu trial March 18, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The Vatican’s appeals court declared a partial mistrial in the high-profile financial misconduct case involving Cardinal Angelo Becciu and other defendants, citing procedural errors by prosecutors in the Vatican trial that led in 2023 to a jail sentence for the cardinal on several counts of financial embezzlement.
Pope Leo grants audience to Opus Dei critic as reform of statutes continues March 17, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV met March 16 with Gareth Gore, the British financial journalist and author of a book that levels allegations of exploitation and human trafficking against Opus Dei, accusations that the Catholic organization calls “absolute nonsense.”
Vatican releases schedule for Pope Leo XIV’s first Africa trip March 17, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV will travel a total of more than 11,000 miles on 18 flights across four African countries in April on a 10-day trip that highlights peace efforts, the works of mercy, and the Catholic Church’s vibrant presence on the continent.
Pope Leo XIV urges media to show human face of war, not propaganda March 16, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Journalism, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV has urged the media to show the human face of suffering amid war and to verify news so as not to recirculate “propaganda” or become a “mouthpiece for those in power.”
Here’s a preview of Pope Leo XIV’s historic one-day trip to Monaco March 15, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The Vatican has released the schedule for Pope Leo XIV’s day trip to Monaco, the first papal visit to the Catholic principality in the modern era.
