Church must listen to families, young people hesitant to marry, bishops say October 16, 2026By Josephine Peterson OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Bishops will go home from a weeklong meeting on marriage and family life, with a renewed commitment to listen to the realities of modern families as well as to reach young people and their hesitancy to marry.
Faithful cannot accept oppression, injustice, pope says October 7, 2026By Josephine Peterson OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Christians “cannot accept the oppression of the weak and the poor, nor the unjust structures that perpetuate conditions of dependence and injustice,” Pope Leo XIV said at his weekly general audience.
At Lourdes, a refuge for the ill, Pope Leo stands against assisted dying laws September 28, 2026By Josephine Peterson OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News At a shrine where the sick and disabled are prioritized, Pope Leo XIV said human frailty can never diminish a person’s dignity, bringing one of the central messages of his visit to France, where the government recently legalized assisted dying.
Technological advancements are not rivals to faith, pope says September 24, 2026By Josephine Peterson OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Progress in science and technology is not contrary to belief in God, and Christians should be actively involved in shaping that progress so that it serves human dignity and the common good, Pope Leo XIV said.
Pope Leo warns technology cannot replace the value of human relationships September 17, 2026By Josephine Peterson OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News In a world of increasing technological dependence and polarization, Pope Leo XIV said there is greater urgency for humanity to see itself as a single “human community.”
Black Catholics need stronger voice in Catholic Church, Bishop Boxie says September 10, 2026By Josephine Peterson OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News One of the newest bishops Pope Leo XIV appointed in the U.S. said racism remains an undercurrent in the Catholic Church, recounting his own encounters with it in the seminary and calling for greater Black representation in the hierarchy, parish life and the church’s understanding of holiness.
Catholics cannot be ‘unengaged spectators’ amid current events, pope says September 3, 2026By Josephine Peterson OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The faithful are called to leave behind “all passivity and indifference” toward current events and the lives of others, especially amid the “rapid and profound changes we are experiencing today,” Pope Leo XIV said at his weekly general audience.
Pope Leo says, ‘It is not yet too late’ to care for creation September 2, 2026By Josephine Peterson OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV began the five-week Season of Creation by calling on the faithful to step away from the frenzy of daily life to “hear the melodious voice of creation,” stressing that “it is not yet too late” to repair humanity’s relationship with the environment.
Pope Leo says Sunday is ‘foundation and kernel’ of liturgical year August 12, 2026By Josephine Peterson OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to gather in person for Sunday Mass and called for working conditions that allow people to attend, saying Sunday is “the foundation and kernel of the whole liturgical year.”
Pope encourages Catholics to deepen prayer through Liturgy of the Hours August 5, 2026By Josephine Peterson Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Returning to his weekly general audiences after a monthlong summer break, Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to embrace the Liturgy of the Hours more fully in their daily lives, saying the church’s public prayer is an antidote to a world shaped by technology, consumerism and an efficiency-driven mindset.
US cardinal: Exorcist role should be ‘private’ after priest’s removal tied to UFO controversy July 8, 2026By Josephine Peterson Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of Washington said his decision to remove a high-profile priest as an archdiocesan exorcist was driven by the public way he exercised his ministry, not by his specific beliefs about UFOs.
On U.S. Independence Day, Pope Leo XIV honors migrants in Lampedusa July 4, 2026By Josephine Peterson Catholic News Service Filed Under: America's 250th anniversary, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News For more than 30 years, Dr. Pietro Bartolo said he has examined more than 350,000 people and performed postmortem examinations on those who died making the crossing to Lampedusa, where migrants rescued from the Mediterranean first arrived.
