Miracle baby’s mom reflects on Archbishop Sheen ahead of beatification Mass September 24, 2026By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Bonnie Engstrom had prayed for the intercession of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen during her pregnancy, and she implored his help then. As the doctors were preparing to pronounce the newborn dead, he took a breath and his heart rate stabilized.
Canonization cause officially opens for pioneering Minnesota priest September 24, 2026By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Msgr. Joseph Francis Buh has been granted the title “servant of God” with a Sept. 22 Mass opening the cause for his canonization.
Cardinal Tagle encourages faithful to adopt Archbishop Sheen’s virtues as beatification nears September 23, 2026By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News The grace of the beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen comes with corresponding responsibility for Catholics in his home diocese of Peoria, Illinois, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle told Catholics there during Mass Sept. 22.
Pope Leo to address National Eucharistic Pilgrimage during closing Mass in Philadelphia July 1, 2026By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage ends July 5 with a closing Mass, procession and celebration in Philadelphia, which will begin with a special video message from Pope Leo XIV.
Pope Leo XIV briefly meets Bad Bunny in Madrid June 9, 2026By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV met the Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny in Madrid June 8, after joking days earlier that he would be vying against the singer for Spaniards’ attention as their tours in Spain’s capital overlapped.
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage commemorates Catholic history along South Atlantic coast May 29, 2026By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News (OSV News) — After a Pentecost launch, the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage is marking its first full weekend with events in the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina. Four parishes in the Tar Heel State are hosting Mass and Eucharistic adoration as the nine perpetual pilgrims traveling this year’s route head north along the East Coast. The […]
13 things to know about Pope Leo’s encyclical on AI May 25, 2026By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: AI, Feature, News, Vatican, World News What does it mean to safeguard our humanity? That question is at the heart of Pope Leo XIV’s much anticipated first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence,” released May 25. The following are some key things to know about this weighty papal letter.
Can intelligent extraterrestrial life exist? Here’s what Catholic thinkers have to say May 12, 2026By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News If rational, extraterrestrial beings exist, what would be God’s relationship to them?
6 ways Princess Grace Kelly of Monaco expressed her Catholic faith March 27, 2026By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News As Pope Leo XIV prepares to visit Monaco March 28, Americans will no doubt be reminded of another U.S.-born Catholic monarch — the actress-made-princess Grace Kelly, who lived in Monaco following her marriage to its Sovereign Prince Rainier III in April 1956 until her untimely death in 1982.
Prolific catechist Paul Thigpen, who mused on extraterrestrial life, dies at 71 February 26, 2026By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Journalism, News, Obituaries, World News Catholic theologian and prolific writer Thomas “Paul” Thigpen died Feb. 24 at the age of 71. A resident of Kennesaw, Georgia, he wrote more than 60 books and hundreds of articles on religion and faith.
The Olympics and why Catholic Church cares about sports February 23, 2026By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Sports, World News Pope Pius’ recognition of the good of physical play foreshadowed formal efforts now established in the Vatican to support athletics as a means of virtue and human excellence, on all levels — from neighborhood kickball to the Olympics, including this year’s Milan-Cortina Winter Games, whose closing ceremony was held Feb. 22.
Georgia martyrs expected to be beatified in Savannah this Halloween February 18, 2026By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News A date for the beatification of five Franciscans known as the Georgia martyrs has been set for Oct. 31, according to the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints’ website. It lists Cardinal Frank Leo of Toronto as the beatification Mass’ celebrant.
