Supreme Court declines to dismiss Peter’s Pence lawsuit May 28, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene in the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ efforts to dismiss a lawsuit alleging it misled donors about the purposes of the annual Peter’s Pence collection.
Grads hear faith-filled words of encouragement, challenges to take into world beyond campus May 27, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, World News From Pope Leo XIV and the highest ranking woman at the Vatican to an ambassador and governor, the 2026 graduates at U.S. Catholic colleges and universities heard faith-filled words of encouragement, challenge and inspiration to take with them into the world beyond campus.
10 quotes from Pope Leo’s first encyclical you should know for the era of AI May 25, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: AI, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Here are 10 quotes that provide a glimpse into what the encyclical contains:
12 saints who were also mothers May 6, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News “The secret of happiness is to live moment by moment and to thank God for what he sends us each day.” This wise insight seems like something a good mother would say — and in this case, one did. It’s a gem from St. Gianna Molla, a Catholic wife, physician and mother who died in 1962 after selflessly prioritizing her unborn baby’s health over her own during a difficult pregnancy.
‘We have to protect creation’: At Spanish convent, Franciscan sisters breed rare giant rabbit May 5, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Sister Consuelo Peset Laudeña’s morning routine is not what one would typically expect from an abbess. Before prayers and breakfast, she heads to inspect, one by one, cages housing 35 giant rabbits and their young inside the Convent of St. Anthony of Padua in Central Spain.
Pope Leo on the dignity of work: 9 quotes for St. Joseph the Worker May 1, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Organizers in Seoul, South Korea, announced five patron saints for World Youth Day 2027 that reflect the themes of truth, peace and love that are at the heart of the youth gathering.
2 Vatican dicasteries jointly release document on ‘integral ecology’ in family life May 1, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, World News The Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life have jointly published a new document offering guidelines for families related to the care for creation and human life.
From conflict zones to ancient Christian sites, Pope Leo XIV brings message of peace, hope to Africa April 23, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV concluded his first trip to Africa April 23, capping a four-country visit marked by urgent calls for peace, direct engagement with conflict zones and a backdrop of international political tension.
12 quotes from Pope Leo’s first year as pope April 21, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News As the one-year anniversary of Pope Leo XIV’s election to the papacy approaches, here is a selection of 12 quotes from the new pontiff on various topics, looking back over the 12 months since he became pope May 8, 2025.
Pope Leo donates $100K to CRS clean water project in El Salvador April 20, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV has donated $100,000 to provide access to clean water in El Salvador, supporting a program launched by the papal nuncio to that nation and by Catholic Relief Services, the official humanitarian and development agency of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Cameroon separatists declare temporary ceasefire ahead of pope’s visit to conflict-hit regions April 15, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Separatist factions operating in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions announced a temporary cessation of hostilities ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s stop in Cameroon on the second leg of his papal visit to the African continent.
Dominicans who care for poor cancer patients sue over state’s transgender mandates April 15, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, who operate a 42-bed nursing home that provides palliative care for the dying poor, are suing New York state over a 2024 law requiring long-term care facilities to use preferred pronouns and assign rooms based on gender identity.
