Military archbishop denounces ‘public spectacle’ of Hasan execution, obliges Catholic recusal October 12, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Just hours after his audience with Pope Leo XIV, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services issued a strong and lengthy statement Oct. 12 against the planned livestreamed execution by firing squad of Ford Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan, calling it a “public spectacle of barbarically killing our adversaries.”
Pope Leo declares death penalty ‘inadmissible’ attack on dignity of human person October 12, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV has posted on his official X account that the Catholic Church holds the death penalty to be “inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person.”
Swiss Guard to mark 500th anniversary of the Sack of Rome October 12, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The Pontifical Swiss Guard is preparing a commemorative year to mark the 500th anniversary of the Sack of Rome, in which 147 Swiss Guards lost their lives protecting the pope.
US bishops to vote for conference secretary, chairs of 6 standing committees October 10, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Ahead of their annual fall meeting, the nation’s Catholic bishops have announced the nominees for the leadership of six standing committees and for their conference’s secretary.
Bishop Dewane recalled for his ‘remarkable legacy of faithful service’ to Church October 9, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, World News Retired Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, who led the southwest Florida diocese for nearly 20 years before his retirement in May, died Oct. 7, the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, at Sarasota Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. He was 76.
Pope Leo to deliver peace message in Assisi 40 years after St. John Paul II’s landmark gathering October 9, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Forty years after St. John Paul II gathered leaders of the world’s religions in Assisi for a landmark day of prayer for peace, Pope Leo XIV will return to the city Oct. 27 for the closing day of the 2026 interreligious meeting.
Remains of over 100 bodies found in dig all buried in coffins at Irish mother and baby home October 8, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A new update from the excavation at Ireland’s former mother and baby home in Tuam is challenging years of widely circulated claims that children’s remains were “dumped” at the site, with investigators reporting that all 109 sets of remains recovered so far show evidence of having been buried in coffins.
Vatican to publish Pope Francis’ private diary October 8, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The Vatican Publishing House will publish “The Private Diary of Pope Francis,” a book by Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, presenting and commenting on the late pope’s notes kept between 1992 and 2024.
In Assisi, cardinals and friars celebrate the 800th anniversary of St. Francis’ death October 7, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News At the stroke of midnight Oct. 4, church bells tolled across the Italian hilltown of Assisi to mark the 800th anniversary of St. Francis’ death.
‘Too much at stake’: Church leaders plead for dialogue amid renewed unrest in Northern Ireland October 5, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The primate of all Ireland, Archbishop Eamon Martin, and his Anglican counterpart Archbishop John McDowell have called for the “urgent creation” of a “reconciling initiative” as Northern Ireland faces a crisis threatening to revive sectarian unrest in the region.
San Diego bishop proclaims that ‘faith must speak’ on behalf of immigrants, protect their dignity October 2, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News More than 4,000 people of faith participated in an afternoon procession around San Diego’s Balboa Park to proclaim that “All Are Sacred” on Sept. 27, the World Day of Migrants and Refugees.
During Respect Life Month, Catholics urged to pray, take action to stop use of abortion pill October 2, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Bishop Daniel E. Thomas of Toledo, Ohio, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, urged the faithful to mark Respect Life Month with prayer, deeper reflection and action.
