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.
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.
Supreme Court expected to hear religious liberty, gun and environmental cases in its new term October 7, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court began its new term Oct. 5, with cases on its schedule involving religious liberty, guns, immigration and the environment.
Ahead of papal visit, archbishop warns of a ‘wounded Argentina’ at Our Lady of Luján shrine October 7, 2026By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Archbishop Jorge García Cuerva of Buenos Aires pleaded for unity, describing the country as wounded and deeply divided ahead of a visit to Argentina by Pope Leo XIV.
Pope Leo receives a relic of Blessed Fulton Sheen from Peoria’s bishop October 7, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Bishop Louis Tylka of Peoria, Illinois, presented Pope Leo XIV with a relic of the recently beatified Blessed Fulton Sheen during a private audience at the Vatican Oct. 5.
Vermont diocese seeks to withdraw bankruptcy filing, citing legal costs, lack of progress October 7, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The Diocese of Burlington, Vermont, has moved to withdraw its bankruptcy filing, two years to the day after seeking relief to address sexual abuse claims.
Movie Review: ‘Digger’ October 7, 2026By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Among the subjects being held up for mockery in the grating black comedy “Digger” (Warner Bros.) is religion. While the film’s scorn might be interpreted as applying only to a hypocritical version of evangelicalism, its treatment of Christianity is so flippant that all viewers of faith will likely be affronted.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on the horizon October 7, 2026By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The following are capsule reviews of theatrical movies available now for streaming or scheduled for broadcast on network or cable television during the week of Oct. 18, as well as notes on TV programming for the same week. Televised films may or may not be edited for language, nudity, violence and sexual situations while the programs listed have not been reviewed and therefore are not necessarily recommended by OSV News.
AI and consciousness: Stranded in Eden, once more October 6, 2026By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Elizabeth Dias is a very good writer, and if you can get behind the paywall at the New York Times, try to read her lengthy piece about religious scholars meeting with Anthropic to discuss whether they could help instill morality into Artificial Intelligence.
Relevant Radio’s ‘Father Rocky’ named new director of Our Lady of Champion shrine October 6, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A priest known for his nationwide radio ministry has been tapped to lead the first and only Church-approved Marian apparition site in the U.S.
Vatican meeting on ‘Amoris Laetitia’ to focus on listening, not past debates, officials say October 6, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News A decade after the release of “Amoris Laetitia” (“The Joy of Love”) sparked both praise and criticism, Vatican officials say an upcoming meeting on the document will focus on listening to pastoral experiences rather than rehashing old disputes.
Tennessee Catholic bishops join call for clemency for inmate who survived execution attempt October 6, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News After Tennessee officials failed in their Sept. 30 attempt to execute death row inmate Christa Gail Pike for a 1995 murder, a number of faith leaders, including Tennessee’s Catholic bishops, have called for her sentence to be commuted to life imprisonment.
