US bishops’ president condemns ‘barbaric’ Pentagon plan to livestream execution October 9, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News After Pentagon officials said they planned to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad in December, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops denounced the plan as “barbaric.”
Fostering critical thinking at Catholic universities can counter ‘false teachers,’ pope says October 9, 2026By Carol Glatz OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pursuing a higher education that values human intelligence can help counter the many “false teachers” exploiting people’s deep yearning for truth, faith and meaning, Pope Leo XIV said.
Cornell Catholic ministry calls on students to witness to faith amid university sexual assault case October 9, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, World News As Cornell University grapples with a high-profile sexual assault case, Catholic leaders on campus said they are responding with “prayer, pastoral care, and renewed commitment to the formation of Catholic students,” along with an 11-page pastoral letter to guide the faithful on campus.
Kenyan archdiocese holds memorial Mass for Catholics killed on way to National Prayer Day October 9, 2026By Fredrick Nzwili OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Catholics in the Archdiocese of Mombasa held an Oct. 8 memorial service for 17 pilgrims killed in a road accident while traveling to Nakuru in northwestern Kenya for the country’s National Prayer Day.
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.
Pope Leo opens Vatican bishops’ meeting calling attention to the ‘fragility of families’ October 9, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV opened a Vatican meeting of the world’s bishops’ conference presidents and the heads of Eastern Catholic churches marking the 10th anniversary of “Amoris Laetitia” Oct. 7, saying “the beauty and fragility of families” today will be at the heart of the week’s discussions.
Soup time October 9, 2026By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, The Domestic Church When I was a teen, we all participated in community service while we were preparing to receive the sacrament of confirmation. I signed up for several activities, but the one I remember the best was making soup.
Catholic actor’s new sketch comedy series evangelizes through laughter October 9, 2026By Anna Dougherty OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News A new sketch comedy series is breaking ground as a secular-style show for women with a distinctly Catholic heart.
‘Mission renewal’ starts with priests, Catholic education, says archbishop in pastoral letter October 9, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News An Oregon archbishop is calling for “mission renewal” across his archdiocese, urging personal holiness, a recommitted clergy, a focus on Catholic education and the efforts of lay faithful to foster a “culture of evangelization.”
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.
Australian bishop sentenced to 6.5 years in prison for abuse of Aboriginal men October 8, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Australian Bishop Christopher Saunders was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison Oct. 7 for abusing two victims who were part of the Indigenous Aboriginal community.
World Mission Sunday has ‘borne fruit in my own life,’ says Pope Leo October 8, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The aim of World Mission Sunday (Oct. 18), established 100 years ago by Pope Pius XI, has “borne fruit in my own life,” said Pope Leo XIV.
