ANALYSIS: Will President Donald Trump’s criticism of Pope Leo XIV have electoral implications? April 27, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News President Donald Trump’s social media and verbal attacks on Pope Leo XIV could add to challenges facing Republican candidates in the midterm elections later this year, analysts told OSV News.
Anglicans, Catholics must work to overcome differences, pope tells archbishop of Canterbury April 27, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Although the path to full communion has become “more difficult to discern,” Catholics and Anglicans must continue on the path of dialogue and “proclaim Christ to the world,” Pope Leo XIV said in his first meeting with Anglican Archbishop Sarah Mullally of Canterbury.
Pope Leo XIV advances sainthood causes, including Dutch nun who served in Missouri April 27, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV issued decrees advancing the sainthood causes of five candidates, including a Dutch nun who served in St. Louis in the early 20th century.
Pope Leo’s October meeting on marriage, family gains urgency amid declining birth rates in West April 27, 2026By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, World News As declining birth rates reshape the West, a global conversation on marriage and family is gaining urgency ahead of an October gathering in Rome convened by Pope Leo XIV.
Radio Interview: Pope Leo XIV’s biographer shares insights on the Augustinian who became pope April 27, 2026By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Vatican George Matysek talks with Elise Ann Allen about her new biography of Pope Leo XIV, published this April in English. She traces how his years as an Augustinian missionary in crisis-torn Peru shaped his pastoral vision, his instinct for synodality and his quiet but effective leadership style.
Pope Leo to new priests: Keep Church door open, don’t be an obstacle April 27, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News Priests are called each day to leave the doors of the Church open to a “suffering humanity” in need and not “be an obstacle to those who wish to enter,” Pope Leo XIV told 10 deacons just before ordaining them to the priesthood.
Virginians march against extreme abortion amendment ‘seeking to devour life’ April 27, 2026By D. Hunter Reardon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News On Nov. 3, Virginia voters will face a referendum on an amendment that, if passed, would enshrine virtually unlimited access to abortion in the state constitution.
US bishops’ head calls for prayer after gunman attacks White House press dinner attended by Trump April 26, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Following a gunman’s attempted assault on the annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, forcing the evacuation of the president, first lady and members of the Cabinet, the head of the U.S. Catholic bishops’ conference denounced the violence and called for all to resort to prayer.
Trump, White House officials and journalists evacuated from press dinner after gunshots April 26, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance and several cabinet members were whisked out of the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner April 25, following gunshots at the hotel where the annual event was taking place.
Pew: In US and other countries, Catholicism loses more members than it gains April 25, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A new analysis from Pew Research Center has found that Catholicism has lost more members than it has gained in most of the 24 countries surveyed, while Protestantism has seen net gains in several nations, especially Latin America.
Disability ministry in the Church is making strides, but needs more widespread adoption in parishes April 25, 2026By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Disabilities Ministry, Feature, News, World News On Easter in Chicago’s St. James Catholic Church, a congregation made up mostly of people with disabilities and their families attended the Chicago archdiocesan Special Religious Development ministry’s Mass like any other time of year.
New national garden promises healing for abuse survivors and all Catholics April 25, 2026By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, World News A national garden in the nation’s capital proposed by survivors of clergy sexual abuse promises to foster healing not only for survivors but also for the Catholic Church as a whole.
