USCCB files brief in support of Catholic preschools in clash with Colorado over ‘universal’ program September 28, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Schools, World News The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a challenge from Catholic preschools regarding their ability to participate in Colorado’s universal preschool program.
Pope Leo XIV leads thousands in candlelight rosary procession in Lourdes September 28, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV led tens of thousands of people in a candlelight rosary procession Sept. 27 in the Marian shrine of Lourdes, saying that he had come as “a pilgrim among pilgrims.”
Pope encourages French youth to seek holiness during visually rich stadium vigil September 28, 2026By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV urged 80,000 young people gathered at the Stade de France Sept. 25 to pursue holiness, peace and a “living relationship with Jesus” during an evening prayer vigil that showcased the diversity of France’s Catholic youth.
Pope Leo prays for the sick and suffering in the Lourdes grotto in France September 28, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News In the Marian shrine of Lourdes, Pope Leo XIV prayed for the sick and the suffering and drank from healing spring water in the grotto where the Virgin Mary appeared to St. Bernadette in 1858.
Moved by Pope Leo’s empathy, French abuse survivors urged action on ‘systemic’ failures September 28, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News French survivors of clergy sexual abuse who met with Pope Leo XIV in Lourdes said they were struck by the pontiff’s deep personal empathy and his frank acknowledgment of the institutional failures that allowed the crisis to fester within the Church.
Pope Leo draws 800,000 to Mass in the heart of Paris September 28, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Close to 800,000 people lined Paris’ Champs Elysees from the Arc de Triomphe to the Place de la Concorde for Mass Sept. 26 with Pope Leo XIV, who urged the people of France to follow Jesus to the source of true happiness and peace.
Pope Leo prays in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris 7 years after devastating fire September 28, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News For the first time since the world watched as Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris burned in the devastating 2019 fire, the pope stepped inside the famous Gothic cathedral and called on Catholics in France to be “living stones” of a Church that bears witness to how God’s love restores and heals humanity.
Vatican history commission working to preserve truth in the AI age, says new US member September 27, 2026By Jay Sorgi OSV News Filed Under: AI, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV has added one of America’s leading Catholic educators with expertise in the connection between history and the faith to a key pontifical commission focused on preserving truth, at a time when the Holy Father is warning of how a failure to accurately understand history could lead to a politically and technologically more dangerous future for the world.
Ahead of Lourdes visit, alleged Rupnik victims appeal to pope to end Vatican’s ‘prolonged silence’ September 26, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News In an open letter addressed to Pope Leo XIV, five alleged victims of sexual abuse at the hands of Slovenian Father Marko Rupnik said the silence and lack of information regarding the artist’s canonical trial added to their suffering.
Pope Leo to visit migration center in Paris that welcomes all, no matter their legal status September 26, 2026By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Pope Leo XIV will open his second day in Paris with a special visit. On Sept. 26, he will cross the threshold of Maison Bakhita, a facility run by the Archdiocese of Paris dedicated to providing shelter for people in extreme need, most often migrants.
At UNESCO, pope laments paradox of celebrating AI while human dignity ‘discarded’ September 25, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: AI, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV warned diplomats, academics and youth delegates that human dignity is being cast to the wayside in the name of efficiency and productivity in the era of AI.
Pope Leo XIV arrives in Paris, urging French leaders to protect the right to life September 25, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV arrived in Paris Sept. 25 beginning his four-day trip to France by urging French leaders not to forget their duty to protect every human life in a forceful speech at the Élysée Palace condemning “assisted dying,” abortion and surrogacy.
