Pope Leo XIV to travel 19,000 miles on 14 flights during trip to Peru, Argentina, and Uruguay September 22, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV will travel more than 19,000 miles on 14 flights during a November trip to Peru, Argentina and Uruguay, according to the full schedule the Vatican released Sept. 21.
Church in Congo mourns 27 children killed in tragic fire of two schools September 22, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Catholic schoolchildren in eastern Congo gathered with candles Sept. 17 at Our Lady of Mercy Parish in Bukavu to mourn 27 classmates killed in a fire that devastated homes and schools across the city.
Serbian cardinal pleads against country’s exclusion after Ratko Mladic’s burial with honors September 22, 2026By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Cardinal Ladislav Nemet of Belgrade is urging Western governments not to let recent controversy over the funeral of convicted Bosnian Serb wartime leader Ratko Mladic derail Serbia’s ties with Europe.
Radio Interview: Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s enduring legacy September 22, 2026By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Saints Christopher Gunty speaks with Monsignor Jason Gray, executive director of the Archbishop Fulton Sheen Foundation, about the remarkable life and legacy of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. Their conversation traces Archbishop Sheen’s journey from his humble beginnings in Peoria, Il., to becoming one of the most influential Catholic communicators of the 20th century.
For National Migration Week, bishops urge policy that upholds ‘God-given human dignity’ September 22, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News In a statement to mark National Migration Week Sept. 21-27, Bishop Brendan J. Cahill, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration, urged U.S. officials and lawmakers to enact policy that upholds the “God-given human dignity” of migrants and prevents the separation of families.
Nurses at Ascension St. Agnes Hospital approve contract September 22, 2026By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, Local News, News After four years of negotiating, registered nurses at Ascension St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore voted in favor of a three-year contract Sept. 19 that ends mandatory overtime, provides the right to union representation and includes a 5- to 6-percent pay increase over three years.
Lourdes fully covers Rupnik mosaics ahead of Pope Leo visit, citing care for abuse survivors September 22, 2026By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Prior to Pope Leo XIV’s arrival to Lourdes Sept. 26, the sanctuary covered the mosaics of Father Marko Rupnik, the spokesman of the sanctuary confirmed to OSV News, sharing pictures of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary with mosaics entirely covered.
Embrace ‘deep spiritual bonds’ between Jews and Catholics, says bishop in Yom Kippur message September 21, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News As the Jewish community marks the holiest day of its year, a U.S. Catholic bishop is extending his “warmest wishes,” while urging Catholics to reject antisemitism and recall the “deep spiritual bonds” between Jews and Catholics.
Priests, pastoral leaders have permission to do less, do it better, pope says September 21, 2026By Carol Glatz OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Led by their priests, Catholics need to come together and face the truth about what their local church is doing and why, Pope Leo XIV told clergy and laypeople in his diocese.
Aparecida shrine celebrates completion of Rupnik-designed western facade September 21, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News While France’s Lourdes shrine moves to cover mosaics by Father Marko Rupnik, Brazil’s National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida in São Paulo celebrated new installations by the artist, who faces decades of allegations of sexual, spiritual and psychological abuse.
St. Francis of Assisi in Fulton rededicated September 20, 2026By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Western Vicariate Siobhan Cooney had tears in her eyes after seeing the completed church renovations at St. Francis of Assisi in Fulton for the first time Sept. 17.
Archbishop Lori urges women religious to model renewal of American political culture September 19, 2026By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: America's 250th anniversary, Archbishop's Ministry, Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News, Saints At a time of deep political division and declining trust, Archbishop William E. Lori told a national gathering of women religious leaders that renewing American political culture requires more than better politics. It requires a renewal of human character, relationships and spiritual life, a task to which he said women religious make a unique contribution.
