Black Catholics need stronger voice in Catholic Church, Bishop Boxie says September 10, 2026By Josephine Peterson OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News One of the newest bishops Pope Leo XIV appointed in the U.S. said racism remains an undercurrent in the Catholic Church, recounting his own encounters with it in the seminary and calling for greater Black representation in the hierarchy, parish life and the church’s understanding of holiness.
Indianapolis archbishop grants Mass dispensation amid ICE detention fears September 10, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Archbishop Charles C. Thompson of Indianapolis has granted a temporary dispensation from Sunday Mass and holy days of obligation for those fearing immigration detention.
Find room in your heart for everyone, pope tells new bishops September 10, 2026By Carol Glatz OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Everyone needs to feel there is room for them in their bishop’s heart, Pope Leo XIV said.
Relics of St. Bernadette will come to Archdiocese of Baltimore in late September September 10, 2026By Jay Sorgi Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints Catholics throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore will receive their second opportunity in less than five years to encounter, venerate and pray with the relics of a saint who has led countless Catholics to Christ through the Blessed Mother. A reliquary of St. Bernadette will make visits to three sites within the archdiocese in September, some of the earliest parts of a national journey the relics will take in the next 12 months.
Belarusian Catholic dissident returns home, urges prayers for imprisoned following papal audience September 9, 2026By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Andrzej Poczobut, a Belarusian Catholic dissident and journalist, returned to Belarus Sept. 8, following an audience with Pope Leo XIV and after five months in exile in Poland, saying he was prepared to risk arrest and urging Western Catholics to remember Christians imprisoned by the regime.
Illinois diocese puts brakes on eulogies and wakes in church before funeral Mass September 9, 2026By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News An Illinois diocese has done away with eulogies during funeral Masses and also visitation of the deceased in the church immediately before the Mass.
Nuncio: Beatitudes are ‘self-portrait of Jesus,’ allowing Christians to see what he values September 9, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, World News The purpose of Catholic education is to help students grow deeper in their identity as children of God made in his image and likeness, Archbishop Gabriele G. Caccia told the congregation at a Sept. 3 Mass to mark the opening of the academic year at The Catholic University of America in Washington.
Second annual ‘Saints on Their Way’ festival set for Sept. 12-13 in Emmitsburg September 9, 2026By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints The second annual Saints on Their Way gathering and festival hosted by the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton will take place Sept. 12-13.
Priests connected to Archdiocese of Baltimore were on the front lines on 9/11 September 9, 2026By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: 9/11, Feature, Local News, News When a hijacked airliner carrying 64 people struck the Pentagon Sept. 11, 2001, then-Father F. Richard Spencer’s first instinct was to reach Walter Reed Army Medical Center, expecting the injured to be taken there. He stayed until 10 p.m., but only four injured people arrived.
9/11 a generation later September 9, 2026By Kurt Jensen Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: 9/11, Feature, Local News, News An entire generation has grown up without firsthand memories of Sept. 11, 2001, when hijacked passenger jets struck the World Trade Center, Pentagon and a field near Shanksville, Pa. Investigators later determined that the fourth plane’s intended target was the U.S. Capitol.
Peruvian city to unveil world’s tallest statue of Pope Leo for trip to South America September 8, 2026By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Peruvian city of Callao announced an unusual tribute to Pope Leo XIV ahead of his November visit to the South American country: the largest statue of the pontiff in the world.
Catholic faith endures at Pentagon 25 years after 9/11 September 8, 2026By Ann M. Augherton OSV News Filed Under: 9/11, Feature, News, World News At 9:37 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington killing 184 people — 125 people inside the Pentagon and 53 passengers and six crew members aboard the plane.
