Pope Leo asks Catholics worldwide to pray rosary for peace May 30 May 29, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV will preside over a worldwide rosary for peace May 30, uniting Marian shrines across continents in simultaneous prayer to close the Catholic Church’s month of devotion to the Virgin Mary.
Lawmakers back US bishops’ bid to block abortion from pregnant worker protection rules May 28, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Fifty members of Congress offered their support to a lawsuit by the U.S. Catholic bishops’ conference and other Catholic organizations seeking to block a federal agency from enforcing an abortion provision within a set of federal regulations meant to add workplace protections for pregnant workers.
Facing soaring fuel and fertilizer prices, Catholic farmers lean on faith May 28, 2026By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Farming, even in the best of times, can be a rather precarious vocation. It’s dangerous work, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration; it’s economically volatile, due to high production costs and fluctuations in market prices; there are climate risks from droughts, floods, and pests.
Supreme Court declines to dismiss Peter’s Pence lawsuit May 28, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene in the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ efforts to dismiss a lawsuit alleging it misled donors about the purposes of the annual Peter’s Pence collection.
Why Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’ is a Catholic journey May 28, 2026By Leonard J. DeLorenzo OSV News Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, World News Because J.R.R. Tolkien was a serious Catholic, one might assume that religion would be evident in his literary masterpiece. Yet, there is no religion in “The Lord of the Rings.” There is magic and even glimpses of the demonic, but the world Tolkien creates is a world wholly contained within itself. It is a large world, an old world, even a mythological world in its own way, but everything is within that world.
Monsignor Paul Cook remembered for devotion to parishioners and leadership in Archdiocese of Baltimore May 28, 2026By Susan Hines-Brigger Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Monsignor Paul Cook, former longtime pastor of St. Joseph in Cockeysville, was remembered as being deeply attentive, compassionate and personally invested in the lives of the people he served during 37 years at the Baltimore County parish.
Pope Leo calls for ‘openness’ to Church reform that respects tradition May 27, 2026By Josephine Peterson Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Amid renewed tensions between the Vatican and traditionalist Catholics over the teachings of the Second Vatican Council, Pope Leo XIV defended Church reform as a legitimate process that adapts to current needs while remaining rooted in authentic tradition.
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage highlights Georgia Martyrs ahead of Oct. 31 beatification May 27, 2026By Gretchen R. Crowe OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, Saints, World News As the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage continued to make its way up the East Coast, it took a day to encounter Friar Pedro de Corpa and Companions, the five Franciscan friars — also known as the Georgia Martyrs — who will be beatified Oct. 31 in Savannah, Georgia.
Grads hear faith-filled words of encouragement, challenges to take into world beyond campus May 27, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, World News From Pope Leo XIV and the highest ranking woman at the Vatican to an ambassador and governor, the 2026 graduates at U.S. Catholic colleges and universities heard faith-filled words of encouragement, challenge and inspiration to take with them into the world beyond campus.
Get ready for the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s stops in the Archdiocese of Baltimore May 27, 2026By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: America's 250th anniversary, Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News Catholics from across Maryland will have an opportunity this June to take part in the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage as it passes through the Archdiocese of Baltimore on its way from Florida, up the East Coast to Maine and then to Philadelphia as part of celebrations surrounding America’s 250th anniversary.
Pope Leo XIV declares the digital age a mission field in ‘Magnifica Humanitas’ May 27, 2026By Ines San Martin OSV News Filed Under: AI, Feature, News, Vatican, World News On May 15, 2026 — the 135th anniversary of “Rerum Novarum” — Pope Leo XIV signed his first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas.” The date was deliberate.
Pope Leo calls for ‘educational alliance’ on AI: Here are takeaways for parents, teachers May 26, 2026By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: AI, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Amid the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and digital media, Pope Leo XIV is calling on families, schools and policymakers to forge an “educational alliance for the digital age” to protect the dignity and intellectual development of young people.
