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.
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.
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.
Pope Leo XIV asks Our Lady of Good Counsel for aid to make ‘courageous and wise decisions’ September 8, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV returned Sept. 7 to the Marian shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel, where he asked the Virgin Mary for aid to bring God’s word to light through “courageous and wise decisions.”
Pope Leo expresses hope Ukraine, Russia negotiations bear fruit September 7, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Pope Leo XIV once again appealed for peace in Ukraine and prayed that U.S.-led negotiation efforts would finally bring an end to the death and destruction caused by the conflict now in its fourth year.
Pope Leo XIV says Christians in the Middle East offer a ‘precious testimony for the entire Church’ September 4, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Iran, World News Pope Leo XIV on Sept. 3 praised the “precious presence” of the small Christian communities who “make Christ present” in the Middle East.
Catholics cannot be ‘unengaged spectators’ amid current events, pope says September 3, 2026By Josephine Peterson OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The faithful are called to leave behind “all passivity and indifference” toward current events and the lives of others, especially amid the “rapid and profound changes we are experiencing today,” Pope Leo XIV said at his weekly general audience.
A long-awaited reckoning: A timeline of the Father Marko Rupnik case September 3, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News For over three decades, the allegations of sexual, psychological and spiritual abuse against Slovenian Father Marko Rupnik were met with cover-ups and bureaucratic delays.
Vatican theological commission defines ‘sin against creation and the Creator’ in new document September 3, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The International Theological Commission published a new document Sept. 2 calling for ecological conversion due to “sin against creation and the Creator.”
Pope Leo says, ‘It is not yet too late’ to care for creation September 2, 2026By Josephine Peterson OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV began the five-week Season of Creation by calling on the faithful to step away from the frenzy of daily life to “hear the melodious voice of creation,” stressing that “it is not yet too late” to repair humanity’s relationship with the environment.
Never let injustice, evil in the world corrupt your heart, pope tells faithful September 1, 2026By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Whatever the injustice or injury, do not revert to hatred or violence, Pope Leo XIV told the faithful, because only love, hope, forgiveness and respect will protect and promote human dignity.
Nunciature: No papal event for Paris Rupnik chapel; bishop confirms pope ordered Vatican News Rupnik ban September 1, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The apostolic nunciature in Paris confirmed to OSV News Aug. 31 that no papal celebration is scheduled in the Father Marko Rupnik mosaic-decorated chapel inside its Paris building during the apostolic trip to France Sept. 25-28.
