Pope Leo to youth: Jesus doesn’t want you to be couch potatoes July 28, 2026By Katherine Ruddy OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV urged young people not to be “couch potatoes” in a video message on July 25, adding that the Church needs their missionary energy and “holy rebelliousness.
Pope prays for victims of deadly wildfires in Spain, France July 27, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV offered prayers as firefighters continue to battle massive wildfires in Spain and France that have forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate from their homes.
Pope Leo appeals for dialogue, diplomacy, prayers for just peace in Holy Land, Middle East July 27, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV on July 26 renewed his urgent appeals for peace in the Holy Land and across the Middle East during his Angelus address in Castel Gandolfo, expressing deep concern over the escalating violence and calling for an immediate return to dialogue.
Andrea Bocelli to sing for Pope Leo with international children’s choir July 25, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Renown tenor Andrea Bocelli will sing for Pope Leo XIV July 29 alongside a children’s choir of more than 160 members from the Holy Land, Uganda and Italy. The performance was organized by Bocelli’s charitable foundation to take place at the Vatican’s Borgo Laudato Si’ gardens in Castel Gandolfo.
Journalists launch initiative to bring letters from Venezuelan quake survivors to Pope Leo XIV July 24, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, Vatican, World News Since the pontificate of St. Paul VI, journalists covering the Vatican have had the unique privilege of direct access to the Vicar of Christ at 30,000 feet.
Young American missionaries get papal shoutout during summer in Rome July 24, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News When Jack Lebon, 15, returns to his Texas high school in the fall, he will be able to share a summer experience few can match: a handshake with Pope Leo XIV.
Pope Leo takes road trip to mountainside shrines during his summer vacation July 23, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV took a road trip pilgrimage with his older brother to the scenic mountainside Sanctuary of the Most Holy Trinity in Vallepietra July 22 before stopping to pray in the Holy Cave in Subiaco, where a young St. Benedict sought refuge from the corruption of Rome in the early sixth century.
Pope Leo quotes Bob Dylan song in book foreword calling for nuclear disarmament July 22, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV said the conscience of just one person can “be worth the entire world” when it comes to preventing a nuclear catastrophe, in a new book foreword that also quotes an unpublished Bob Dylan song about the atomic bomb.
Pope Leo XIV makes surprise visit to pray for peace at the tomb of St. Benedict July 21, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV made a surprise visit to the Benedictine Abbey of Montecassino July 20, where he prayed for peace at the tomb of St. Benedict.
Ukraine remains hopeful for a papal visit, ambassador says July 21, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his government’s representative to the Holy See are hopeful that Pope Leo XIV will visit Ukraine despite no firm indication from the Vatican that a visit is in the works.
Pope Leo XIV in Castel Gandolfo: God’s kingdom grows in the ‘little things of daily life’ July 20, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Catholics from every inhabited continent gathered in Castel Gandolfo July 19 as Pope Leo XIV led the Angelus prayer from the papal summer palace in the small Italian hill town, where the pope reflected on how the kingdom of God grows through “the little things of daily life.”
Catholic group helps parishes to share a table with the poor, following pope’s example July 15, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News When Pope Leo XIV sat down to lunch with people experiencing homelessness and poverty at Castel Gandolfo this month, he offered a model that one Catholic organization says any parish can follow.
