Pope Leo declares death penalty ‘inadmissible’ attack on dignity of human person October 12, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV has posted on his official X account that the Catholic Church holds the death penalty to be “inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person.”
At Vatican bishops meeting, cardinal shares how phones are changing family life October 12, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão told the Vatican bishops’ meeting on the family Oct. 8 about the success a parish in his archdiocese in India has had with pastoral family visits and phone-free family evenings.
Pope Leo XIV to undergo surgery to remove lung nodule October 11, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV announced that he will undergo surgery after doctors discovered a nodule, or lump, in his lungs.
Bishops discuss cohabitation of young couples at Vatican meeting on marriage and family October 9, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News On the third day of a weeklong Vatican meeting on marriage and family Oct. 9, Catholic bishops grappled with a trend that worries many Church leaders: young couples choosing to live together rather than wed.
Irish sister brings front-line missionary perspective to Vatican curial role October 9, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News (OSV News) — In accepting her dual appointment as head of the Vatican’s missionary network and as adjunct secretary at the Dicastery for Evangelization, Sister Mary Teresa Barron said it was clear the Church prioritized lived missionary experience over theological acumen. In an interview with OSV News Oct. 9, the 57-year-old Irish nun said she […]
Fostering critical thinking at Catholic universities can counter ‘false teachers,’ pope says October 9, 2026By Carol Glatz OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pursuing a higher education that values human intelligence can help counter the many “false teachers” exploiting people’s deep yearning for truth, faith and meaning, Pope Leo XIV said.
Pope Leo to deliver peace message in Assisi 40 years after St. John Paul II’s landmark gathering October 9, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Forty years after St. John Paul II gathered leaders of the world’s religions in Assisi for a landmark day of prayer for peace, Pope Leo XIV will return to the city Oct. 27 for the closing day of the 2026 interreligious meeting.
Pope Leo opens Vatican bishops’ meeting calling attention to the ‘fragility of families’ October 9, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV opened a Vatican meeting of the world’s bishops’ conference presidents and the heads of Eastern Catholic churches marking the 10th anniversary of “Amoris Laetitia” Oct. 7, saying “the beauty and fragility of families” today will be at the heart of the week’s discussions.
World Mission Sunday has ‘borne fruit in my own life,’ says Pope Leo October 8, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The aim of World Mission Sunday (Oct. 18), established 100 years ago by Pope Pius XI, has “borne fruit in my own life,” said Pope Leo XIV.
‘You are made for love’: Pope Leo pens new foreword to YOUCAT book on love and relationships October 8, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV offers his advice to young people on finding authentic true love and commitment in marriage in a new book foreword published Oct. 6.
Women’s equality, uniqueness must be respected, says Vatican UN diplomat October 8, 2026By Gina Christian Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Recognizing “equal dignity and rights” for men and women must be the “foundation of a just and human-centered society,” said the Vatican’s top diplomat to the United Nations.
Vatican to publish Pope Francis’ private diary October 8, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The Vatican Publishing House will publish “The Private Diary of Pope Francis,” a book by Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, presenting and commenting on the late pope’s notes kept between 1992 and 2024.
