Faithful across Honolulu Diocese rally after devastating hurricane August 27, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News As Hurricane Lala barreled across the Hawaiian Islands Aug. 15-16, several Catholic organizations kept close watch over one of the hardest-hit areas — Hawaii Island’s Kau district, home to Sacred Heart Church in Naalehu and Holy Rosary Church in Pahala.
Red Mass, Blue Mass: How ‘color’ Masses serve professionals August 27, 2026By D.D. Emmons OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The Church has long offered Masses that recognize special occasions and special needs. Among such Masses are those for professional groups, traditionally popularized by names of a color: Red Mass (lawyers and politicians), Blue Mass (first responders), White Mass (healthcare community) and Gold Mass (scientists).
Pope prays for dead, missing following catastrophic mudslides, floods in Nepal August 27, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV expressed his sadness by the devastation wrought by a glacial collapse in the Nepal-China border, causing a deadly wave of floods and mudslides that killed 168 people with hundreds more feared dead.
East Tennessee diocese mourns Dolly Parton as ‘one of our own’ August 27, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The Diocese of Knoxville, Tennessee, is remembering the late Dolly Parton — whose career as a singer, songwriter, actress, businesswoman and philanthropist spanned decades — as “one of our own.”
‘Let us be clear: this war must end,’ Archbishop Gallagher tells Russian authorities in Moscow August 26, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News The Vatican foreign minister urged Russian officials to end their war with Ukraine and to begin negotiations with the help of the international community.
More than 270 faith leaders urge Trump administration to extend TPS for El Salvador August 26, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Hundreds of faith leaders and organizations urged the Trump administration to extend Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for El Salvador before it expires in September.
Pope Leo appoints Knights of Columbus Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly to Vatican dicastery August 26, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV on Aug. 25 appointed the Knights of Columbus’ Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly as a member of the Vatican Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life.
To experience true relationship with God in the liturgy, faithful’s participation cannot be passive, pope says August 26, 2026By Carol Glatz OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News “Firmly rooted” in the Church’s living tradition, the liturgical reform put forth by the Second Vatican Council grew from the need for the faithful to celebrate the liturgy more “consciously and actively,” and not “as strangers and silent spectators,” Pope Leo XIV said.
Vatican’s top diplomat begins visit to Russia as European leaders flock to Kyiv August 25, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, the Vatican’s secretary for relations with states and international organizations, arrived in Moscow Aug. 24 for a four-day visit, with meetings scheduled with Russian government, Orthodox and Catholic leaders.
Baptisms in Ireland see dramatic drop of 30% in a decade August 25, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Baptisms in the Catholic Church in Ireland have fallen by almost a third since 2015, with just one Irish diocese seeing any positive change, a new report shows.
Catholic schools’ new year sees safety, security and budget impacts after school shooting August 25, 2026By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, Schools, World News As the new school year starts in multiple Catholic districts across the country, 2025’s deadly shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis during the parish school’s all-school Mass has kept safety and security on the minds of some Catholic school officials and archdioceses with sizable Catholic school districts.
Annunciation leaders guide wounded community toward peace 1 year after school shooting August 24, 2026By Josh McGovern OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Four leaders had barely arrived at Annunciation Church and School in Minneapolis when they found themselves helping a wounded community to heal and find a way toward hope.
