Pope encourages Catholics to deepen prayer through Liturgy of the Hours August 5, 2026By Josephine Peterson Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Returning to his weekly general audiences after a monthlong summer break, Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to embrace the Liturgy of the Hours more fully in their daily lives, saying the church’s public prayer is an antidote to a world shaped by technology, consumerism and an efficiency-driven mindset.
Spokane bishop calls for prayers, outreach as wildfires ravage area August 4, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A Washington state bishop is calling for prayer as wildfires have torched entire neighborhoods, leading to thousands of evacuations and hundreds of destroyed buildings.
Hidden for centuries: How newly identified St. Augustine sermons were found August 4, 2026By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News Two previously unknown sermons by St. Augustine have been identified in a 12th-century manuscript preserved in Poland, giving scholars a rare new window into the mind of one of Christianity’s greatest theologians more than 1,600 years after he preached them.
Pope Leo XIV’s August prayer intention is ‘for evangelization in the city’ August 3, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV is inviting Catholics to pray “for evangelization in the city” as his August prayer intention, asking the Lord to accompany millions searching for meaning amid the noise and haste of urban life.
Diocese in Nigeria mourns death of priest killed in machete attack August 3, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Police in northern Nigeria are investigating the murder of a priest who was killed in an apparent roadside ambush.
Pope Leo writes to 97-year-old cardinal who spent 18 years in labor camps August 3, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News At the age of 97, Cardinal Ernest Simoni, returned to the former prison camp in Albania where he used to offer Mass in secret during his 18 years of sentenced forced labor, offering a public Mass July 31 in the memory of those who suffered and died at the labor camp.
Court shields women religious from New York assisted suicide law August 3, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A federal judge July 30 temporarily shielded four orders of women religious and Catholic healthcare ministries from enforcement of a New York state law allowing physicians to aid terminally ill adults in dying by suicide.
Pope Leo’s meeting with Patti Smith highlights rocker’s Church-adjacent artistry August 1, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The American singer-songwriter Patti Smith met with Pope Leo XIV July 31 in a private audience at the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace.
Trump administration rule change could push asylum applicants directly to deportation proceedings July 31, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News The Trump administration issued a new rule July 28 that could send hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers directly into deportation proceedings, a policy change that Catholic immigration advocates warned could leave many applicants at risk of deportation before their applications are even considered.
In Spain, diocese pledges emergency aid as death toll rises in enclave’s border crisis July 31, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The Diocese of Cádiz and Ceuta offered emergency resources to civil authorities July 31 as more than 60,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta, straining local infrastructure.
Russian attack leaves 8 dead in Ukraine; suspected missile lands in Poland July 31, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News An overnight July 30 onslaught of Russian missiles and drones struck Ukraine, leaving eight people, including several children, dead and dozens wounded in the aftermath.
Israeli strike damages Christian-run hospital in Gaza July 31, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News The Catholic Near East Welfare Association-Pontifical Mission in Lebanon and Syria reported that an Israeli airstrike on a residential apartment directly adjacent to CNEWA-supported Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in the center of Gaza City damaged hospital facilities late July 29.
