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.
Catholic actor’s new sketch comedy series evangelizes through laughter October 9, 2026By Anna Dougherty OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News A new sketch comedy series is breaking ground as a secular-style show for women with a distinctly Catholic heart.
‘Mission renewal’ starts with priests, Catholic education, says archbishop in pastoral letter October 9, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News An Oregon archbishop is calling for “mission renewal” across his archdiocese, urging personal holiness, a recommitted clergy, a focus on Catholic education and the efforts of lay faithful to foster a “culture of evangelization.”
Remains of over 100 bodies found in dig all buried in coffins at Irish mother and baby home October 8, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A new update from the excavation at Ireland’s former mother and baby home in Tuam is challenging years of widely circulated claims that children’s remains were “dumped” at the site, with investigators reporting that all 109 sets of remains recovered so far show evidence of having been buried in coffins.
Australian bishop sentenced to 6.5 years in prison for abuse of Aboriginal men October 8, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Australian Bishop Christopher Saunders was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison Oct. 7 for abusing two victims who were part of the Indigenous Aboriginal community.
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.
Church leaders call for dialogue over confrontation amid turbulent protests in France October 8, 2026By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Just days after Pope Leo XIV’s Sept. 25-28 apostolic visit to France, scenes of unrest have replaced the atmosphere of unity and peace that marked the papal trip.
Church leaders in Ethiopia amplify papal call for peace, as new war breaks out in Tigray October 8, 2026By Fredrick Nzwili OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Catholic bishops in Ethiopia are joining Pope Leo XIV’s appeal for peace as renewed fighting in Tigray and neighboring regions raises fears of another humanitarian catastrophe.
‘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.
Supreme Court hears key climate change lawsuit, but procedural question remains October 8, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News In the first case of its new term Oct. 5, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a lawsuit from officials in Boulder, Colorado, against two major oil companies over climate change.
