Jesuit Father James Martin says pope welcomes LGBTQ Catholics September 2, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV met privately Sept. 1 with Jesuit Father James Martin, an author and editor known for his ministry with LGBTQ Catholics.
Pope to his Augustinian confreres: Listen, be humble, promote unity September 2, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, Vocations, World News Twelve years after ending two terms as prior general of the Augustinian order, Pope Leo XIV encouraged his confreres in the order to pray to the Holy Spirit for the gifts of listening, being humble and promoting unity.
Pope says true charity lovingly offers help, expects nothing in return September 2, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News True Christian charity respects the person being assisted and sets no conditions for receiving help, Pope Leo XIV said.
Pope ‘saddened’ by deadly earthquake in eastern Afghanistan September 2, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV expressed his sorrow following a devastating 6.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Afghanistan’s eastern region, which killed hundreds and injured thousands.
Annunciation pastor calls first parish Mass after church shooting a ‘humble beginning’ September 2, 2025By Joe Ruff OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Recalling the fear and the cries from students, parents and school staff to “get low, stay down, stay down, don’t get up” as bullets tore through Annunciation church at an all-school Mass in Minneapolis, Father Dennis Zehren, the pastor, said it marked a new beginning.
Minneapolis pastor recalls heroism amid tragedy at school Mass shooting September 2, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Gun Violence, News, World News For the first time since the Aug. 27 attack by a shooter who killed two children and wounded at least 21 more victims at an all-school Mass where he was presiding at Annunciation Catholic Church, Father Dennis Zehren publicly described his attempt to save the children.
Pope prays for Minneapolis victims, denounces ‘pandemic’ of gun violence September 2, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV, praying publicly for the victims of the school shooting in Minneapolis, also prayed for an end to the “pandemic” of gun violence.
Friar behind ‘Rosary in a Year’ explores Jesus Christ’s ‘blueprint’ in the beatitudes September 1, 2025By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News After climbing the podcast charts with “Rosary in a Year,” Father Mark-Mary Ames of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal recently released “Eight Promises of God: Discovering Hope Through the Beatitudes,” a book that he hopes will encourage people to see “the beauty and the gift that the Lord offers us in the beatitudes.” Father […]
Catholic aid workers help rebuild shattered West Bank economy amid war September 1, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News As the Israel-Hamas War nears the two-year mark, Catholic humanitarians are working to create jobs and livelihoods amid the shattered economy of the West Bank, the area between Israel and the River Jordan that is home to more than 3 million Palestinians and some 700,000 Jews.
Catholic singer’s Marian journey through psalms brought award-winning song, joy after infertility September 1, 2025By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News Francesca LaRosa, who recently took home a Catholic Music Award for Best New Singer in Rome for her song “My Soul Proclaims,” made her own unique journey through the psalms that brought new life and a song honoring the joyful words of Mary in the “Magnificat.”
Making saints: How does the canonization process work? August 31, 2025By Father Richard Gribble OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Catholicism’s 2,000-year history has seen the process for the proclamation of saints develop significantly.
Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati shows how to ‘be holy in the normalcy of our lives’ August 31, 2025By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Pope Leo XIV plans to canonize Turin native Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati , who died in 1925, alongside fellow Italian Blessed Carlo Acutis Sept. 7.
