Texas priest who has helped form 80,000 lay leaders in 50 years of ministry wins Lumen Christi September 30, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News An El Paso, Texas, priest who has helped form approximately 80,000 lay leaders throughout his 50 years of ministry is the recipient of the Catholic Extension Society’s 2026–2027 Lumen Christi Award.
Universal health care a ‘moral imperative,’ Vatican’s top diplomat tells UN September 30, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Vatican, World News Universal health care is “a moral imperative,” as “the Holy See has consistently reiterated,” the Vatican’s top diplomat told the United Nations.
Notre Dame rector files defamation suit against online posters of anonymous abuse allegations September 30, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, World News A former campus residence rector at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana has filed suit against several individuals who earlier this year had anonymously accused her online of sexual abuse.
With 2027 event theme, March for Life aims ‘to make the case for the truth, for life’ September 30, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The 2027 National March for Life theme is “The Truth is Pro-Life,” the March for Life Education and Defense Fund announced Sept. 29.
Pope’s communications day theme targets pitfalls of the ‘attention economy’ September 30, 2026By Carol Glatz OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV will address the risks of today’s “attention economy,” in which media platforms compete for and monetize people’s limited, valuable attention as the theme for the Catholic Church’s celebration of World Communications Day in 2027.
Canadian bishops at plenary hear presentations about progress on creating a ‘listening’ Church September 30, 2026By Peter Stockland OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The contrast between Latin American-Caribbean and Canadian progress toward creating a synodal — or “listening” — Church could not have been starker than in two presentations Canada’s bishops heard during their Sept. 21-25 plenary in Montreal.
Notre Dame consecrated to the Sacred Heart for first time thanks to student-led initiative September 30, 2026By OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, World News The University of Notre Dame was consecrated for the first time to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Sept. 25 following an evening Mass celebrated by Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend at the Indiana institution.
Pope Leo XIV says he’s not losing sleep over AI apocalypse fears September 29, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: AI, Feature, News, Vatican, World News On the return flight to Rome from his four-day visit to France Sept. 28, Pope Leo XIV said that the prospect of artificial intelligence destroying humanity does not keep him up at night.
McElroy: Americans can no longer ‘pass on by’ ignoring how US is treating immigrants September 29, 2026By Mark Zimmermann OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Rather than passing by a suffering victim like the priest and the Levite did in the parable of the good Samaritan, Americans need to take action to support immigrants who are in this country without documents and are suffering under the government’s mass deportation policy, Washington Cardinal Robert W. McElroy said.
Vatican’s top diplomat pushes 2-state solution, ‘limits’ on AI at UN General Assembly September 29, 2026By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: AI, Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Vatican secretary of state on Sept. 24 reiterated the Holy See’s support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Middle East and also called for limits on the fast pace of the development of artificial intelligence, or AI.
Polish priest wounded in stabbing returns to altar with message of forgiveness September 29, 2026By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Two days after surviving a knife attack that killed a fellow priest, Father Adrian Mantykiewicz returned to the altar at the Benedictine sisters’ abbey in Jaroslaw with a message centered on forgiveness.
Wrapping up France visit, Pope Leo calls on Europe to choose reconciliation over division September 28, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Invoking the memory of a region marked by war and division, Pope Leo XIV called on humanity to let go of revenge and retaliation, and instead seek the path of reconciliation and peace.
