Relics of sister to whom Jesus appeared, showing his Sacred Heart, will come to the U.S. in June May 29, 2026By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News The relics of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, the French Visitation sister who experienced visions of Jesus revealing his Sacred Heart, will be present with the U.S. bishops in Orlando, Florida, when they consecrate the United States to Jesus’ Sacred Heart June 11.
Meet the Silicon Valley priest advising tech companies on artificial intelligence ethics May 29, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: AI, Feature, News, World News Father Brendan McGuire used to be a Silicon Valley technology executive. Now he’s hearing their confessions. Today, the Irish-born pastor of St. Simon Catholic Parish in Los Altos, California, is helping to shape the moral conscience of the artificial intelligence industry.
Pew: Most Americans who attend religious services have heard about political, social issues recently May 29, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Most U.S. adults who regularly attend religious services have heard their clergy speak about at least one political or social issue recently, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
Pope Leo asks Catholics worldwide to pray rosary for peace May 30 May 29, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV will preside over a worldwide rosary for peace May 30, uniting Marian shrines across continents in simultaneous prayer to close the Catholic Church’s month of devotion to the Virgin Mary.
Lawmakers back US bishops’ bid to block abortion from pregnant worker protection rules May 28, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Fifty members of Congress offered their support to a lawsuit by the U.S. Catholic bishops’ conference and other Catholic organizations seeking to block a federal agency from enforcing an abortion provision within a set of federal regulations meant to add workplace protections for pregnant workers.
Facing soaring fuel and fertilizer prices, Catholic farmers lean on faith May 28, 2026By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Farming, even in the best of times, can be a rather precarious vocation. It’s dangerous work, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration; it’s economically volatile, due to high production costs and fluctuations in market prices; there are climate risks from droughts, floods, and pests.
Supreme Court declines to dismiss Peter’s Pence lawsuit May 28, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene in the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ efforts to dismiss a lawsuit alleging it misled donors about the purposes of the annual Peter’s Pence collection.
Why Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’ is a Catholic journey May 28, 2026By Leonard J. DeLorenzo OSV News Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, World News Because J.R.R. Tolkien was a serious Catholic, one might assume that religion would be evident in his literary masterpiece. Yet, there is no religion in “The Lord of the Rings.” There is magic and even glimpses of the demonic, but the world Tolkien creates is a world wholly contained within itself. It is a large world, an old world, even a mythological world in its own way, but everything is within that world.
Pope Leo calls for ‘openness’ to Church reform that respects tradition May 27, 2026By Josephine Peterson Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Amid renewed tensions between the Vatican and traditionalist Catholics over the teachings of the Second Vatican Council, Pope Leo XIV defended Church reform as a legitimate process that adapts to current needs while remaining rooted in authentic tradition.
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage highlights Georgia Martyrs ahead of Oct. 31 beatification May 27, 2026By Gretchen R. Crowe OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, Saints, World News As the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage continued to make its way up the East Coast, it took a day to encounter Friar Pedro de Corpa and Companions, the five Franciscan friars — also known as the Georgia Martyrs — who will be beatified Oct. 31 in Savannah, Georgia.
Grads hear faith-filled words of encouragement, challenges to take into world beyond campus May 27, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, World News From Pope Leo XIV and the highest ranking woman at the Vatican to an ambassador and governor, the 2026 graduates at U.S. Catholic colleges and universities heard faith-filled words of encouragement, challenge and inspiration to take with them into the world beyond campus.
Pope Leo XIV declares the digital age a mission field in ‘Magnifica Humanitas’ May 27, 2026By Ines San Martin OSV News Filed Under: AI, Feature, News, Vatican, World News On May 15, 2026 — the 135th anniversary of “Rerum Novarum” — Pope Leo XIV signed his first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas.” The date was deliberate.
