UFOs, extraterrestrial life explored at Vatican parish event May 7, 2026By Robert Duncan OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Amid renewed claims by U.S. President Donald Trump and members of Congress that secret UFO files could soon be declassified, a Vatican parish hosted a discussion on extraterrestrial life and the modern disclosure movement.
Catholic bishops in Africa urge end to xenophobic attacks in South Africa May 7, 2026By Frederick Nzwili OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News As xenophobic attacks continued to unfold in South Africa, Catholic bishops in Africa urged the government to quickly tame the violence, amid reports of deaths and injuries.
‘Peace be with you all’: Pope Leo’s first words were a roadmap for his first year May 7, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News When Robert Francis Prevost stepped onto the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica one year ago May 8, he carried with him a piece of paper on which he had carefully written the first words he would utter as Pope Leo XIV. His first speech was, in ways that would only become clear over the year that followed, a preview of what was to come.
Americans disapprove of Trump’s comments about Pope Leo XIV, poll shows May 6, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News A new poll published the day after President Donald Trump renewed his series of social media and verbal attacks on Pope Leo XIV, showed Americans broadly disapprove.
Lebanese priests overjoyed by a surprise video call from Pope Leo May 6, 2026By Dale Gavlak OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Lebanese Catholic priests serving in the south of the country near the border with Israel said they were overjoyed to discover that a call with Lebanon’s papal nuncio included another special guest on the online visit, Pope Leo XIV.
Catholic aid organizations remain ‘united in hope’ for Ukraine as war rages on May 6, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Several Catholic aid organizations are affirming they remain “united in hope” for Ukraine, as Russia’s war on that nation relentlessly rages on.
The Church must speak clearly, decisively against all evil, pope says May 6, 2026By Carol Glatz OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church is the guardian of hope, whose members are called to speak clearly against all evil and in defense of human life, Pope Leo XIV said.
12 saints who were also mothers May 6, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News “The secret of happiness is to live moment by moment and to thank God for what he sends us each day.” This wise insight seems like something a good mother would say — and in this case, one did. It’s a gem from St. Gianna Molla, a Catholic wife, physician and mother who died in 1962 after selflessly prioritizing her unborn baby’s health over her own during a difficult pregnancy.
From his shrine to hers: ‘Mini-Camino’ walks from St. Joseph to Our Lady of Champion May 6, 2026By Patricia Kasten OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Marian Devotion, News, World News They walked over bridges and along rivers. They walked through cities and across farmland. They walked past apartments and colleges as frost dusted the morning grass.
Trump renews attacks on Pope Leo over Iran war, accuses him of endangering Catholics May 5, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News President Donald Trump on May 5 continued his series of social media and verbal attacks on Pope Leo XIV, accusing him in a radio interview of “endangering” Catholics through his opposition to the Iran war.
‘We have to protect creation’: At Spanish convent, Franciscan sisters breed rare giant rabbit May 5, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Sister Consuelo Peset Laudeña’s morning routine is not what one would typically expect from an abbess. Before prayers and breakfast, she heads to inspect, one by one, cages housing 35 giant rabbits and their young inside the Convent of St. Anthony of Padua in Central Spain.
National shrine planned to honor Venerable Augustus Tolton in western Illinois May 5, 2026By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News The first publicly recognized Black Catholic priest in the United States — who has already had 40 potential miracles through his intercession investigated — is now getting his own national shrine in western Illinois where he grew up and once served.
