Gospel message brings freedom, hope, pope says at final Mass in Equatorial Guinea April 23, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News On his last day in Equatorial Guinea, Pope Leo XIV reminded Catholics in the country to seek strength, justice and hope from the Gospel and the sacraments.
Analysis: Will President Trump’s recent attacks on Pope Leo cost him Catholic voters? April 22, 2026By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Why would the president of the United States pick a fight with the pope?
National Eucharistic Congress says use of ‘one nation under God’ is about ‘spiritual renewal’ April 22, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News Amid what it called “a moment of heightened tension” in the U.S. and the world, the National Eucharistic Congress said its use of the phrase “one nation under God” is “not about political statements, but about spiritual renewal.”
Trump participates in Bible reading after AI depiction resembling Jesus, Pope Leo controversies April 22, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Bible, Feature, News, World News President Donald Trump participated April 21 in an event called “America Reads the Bible,” speaking by prerecorded video message to read from Scripture.
Pope Leo meets Equatorial Guinea’s dictator, quoting St. Augustine’s ‘City of God’ April 22, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV arrived April 21 in Equatorial Guinea, the fourth and final country of his 11-day apostolic journey in Africa, where the pope met the country’s longtime ruler and urged the country’s civil authorities to choose justice over power, quoting St. Augustine’s “City of God.”
Mass at Basilica of St. Mary Major marks first anniversary of Pope Francis’ death April 22, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News On the first anniversary of Pope Francis’ death, Pope Leo XIV praised his predecessor’s “courageous witness” as “a significant heritage for the Church.”
Pope Leo XIV honors Pope Francis on death anniversary, recalling his mercy and closeness to ‘the little ones’ April 21, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Flying over the west coast of central Africa on April 21, Pope Leo XIV paused to honor his predecessor on the first anniversary of Pope Francis’ death, remembering the Argentine pope’s witness to mercy and closeness to the poor.
One year ago today: The pope from the peripheries died on Easter Monday April 21, 2026By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News One year ago today, Pope Francis died at 7:35 a.m., April 21, 2025.
12 quotes from Pope Leo’s first year as pope April 21, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News As the one-year anniversary of Pope Leo XIV’s election to the papacy approaches, here is a selection of 12 quotes from the new pontiff on various topics, looking back over the 12 months since he became pope May 8, 2025.
‘Christ hears the cry of the people’ in the face of evil, pope says at Mass near Angola’s largest diamond mine April 21, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV traveled to the heart of Angola’s diamond country April 20, urging the tens of thousands gathered at the papal Mass in the country’s northeast to trust that “Christ hears the cry of the people” in the face of evil.
ANALYSIS: Does a new survey show potential for a confession revival? Some say yes, but others not so sure April 21, 2026By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A new poll certainly tells the Catholic Church what it wants to hear: That 67% of Catholics who haven’t been to confession in the past year are open to returning, with roughly half expressing a clear desire to return.
Pope Leo donates $100K to CRS clean water project in El Salvador April 20, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV has donated $100,000 to provide access to clean water in El Salvador, supporting a program launched by the papal nuncio to that nation and by Catholic Relief Services, the official humanitarian and development agency of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
