Cardinal Roche: Pedro Ballester’s selflessness a witness for youth April 4, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News, Youth Ministry The enduring memory of Pedro Ballester, an English student whose life is being studied for a possible sainthood cause, is defined by joy and selflessness in the face of suffering, British Cardinal Arthur Roche said.
Jerusalem’s Holy Week embraced with silent prayer, intimate liturgies as war continues to escalate April 3, 2026By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Holy Week in the Holy Land is unfolding in unprecedented silence, as war-related restrictions have left sacred sites largely without the faithful.
Pope at Colosseum: Follow Christ’s path, including the Way of the Cross, to bring peace April 3, 2026By Carol Glatz OSV News Filed Under: Easter, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Life must be lived as a journey seeking to follow in Jesus’ footsteps, Pope Leo XIV said after completing the Stations of the Cross at Rome’s Colosseum.
Pope Leo XIV calls Israeli, Ukrainian leaders on Good Friday, urging peace April 3, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Easter, Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Pope Leo XIV spoke over the telephone with the presidents of Israel and Ukraine on Good Friday, urging diplomatic solutions and humanitarian support amid the ongoing wars in the Middle East and Europe.
After eucharistic encounter, dying baby is thriving one year later April 3, 2026By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, News, World News Andrea, 24, and her husband, Wyatt, 25, spoke with OSV News about little Catherine’s incredible recovery in 2025 after a priest placed a eucharistic host on her. The priest involved also spoke with OSV News. The Artz family — a Catholic family of six located in Gann Valley in central South Dakota — said their third daughter spent 107 days in the hospital before they could bring her home.
Catholic Charities USA’s traveling museum ‘celebrates power of Christian service’ April 3, 2026By Armando Machado The Good Newsroom Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Catholic Social Teaching, News, World News Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York welcomed the mobile People of Hope Museum March 26, near Union Square in Manhattan. The tractor-trailer-sized traveling museum will tour under the sponsorship of Catholic Charities USA.
Pope Leo XIV on Holy Thursday: Jesus teaches us how to love at the Last Supper April 2, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV washed and kissed the feet of 12 priests on Holy Thursday in his first Easter Triduum liturgy as pope, saying that Jesus taught us how to love like he loves during the Last Supper.
Here’s a glimpse of Holy Week around the world April 2, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Easter, Lent, News, World News From solemn processions in Spain to dramatic reenactments of Christ’s passion in an El Salvadoran prison yard, Catholics around the world commemorate Holy Week with traditions molded by their history, culture and faith.
‘In this dark hour of history,’ do not shy away from your mission, pope says April 2, 2026By Josephine Peterson Catholic News Service Filed Under: Easter, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to reject comfort, power and domination and instead embrace a mission rooted in self-giving love, even when it requires risk, vulnerability and suffering.
In primetime address, Trump cites nuclear threat as polls show most Americans disapprove of Iran war April 2, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News Amid polls showing most Americans disapprove of U.S. military action in Iran, President Donald Trump said in an April 1 address to the nation, “we are going to finish the job. And we’re going to finish it very fast.”
USCCB president asks Catholics to ‘pray ardently’ for an end to war with Iran April 2, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Catholics during Holy Week should continue to “pray ardently” for a de-escalation of violence in the Middle East, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said in a statement April 1.
Bishops’ pro-life chair backs longshot bill to revoke mifepristone’s FDA approval April 2, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, World News Bishop Daniel E. Thomas of Toledo, Ohio, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, offered his support to legislation that would revoke the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone for abortions. However, the bill faces long odds in Congress.
