Housing, gender, abortion policies among state ballot measures in 2026 September 4, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News Voters in multiple states will consider ballot measures on topics ranging from abortion and gender policy to housing and tax policy in November.
Pope Leo XIV says Christians in the Middle East offer a ‘precious testimony for the entire Church’ September 4, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Iran, World News Pope Leo XIV on Sept. 3 praised the “precious presence” of the small Christian communities who “make Christ present” in the Middle East.
Labor Day a call to build communion, equity amid challenges of AI, says Archbishop Fabre September 4, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: AI, Feature, News, World News This year’s Sept. 7 observance of Labor Day underscores Pope Leo XIV’s call to be “builders of communion” while safeguarding human dignity, as artificial intelligence “reshapes our economy and our work,” said Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre of Louisville, Kentucky.
Cardinal Cupich, women religious, Catholic pharmacist sue Illinois over assisted suicide law September 4, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago, two orders of Catholic nuns, and an Illinois pharmacist sued Illinois Sept. 3 over the state’s physician-assisted suicide law, which permits physicians to aid terminally ill adults in dying by suicide.
A Massachusetts priest is urging prayers for a man who attacked him during a parish Holy Hour September 4, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News ather Christopher Peschel, pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in New Bedford, Massachusetts, sustained minor injuries Aug. 31 as he tried to prevent 59-year-old Jose Nascimento from stealing the parish’s monstrance.
Scottish school settles case with Catholic teacher fired after abortion discussion September 3, 2026By Simon Caldwell OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News An American history teacher fired by a school in Scotland for speaking about abortion has reached an out-of-court settlement with her former employer.
Catholics cannot be ‘unengaged spectators’ amid current events, pope says September 3, 2026By Josephine Peterson OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The faithful are called to leave behind “all passivity and indifference” toward current events and the lives of others, especially amid the “rapid and profound changes we are experiencing today,” Pope Leo XIV said at his weekly general audience.
A long-awaited reckoning: A timeline of the Father Marko Rupnik case September 3, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News For over three decades, the allegations of sexual, psychological and spiritual abuse against Slovenian Father Marko Rupnik were met with cover-ups and bureaucratic delays.
Vatican theological commission defines ‘sin against creation and the Creator’ in new document September 3, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The International Theological Commission published a new document Sept. 2 calling for ecological conversion due to “sin against creation and the Creator.”
Pope Leo says, ‘It is not yet too late’ to care for creation September 2, 2026By Josephine Peterson OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV began the five-week Season of Creation by calling on the faithful to step away from the frenzy of daily life to “hear the melodious voice of creation,” stressing that “it is not yet too late” to repair humanity’s relationship with the environment.
Judge’s ruling vindicates Cardinal Ouellet in abuse lawsuit; accuser ordered to pay him damages September 2, 2026By The Catholic Register OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A judge in Montreal has found sexual misconduct accusations against Quebec’s Cardinal Marc Ouellet to be unfounded and ordered his accuser to pay him $100,000.
Cassidy takes aim at FDA mifepristone regulation, manufacturers September 1, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., chair of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, said in a report published Aug. 27 that while the FDA should reinstate the in-person dispensing requirement for mifepristone, its sponsors may not be “currently meeting their legal responsibilities to ensure compliance” with remaining requirements.
