Msgr. Rossetti resumes deliverance ministry after removal as DC exorcist August 7, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A priest who was removed as an Archdiocese of Washington exorcist is relaunching his nonprofit deliverance ministry, while remaining a priest in good standing in his home diocese.
Blanche signals potential restrictions on mifepristone by mail coming from Trump administration August 7, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche signaled on a call with a predominantly Protestant Christian ministry that the Trump administration would be “putting practices and policies in place” to stop shipment of mifepristone by mail.
Anniversary of Voting Rights Act time to reflect on participation in democracy, Bishop Garcia says August 7, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The anniversary of the Voting Rights Act is a time to reflect on ways to work together “for a society in which all citizens are able to participate fully and faithfully in our democracy,” Bishop Daniel E. Garcia of Austin, Texas, said in an Aug. 5 statement.
Israeli strikes cast doubt on White House peace plan as Catholic leaders call for prayers August 6, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Further Israeli strikes in Gaza cast doubt on the White House’s peace plan for the Gaza Strip, a University of Notre Dame scholar told OSV News.
Catholics sees outpouring of grace after EF-3 tornado; Wisconsin storm miraculously took no lives August 6, 2026By Patricia Kasten OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News “Nobody was killed. In all that destruction, that’s an absolute miracle — that no one died.”
Pope Leo XIV to visit 10 cities in South America in November August 6, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV will make the first apostolic journey to South America of his pontificate Nov. 6-17, visiting 10 cities in Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, the Vatican has announced.
Pope encourages Catholics to deepen prayer through Liturgy of the Hours August 5, 2026By Josephine Peterson Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Returning to his weekly general audiences after a monthlong summer break, Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to embrace the Liturgy of the Hours more fully in their daily lives, saying the church’s public prayer is an antidote to a world shaped by technology, consumerism and an efficiency-driven mindset.
Spokane bishop calls for prayers, outreach as wildfires ravage area August 4, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A Washington state bishop is calling for prayer as wildfires have torched entire neighborhoods, leading to thousands of evacuations and hundreds of destroyed buildings.
Hidden for centuries: How newly identified St. Augustine sermons were found August 4, 2026By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News Two previously unknown sermons by St. Augustine have been identified in a 12th-century manuscript preserved in Poland, giving scholars a rare new window into the mind of one of Christianity’s greatest theologians more than 1,600 years after he preached them.
Pope Leo XIV’s August prayer intention is ‘for evangelization in the city’ August 3, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV is inviting Catholics to pray “for evangelization in the city” as his August prayer intention, asking the Lord to accompany millions searching for meaning amid the noise and haste of urban life.
Diocese in Nigeria mourns death of priest killed in machete attack August 3, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Police in northern Nigeria are investigating the murder of a priest who was killed in an apparent roadside ambush.
Pope Leo writes to 97-year-old cardinal who spent 18 years in labor camps August 3, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News At the age of 97, Cardinal Ernest Simoni, returned to the former prison camp in Albania where he used to offer Mass in secret during his 18 years of sentenced forced labor, offering a public Mass July 31 in the memory of those who suffered and died at the labor camp.
