Wester: World must disarm nuclear weapons before AI triggers Armageddon August 6, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, World News Ahead of his third “Pilgrimage of Peace” to Japan to mark the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings, Archbishop John C. Wester spoke with OSV News about the current state of nuclear risk, and efforts to disarm the world of nuclear weapons.
‘Free Gena,’ plead colleagues of kidnapped Irish missionary in Haiti August 6, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Missions, News, Religious Freedom, World News Staff of a charity serving Haiti are pleading for the return of a kidnapped Irish lay missionary and her companions — including a 3-year-old child — taken by armed gunmen who stormed an orphanage in Port-au-Prince, amid the Caribbean nation’s long-running armed gang violence and political instability.
Knights of Columbus open 143rd Supreme Convention with call to be ‘heralds of hope’ August 6, 2025By Nicole Olea Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, News, World News The Knights of Columbus opened their 143rd Supreme Convention Aug. 5 in Washington, D.C., with a call to charity, unity, fraternity and patriotism, as Supreme Knight Patrick E. Kelly urged members to be “heralds of hope” in a world searching for meaning.
At Mass to open convention, Knights urged to commit to ‘holiness, unity, charity, fraternity’ August 6, 2025By Richard Szczepanowski Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, News, World News The fraternity fostered by the Knights of Columbus “contributes to our unity” and helps Knights grow in holiness and build up the Body of Christ, members of that Catholic fraternal organization were told at an Aug. 5, 2025 Mass to open their annual convention.
Prepare space in your hearts for God’s love to grow, pope urges August 6, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News While enjoying a summer break from school or work, Catholics should not neglect “the Lord’s invitation to prepare our hearts by actively participating in the Eucharistic sacrifice and by doing generous acts of charity,” Pope Leo XIV said.
Pope Leo greets Knights of Columbus at Supreme Convention celebrating hope, service August 6, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, News, World News Pope Leo XIV commended the Knights of Columbus for uniting Catholic men in prayer and fraternity, while extending “generous service to vulnerable populations,” as the fraternal organization holds its 143rd Supreme Convention in Washington.
Wenski: Pivot to immigration reform, not ‘Alcatraz’ camps, now the border is secure August 6, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Archbishop Wenski argued that the border is now secure, and for the sake of the common good, Congress and President Donald Trump should pursue immigration reform and turn aside from a course of mass detention and deportation that violates human dignity.
Pope calls for nuclear disarmament, real commitment to peace August 5, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The scars still borne by survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and still visible on the cities’ streets and buildings are a plea to pursue peace and disarmament, Pope Leo XIV said.
Pope visits teen who fell ill during Jubilee of Youth, prays with family August 5, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News, Youth Ministry Pope Leo XIV visited a Spanish teenager who had to be hospitalized during the Jubilee of Youth and prayed with and spoke to the family.
Journey together, seek real encounters, pope advises young people August 5, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Youth Ministry A solo traveler, even using Google maps and ChatGPT, cannot safely and happily complete the journey of life or the journey of faith, Pope Leo XIV told thousands of young pilgrims meeting at the Marian shrine in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Indian nuns released on conditional bail; advocates, superiors call their arrest ‘unlawful’ August 5, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News Two Catholic nuns and an Indigenous youth jailed for alleged human trafficking and forced conversion in central India have been released on bail under strict conditions by a special court dealing with terror cases.
Irish lay missionary, child among several kidnapped from orphanage in Haiti August 5, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Missions, News, World News A longtime Irish missionary in Haiti has been kidnapped in what may be a targeted attack amid that nation’s long-running armed gang violence and instability.
