DOJ settles with pardoned pro-life activist over FACE Act prosecution; more may follow July 29, 2026By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News One of the 23 pro-life activists pardoned by President Donald Trump in 2025 for violating the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, or FACE Act, has reached a settlement with the federal government.
Trump marks 45th anniversary of martyrdom of Blessed Stanley Rother July 29, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News President Donald Trump issued a message July 28 marking the 45th anniversary of the martyrdom of Blessed Stanley Rother, the first American-born martyr to be beatified by the Catholic Church.
US bishops call for nationwide prayer and action amid rising abortion rate July 29, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The U.S. Catholic bishops issued a nationwide call to prayer and action July 27 over the rising abortion rate and the increased availability of an abortion-inducing drug.
Wildfires in Spain force Augustinian nuns to evacuate monastery July 29, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Wildfires burning through central Spain forced a community of Augustinian nuns to evacuate their monastery as flames threatened the region.
Florida carries out double executions as Catholic bishops call to end death penalty July 29, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Before Florida executed two inmates in one day July 28, the Catholic bishops of that state issued a pastoral letter urging Catholics to reflect on the Church’s moral opposition to the practice.
Court battle continues as lawmaker intervenes to save pilgrimage site from Trump seizure July 28, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Religious Freedom, World News The Trump administration’s move to seize a New Mexico pilgrimage site for border wall construction — despite religious liberty objections — continues to be contested in court, as a Texas lawmaker has introduced legislation to stop the takeover.
1776-era vespers in Philadelphia transport Catholics to connect faith with American Revolution July 28, 2026By Jay Sorgi OSV News Filed Under: America's 250th anniversary, Feature, News, World News They stood feet from Philadelphia’s Ben Franklin Bridge as cars and commuter trains blared by, yet about 300 Catholics encountered a night of Catholic faith that looked, sounded and felt like what Benjamin Franklin might have experienced in 1776, and some of his fellow Founding Fathers of the United States of America actually did.
NY Catholic among pilgrims to attend Sheen beatification anticipates ‘abundance of graces’ July 28, 2026By Tony Gutierrez OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Of the approximately 30 million viewers of Venerable Fulton J. Sheen’s television program “Life Is Worth Living,” a large percentage did not identify as Catholic.
Pope Leo to youth: Jesus doesn’t want you to be couch potatoes July 28, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV urged young people not to be “couch potatoes” in a video message on July 25, adding that the Church needs their missionary energy and “holy rebelliousness.
Pope prays for victims of deadly wildfires in Spain, France July 27, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV offered prayers as firefighters continue to battle massive wildfires in Spain and France that have forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate from their homes.
Church, state unite to honor murdered French priest 10 years after terror attack July 27, 2026By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News French top politicians, bishops and family remembered the 85-year-old Father Jacques Hamel 10 years after the priest was murdered by two Islamic terrorists as he was celebrating Mass July 26, 2016, in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, France.
Pope Leo appeals for dialogue, diplomacy, prayers for just peace in Holy Land, Middle East July 27, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV on July 26 renewed his urgent appeals for peace in the Holy Land and across the Middle East during his Angelus address in Castel Gandolfo, expressing deep concern over the escalating violence and calling for an immediate return to dialogue.
