Marriage is a ‘noble, exalted’ vocation, path to holiness, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Sacramental marriage and traditional family life increase joy in the good times, give strength during hard times and are a path to true holiness, Pope Leo […]
Amid post-war healing, Catholic youth in Israel find unity through faith
DEIR RAFAT, Israel (OSV News) — At first, Grace Rofa, 20, a Catholic Palestinian from Jerusalem, and Reign Arpon, 19, a Filipino member of the Hebrew-speaking Catholic community in Tel Aviv, […]
Pianist’s sign of the cross goes viral as he enters world’s famous Chopin piano competition
WARSAW, Poland (OSV News) — In the charged silence before his performance at the 2025 Chopin Competition in Warsaw, Polish pianist Piotr Pawlak did something both simple and profound. Standing in […]
Bishop Scharfenberger of Albany retires; Boston Auxiliary Bishop O’Connell named successor
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger, 77, from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Albany, New York, and has appointed […]
Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s Oct. 19, 2025, at canonization Mass for 7 new saints
(OSV News) — This is the text from Pope Leo XIV’s homily for the canonization Mass for seven new saints Oct. 19 in St. Peter’s Square. Dear brothers and sisters, […]
Pope asks: When there are cries for help, do Christians respond with love?
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Canonizing seven new saints on World Mission Sunday, Pope Leo XIV said God is present wherever the innocent suffer, and his form of justice is forgiveness. […]
Restore Christ the King and end the divided life
Pope Leo XIV has urged the faithful — especially those in public life — not to live “divided lives.” That is, we must not compartmentalize our faith or exclude it […]
Madagascar Catholic church leaders urge calm as military seizes power
(OSV News) — Catholic Church leaders in Madagascar have urged a return to dialogue after the Indian Ocean island’s president was forced into exile by an Oct. 14 military takeover. “The […]
US strikes in the Caribbean draw Catholic concern over widening use of force
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — As the U.S. military carried out another strike on Oct. 16 against what it said was a suspected drug vessel in the Caribbean, a Notre Dame […]
Military archbishop: Army’s cancellation of religious support contracts unfairly harms Catholics
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services said Oct. 17 the U.S. Army has cancelled all religious support contracts for Army chapels, […]