3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (674+ words) (OSV News) — The bishops’ conference of Mozambique said it has yet to receive any details on the murder of Bishop Osório Citora Afonso of Quelimane, who was shot dead in his residence in June. In a Sept. 4 statement published after the…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (988+ words) (OSV News) — All across the United States, pilgrims are preparing to travel to Seoul, South Korea, for Pope Leo XIV’s first World Youth Day — as the successor of Peter — Aug. 3-8, 2027. WYD 2027 will be the 18th event of its kind. It convenes…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (502+ words) VATICAN CITY (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV explained why “giving witness to unity” is something close to his heart in a Sept. 9 audience with bishops associated with the Focolare movement. The pope, whose motto is “In the One, we are…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1027+ words) (OSV News) — Andrzej Poczobut, a Belarusian Catholic dissident and journalist, returned to Belarus Sept. 8, following an audience with Pope Leo XIV and after five months in exile in Poland, saying he was prepared to risk arrest and urging Western Catholics…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (376+ words) (OSV News) — Women must be able to “exercise their leadership” and become “artisans of peace and guardians of life,” as the global community fractures and conflicts increase, the Vatican told the United Nations. The Holy See’s Permanent Observer Mission to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (783+ words) Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s general audience given September 2, 2026 The Catholic Sun Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s general audience given September 2, 2026 (OSV News) — The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s general audience address given Sept. 2 in St....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (509+ words) (OSV 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. The cardinal, retired since April 2024, had been under a cloud of suspicion since Paméla…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (503+ words) (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV’s September prayer intention is “for the care of water” as Christians celebrate the Season of Creation. “We see with pain so many brothers and sisters who lack clean water, who walk for miles to find…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (835+ words) (OSV News) — As children worldwide head back to classrooms this fall, students in Gaza are returning to a vastly different reality as the school at Holy Family Parish reopens for the first time since the start of Israel’s military campaign....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (715+ words) WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The St. John Paul II National Shrine in Northeast Washington officially opened its retreat house Aug. 26 with a Mass, a blessing and prayers invoking the intercession of St. John Paul II and the Blessed Virgin Mary. The…...