CHICAGO (OSV News) — A year into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV is still enjoying popularity and rockstar-like fame, especially in Chicago, his hometown. Beyond the pop-culture interest, some of the faithful […]
Pope Leo XIV concluded his first trip to Africa on Thursday, April 23, capping a four-country visit marked by urgent calls for peace, direct engagement with conflict zones and […]
“Our country, right or wrong.” So Commodore Steven Decatur famously declared his loyalty to the United States in celebration of his victory over the Barbary Pirates in 1815. This […]
Vatican Ends Canonization Cause for Jesuit Father Walter Ciszek ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania (OSV News) — The canonization cause for Jesuit Father Walter Ciszek — a Polish American priest who ministered amid […]
Flying over the west coast of central Africa on Tuesday, April 21, Pope Leo XIV paused to honor his predecessor on the first anniversary of Pope Francis’ death, remembering the […]
KILAMBA, Angola (OSV News) — In the middle of his 11-day apostolic visit to four countries in Africa, Pope Leo XIV celebrated an outdoor Mass for an estimated 100,000 Catholics […]
OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media Pope Leo XIV is greeted by an Algerian girl with flowers upon arrival at Houari Boumediene International Airport in Dar El Beida district in […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (OSV News) — As the U.S. prepares to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has […]
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Warning against an increasingly unpredictable and aggressive “delusion of omnipotence” threatening the globe, Pope Leo XIV called on world leaders and individuals to empty their […]
(Vatican News) — “Where in the world is the greatest need for religious today?” The Congregation of Holy Cross asked that question of Cardinal Luis Tagle, pro-prefect of the […]
At Easter Mass, Pope Leo Proclaims Resurrection Conquers ‘the Power of Death’ VATICAN CITY (OSV News) – Pope Leo XIV on Sunday, April 5, declared that Easter “embraces the mystery […]
(OSV News) – This is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s “urbi et orbi” address given on Easter April 5, 2026, from the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica. Brothers […]
