A pedestrian walks past a mural depicting Pope Leo XIV, before his trip to Argentina Nov. 8-11, in Claypole, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 4, 2026. (OSV News/Agustin Marcarian, Reuters) ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Leo XIV departed Rome for Uruguay on the morning of Nov. 6 at the start […]
Archbishop Luis Marín de San Martín, Pope Leo XIV’s almoner, distributes bread during an Oct. 27-30, 2026, humanitarian mission to Ukraine, where he delivered aid and conveyed the pope’s closeness to communities affected by the war, in Zaporozhzhia, Ukraine. (OSV News photo/courtesy Bishop Jan Sobilo) At dawn on Oct. 29, people were already lining up […]
A pedestrian walks past a mural depicting Pope Leo XIV on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 4, 2026, as Church and government officials prepare for his visit to the country. Pope Leo will visit Argentina, Peru and Uruguay during his Nov. 6–17 apostolic journey to Latin America. (OSV News photo/Agustin Marcarian, Reuters) […]
The popemobile Pope Leo XIV will be using during his visit to Peru is unveiled in Lima Nov. 4, 2026, ahead of the pontiff’s Nov. 6–17 apostolic journey to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru. (OSV News photo/Angela Ponce, Reuters) ROSARIO, Argentina — When Pope Leo XIV arrives at the Shrine of St. Turibius of Mogrovejo […]
The interior of the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Thirty-Three in Florida, Uruguay, where thousands of pilgrims gather each year to honor the country’s patroness, is seen in an undated photograph. Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to celebrate Mass at the shrine on Nov. 8, 2026, the feast day of the Virgin of […]
Peruvian artist Walt Wizard adjusts the zucchetto on his silicone statue of Pope Leo XIV at his studio in Lima, Peru, Oct. 28, 2026, before setting it out for display ahead of Pope Leo’s Nov. 6–17 apostolic journey to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru. (OSV News photo/Stifs Paucca, Reuters) Standing on the balcony of St. Peter’s […]
Pope Leo XIV holds a basketball during an audience with delegations from the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Villanova Wildcats basketball teams in Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Oct. 31, 2026, before the two teams open the U.S. college basketball season in Rome Nov. 1. (OSV News photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters) ROME — […]
Mother Stefania Polkowska, abbess of the Benedictine Abbey in Staniatki, walks with the monastery dog on the abbey grounds in Staniatki, Poland, in an undated photo. The Benedictine community has launched an urgent fundraising campaign to complete a major heritage preservation project by Dec. 31, 2026. (OSV News photo/courtesy Benedictine Abbey in Staniatki) WARSAW, Poland […]
Rescue personnel in central Spain work at the site of a collision of two high-speed trains between the towns of Mora and Orgaz, near Toledo, Spain, Oct. 28, 2026. One train slammed into the rear of another train that had stopped, derailing two cars and killing at least 68 people and injuring hundreds more, said […]
University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish guard Cole Certa (5) and guard Logan Imes (2) celebrate after beating the Missouri Tigers at Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center Dec. 2, 2025. Notre Dame and Villanova’s men’s and women’s basketball teams will open the college season in Rome Nov. 1, 2026. (OSV News photo/Michael Caterina, University […]