The Rifugio Croda da Lago in the Dolomite Mountains is seen near Cortina d’ Ampezzo in northern Italy July 15, 2015. The Dolomites are home to the Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park and were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in August 2009. (OSV News photo/Bob Strong, Reuters) In 1947, the Academy Awards began recognizing what […]
A statue of St. Francis is seen in a storefront on a street in Assisi, Italy, Feb. 22, 2026. (OSV News photo/Courtney Mares) St. Francis of Assisi’s father, Pietro di Bernardone dei Moriconi, was a gregarious and generous man, a very ambitious and successful businessman. He was part of the “new money” demographic of the […]
A statue of St. Francis of Assisi is pictured outside an animal hospital in Prince Fredrick, Md., July 22, 2021. His feast day is celebrated Oct. 4. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller) Each year on Oct. 3, the followers of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) — friars; nuns; laypeople — mark the globally popular saint’s own […]
Pallbearers carry the coffin of a child at the Ruzizi Cemetery in Bukavu, Congo, Sept.14, 2026. The child was among 27 schoolchildren killed when a fire swept through two schools in the area controlled by Rwanda-backed AFC/M23 rebels Sept. 10. Dozens more were injured. (OSV News photo/Victoire Mukenge, Reuters) Catholic schoolchildren in eastern Congo gathered […]
Pope Leo XIV speaks during a private audience with seminarians at the Vatican Sept. 3, 2026. In a letter dated Sept. 8, Pope Leo reminded Latin American bishops that true shepherds go out and care for their flock rather than lead from behind a desk. (OSV News photo/Elisabetta Trevisan, Vatican Media) Pope Leo XIV reminded […]
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Chinese President Xi at the start of their bilateral meeting at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. Trump and Xi are scheduled to meet on Sept. 24, 2026, at the White House in Washington. (OSV News photo/Kevin Lamarque, Reuters) WASHINGTON — Ahead of his planned […]
This is the official logo for Pope Leo XIV’s trip to Peru Nov. 11-17, 2026. Pope Leo will travel more than 19,000 miles on 14 flights during a Nov. 6-17 trip to Peru, Argentina and Uruguay, according to the full schedule the Vatican released Sept. 21. (OSV News photo/courtesy Holy See Press Office) ROME — […]
Pope Leo XIV is embraced by a member of a delegation from the Special Olympics during a private audience at the Vatican Sept. 19, 2026. (OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti Vatican Media) Addressing a delegation from the Special Olympics, Pope Leo XIV recalled his own great fondness of sports and invited them to live holy lives […]
A file photo shows the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica during sunset at the Vatican. Pope Leo XIV has repealed provisions introduced by Pope Francis in March 2021 that reduced the salaries of cardinals and Vatican employees as a cost-saving measure during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Vatican published the papal decree, signed earlier in the […]
U.S. President Donald Trump attends the Amgen Irish Open at Trump International Golf Links in Doonbeg, Ireland, Sept. 13, 2026. (OSV News photo/Kylie Cooper, Reuters) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump backed Irish unification during a meeting Sept. 12 with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin in Dublin, a move that drew praise from a U.S. Irish […]