Pope Leo XIV speaks with journalists aboard his flight back to Rome Sept. 28, 2026, after concluding his apostolic journey to France and visit to UNESCO. The pope visited Paris, Saint-Denis, Lourdes and Metz during the Sept. 25-28 trip. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM METZ TO ROME — In light of growing […]
James Engstrom, then 15, is pictured with an image of Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen at his home in Washington, Ill., Jan. 23, 2026. Engstrom, who was born without a pulse on Sept. 16, 2010, and remained clinically dead for an hour before his heart began beating, led to a Church-approved miracle that helped advance […]
Cardinal Luis Tagle, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, concelebrates the beatification Mass for Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Sept. 24, 2026, at The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis. Blessed Sheen is remembered as one of the most influential and innovative evangelists in American history. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller) ST. LOUIS — Archbishop Fulton […]
Bishop Robert E. Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minn., delivers the homily during the vespers for Venerable Fulton J. Sheen Sept. 23, 2026, at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, the eve of his beatification. Archbishop Sheen is remembered as one of the most influential and innovative evangelists in American history. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller) ST. LOUIS […]
Police prepare to deploy tear gas after issuing dispersal orders to protesters in Austin, Texas, Sept. 20, 2026, at the site where city officials said that an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was involved in a shooting earlier in the day. (OSV News photo/Nuri Vallbona, Reuters) After a man was shot and wounded by an […]
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 […]
Venerable Fulton J. Sheen, pictured in an undated photo as a young man, is remembered as one of the most influential and innovative evangelists in American history. Groups from across the U.S. are planning pilgrimages to St. Louis for the Sept. 24, 2026, beatification of Archbishop Sheen. (OSV News photo/courtesy Archbishop Fulton Sheen Foundation) Archbishop […]
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 […]
Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore gives a keynote address Sept. 18, 2026, at the National Assembly of the Conference of Major Superiors of Women Religious in Florissant, Mo. The theme of the Sept. 17-20 assembly was “250 Years of Freedom: Daughters of the Church from One Generation to the Next.” (OSV News photo/courtesy CMSWR) […]
Venerable Fulton J. Sheen, pictured in an undated photo, is remembered as one of the most influential and innovative evangelists in American history. (OSV News photo/Sheen Foundation) In 1943, at the height of the Second World War, an anonymous source alerted the Federal Bureau of Investigation of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen’s strong criticism of the […]