Parishioners from St. Ann in Bethany Beach visited France while Pope Leo prayed at the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes. To be a pilgrim is to be a traveler, an explorer, an adventurer. To go on a religious pilgrimage is a unique experience that can stretch us and help us grow in faith and […]
President Donald Trump walks as he attends a campaign rally at Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport in Bullhead City, Ariz., Oct. 14, 2026. (OSV News photo/Evan Vucci, Reuters) President Donald Trump offered Pope Leo XIV his “best wishes” and “love” in a short interview with reporters Oct. 14, the day after the pope’s doctors announced that the […]
A woman prays with a rosary and a card portraying Pope Leo XIV Oct. 14, 2026, where the pope had surgery the previous evening to remove a lung nodule. The Vatican confirmed after the surgery that Pope Leo has lung cancer. (OSV News photo/Yara Nardi, Reuters) VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV is recovering as […]
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks next to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington March 31, 2026, during the signing ceremony for an executive order on mail ballots. (OSV News photo/Evan Vucci, Reuters) WASHINGTON — Catholic voters have soured on President Donald Trump since he returned to the […]
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media after disembarking Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland Oct. 10, 2026. (OSV News photo/Eric Lee, Reuters) Catholic leaders across the nation are continuing to express their shock and concern over the Trump administration’s plans to livestream a military execution. Questions over the […]
A nun holds an image of Pope Leo XIV while praying with rosary as Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, celebrates a Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Oct. 14, 2026, on the final day of the meeting in which the presidents of bishops’ conferences are marking the 10th […]
A nun holds an image of Pope Leo XIV as Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, celebrates a Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Oct. 14, 2026, on the final day of a meeting in which the presidents of bishops’ conferences are marking the 10th anniversary of “Amoris Laetitia” […]
Pope Leo XIV smiles as a person takes a cellphone photo as the pontiff arrives at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital Oct. 13, 2026, ahead of his surgery that afternoon to remove a lung nodule. (OSV News photo/Ciro De Luca, Reuters) Pope Leo XIV’s surgery to remove a lung nodule on Oct. 13 was completed successfully, the […]
Pope Leo XIV leaves following a Mass marking the start of the academic year at the Pontifical Universities, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Oct. 8, 2026. After the Angelus prayer on Oct. 11, he announced that he would undergo surgery to remove a lung nodule. (OSV News photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters) Shortly after Pope […]
Most Rev. William E. Koenig, Bishop of Wilmington, offered the following statement upon the announcement of Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming surgery: “I join with Abp. Paul Coakley and the bishops of the United States in offering my prayers for our Holy Father Pope Leo XIV and the team in charge of his care and ask […]