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 Pope Leo XIV has repealed provisions introduced by Pope Francis in March 2021 that reduced the salaries of cardinals and Vatican employees as a cost-saving measure during the COVID-19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 […]
Pope Leo XIV views books as he ttends the inauguration of the exhibition “AQVA. Catastrophe and Wonder” at the Vatican Library Sept. 14, 2026. The exhibition is the opening chapter of a five-year cycle exploring water as both a life-giving and destructive force. (OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media) ROME — Pope Leo XIV visited […]
An undated graphic shows the cover template of “Truth Heals,” a new book by Paulina Guzik, international editor for OSV News and professor of media studies and communications at the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Kraków, Poland. The book explores guidelines on how to transparently communicate the abuse crisis in the Catholic Church. […]
The Vatican announced Sept. 15, 2026, that Pope Leo XIV appointed Auxiliary Bishop Michael A. Saporito of Newark, N.J., as the new bishop of Metuchen, N.J. Bishop Saporito, 64, pictured in an undated photo, succeeds Metuchen’s former Bishop James F. Checchio, whom Pope Leo named archbishop of New Orleans last year. (OSV News photo/courtesy Archdiocese […]
Pope Leo XIV leads the Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Sept. 13, 2026. Pope Leo commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in his address, praying for “those who continue to bear the wounds of that tragic day.” (OSV News photo/Matteo Pernaselci, Vatican Media) ROME — Pope […]
Pope Leo XIV speaks during a Sept. 10, 2026, meeting in the Vatican Synod Hall with bishops ordained over the past year. The bishops were attending a course sponsored by the Dicastery for Bishops and the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Everyone needs to feel there is room […]
A South Korean flag is seen as Pope Leo XIV gestures to pilgrims Aug. 3, 2025, the day of the closing Mass for the Jubilee of Youth at the Tor Vergata open-air field in Rome. Pope Leo will attend World Youth Day in Seoul Aug. 3-8, 2027. (OSV News photo/Vatican Media via Reuters) All across […]
Peter Kilpatrick, president of The Catholic University of America in Washington, left, joins students helping new students move into their residence halls Aug. 27, 2026. (OSV News photo/Patrick Ryan, courtesy Catholic University of America) The purpose of Catholic education is to help students grow deeper in their identity as children of God made in his […]
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, after a joint news conference, amid Russia’s continous invasion of Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sept. 6, 2026. (OSV News photo/Valentyn Ogirenko, Reuters) Pope Leo XIV once again appealed for peace in Ukraine and prayed that U.S.-led negotiation efforts […]
“Saint Vincent de Paul demonstrated that prayer and social justice are not merely complementary but, in fact, are inseparable,” the pope said during a meeting Aug. 28 with a delegation representing the society’s U.S. branch at the Vatican. “It is therefore my hope that you will continually turn to your heavenly patron in order to […]