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Pope Leo appoints Knights of Columbus Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly to Vatican dicastery
1+ hour, 3+ min ago (479+ words) (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV on Aug. 25 appointed the Knights of Columbus’ Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly as a member of the Vatican Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life. Kelly has served as the supreme Knight and CEO of the…...
Cardinal Cupich reinstates Chicago priest and social activist cleared of abuse allegations
1+ hour, 27+ min ago (715+ words) (OSV News) — Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago has reinstated a diocesan priest — known for his longtime social justice ministry — as pastor after an inquiry cleared the cleric of abuse allegations. In an Aug. 24 letter addressed to the faithful of…...
Baptisms in Ireland see dramatic drop of 30% in a decade
5+ hour, 15+ min ago (719+ words) Written by Ruadhán Jones DUBLIN (OSV News) — Baptisms in the Catholic Church in Ireland have fallen by almost a third since 2015, with just one Irish diocese seeing any positive change, a new report shows. While around 60% of the 30% collapse can…...
Catholic priest’s new study Bible brings faith and science together for a doubting generation
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (638+ words) (OSV News) — When Jesuit Father Robert Spitzer realized a number of young Catholics were abandoning their faith in the name of science, he decided to do something about it: Create a new study Bible. “We have a lot of young…...
Pope Leo XIV: See Jesus in the face of every person with disabilities
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (386+ words) (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV said Aug. 24 that recognizing Jesus in the face of each person with disabilities helps to advance society. In a meeting with the Marsodeto Federation, a Spanish nongovernmental organization that supports people with cerebral palsy and…...
What young Catholics say draws their peers to the Church and gives them a reason to stay
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (772+ words) HOLLYWOOD, Md. (OSV News) — Teenagers and young adults serving at St. John’s Summer Program at St. John Francis Regis Parish in Hollywood told the Catholic Standard, Washington’s archdiocesan news outlet, what draws young people to the Church and gives them a…...
Full text: Pope Leo XIV???s Angelus address given Aug. 23, 2026
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (291+ words) (OSV News) — The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s Angelus address given Aug. 23 at St. Peter’s Square. Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday! This Sunday’s Gospel (Mt 16:13-20) confronts us with a question that speaks to each of…...
Catholic education is ‘an act of hope’ that proclaims Christ’s love, says Bishop Fernandes
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (731+ words) Bishop Fernandes also included a copy of the Front Royal Statement,which outlined seven cardinal principles of Catholic elementary and secondary education agreed upon during a May 2026 conference at Christendom College. Bishop Fernandes’ pastoral letter and its supporting texts come…...
Rupnik mosaics at Lourdes to be covered before pope's visit and remain masked indefinitely
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (505+ words) (OSV News) — All mosaics by disgraced priest Father Marko Rupnik adorning the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Lourdes will be covered ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s September visit and will remain covered indefinitely, said Bishop Jean-Marc Micas…...
Conversion of heart needed to end wars, heal Earth, pope says
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (712+ words) (OSV News) — The social and ecological devastation wrought by war represents not just a political failure, but a moral crisis rooted in a divided heart in need of conversion, Pope Leo XIV said. Violence, injustice and environmental damage are not…...