The future of religious life depends on different congregations, with different charisms, working together like a symphony, the president of the United States' largest leadership conference for Catholic sisters told the group's members.
The inaugural euro coin set of Pope Leo's pontificate features both the face and coat of arms of the 267th successor of Peter. The set also includes a special five-euro commemorative coin depicting the moment that St. Francis renounced his worldly possessions before the bishop of Assisi to mark the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi on the opposite side of Pope Leo's visage.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to gather in person for Sunday Mass and called for working conditions that allow people to attend, saying Sunday is "the foundation and kernel of the whole liturgical year."
A new statewide Iowa Catholic scholarship-granting organization, or SGO, has been formed by Iowa's four dioceses to offer K-12 scholarships with funds raised through an upcoming federal Education Freedom Tax Credit program.
CHICAGO (OSV News) -- White Sox baseball fans sporting custom-designed black and gold mitre-style hats celebrated Pope Leo XIV, a fellow diehard Sox fan, at a pope-themed game in Chicago Aug. 11.
Pope Leo XIV called for an immediate ceasefire and humanitarian aid to innocent civilians in Sudan caught between conflict between state military and paramilitary forces.
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque's relics drew pilgrims from across Northern Colorado for prayer, veneration and a historic meeting with Denver's own apostle of the Sacred Heart and a servant of God, Julia Greeley.
Recent security issue disclosures from major artificial intelligence developers Anthropic and OpenAI point to a need for even greater human oversight of the technology, two Catholic experts told OSV News.
A priest who was removed as an Archdiocese of Washington exorcist is relaunching his nonprofit deliverance ministry, while remaining a priest in good standing in his home diocese.
Pope Leo XIV traveled to Assisi Aug. 6 to celebrate the Jubilee Year of St. Francis with 2,500 young people, urging them to become the "new saints" the world needs today.
