In what started out as a cloudy afternoon, the then bright and sunny stadium of Pope Leo XIV's favorite baseball team, Chicago's faithful cheered on one of their own's election to the papacy. The June 14 celebration, organized by the Archdiocese of Chicago, included a series of short video clips and first-ever airing of Pope Leo XIV's video message to the world's youth at Rate Field on Chicago's Southside.
Hours after June 12 overnight strikes by Israel on nuclear and military sites in Iran -- described by Israel as "preemptive" and sparking fears of a wider regional conflict amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war -- OSV News spoke with Jesuit Father John Paul, rector of the Tantur Ecumenical Institute, located on a 40-acre hilltop campus between Bethlehem and Jerusalem.
With plans underway for the canonization of Blessed José Gregorio Hernández Oct. 19, as announced by the Vatican, a 16-year-old artist has created the world's tallest sculpture of the future saint.
Amid ongoing unrest in Los Angeles over immigration raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, "we bring our cares and anxieties to Jesus today, and to his Mother, Our Lady of the Angels," Archbishop Jose´ H. Gomez said June 11.
Pope Leo XIV expressed his closeness to victims' families after an Air India flight headed to London Gatwick airport crashed shortly after takeoff in the western city of Ahmedabad.
Up to seven people were killed and up to 13 injured in a large-scale Russian drone attack on Kyiv and Odesa June 10, which also damaged the historic Holy Wisdom Cathedral, also known as St. Sophia Cathedral.
Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles is calling for prayer, while urging "restraint and calm" as clashes have broken out in that city over recent immigration arrests. President Donald Trump has deployed the National Guard amid pushback from California officials and is threatening to mobilize Marines.
Although Pope Francis already set Aug. 3 as the date to declare the sainthood of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, Pope Leo XIV will hold a meeting with cardinals to approve his canonization and that of seven other people.
The Trump administration announced June 3 that it would revoke Biden-era guidance to the nation's hospitals directing them to perform abortions in emergency circumstances even in states that banned the procedure.
