Pope Leo XIV: Use AI prudently because it can project ‘an unreal world’
Pope Leo XIV encouraged young people to use social media and artificial intelligence (AI) prudently because “they can immerse us in an unreal...
1776-era vespers in Philadelphia transport Catholics to connect faith with American Revolution
PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) — They stood feet from Philadelphia’s Ben Franklin Bridge as cars and commuter trains blared by, yet about 300 Catholics encountered...
Pope Leo appoints two US bishops as members of Vatican’s highest court
ROME (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV has named two American bishops as members of the Vatican’s highest court, the Supreme Tribunal of...
Pope Leo to youth: Jesus doesn’t want you to be couch potatoes
ROME (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV urged young people not to be “couch potatoes” in a video message on July 25, adding that...
Church, state unite to honor murdered French priest 10 years after terror attack
(OSV News) — French top politicians, bishops and family remembered the 85-year-old Father Jacques Hamel 10 years after the priest was murdered by two...
Court battle continues as lawmaker intervenes to save pilgrimage site from Trump seizure
(OSV News) — The Trump administration’s move to seize a New Mexico pilgrimage site for border wall construction — despite religious liberty objections...
Vatican weighing papal trip to Ukraine
The Vatican will study the conditions needed for a possible trip by Pope Leo XIV to Ukraine, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher said following...
5 things to know about St. Bridget of Sweden, mystic and mother
On July 23, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of St. Bridget of Sweden, a mystic of the Middle Ages who was...
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage ‘life-changing,’ created strong community, say pilgrims
(OSV News) — Several “perpetual pilgrims” who followed Jesus Christ in the Eucharist across the country’s eastern seaboard this summer said the walk...
Pope’s Lourdes visit to spotlight life, healing and hope, says bishop who covered Rupnik’s mosaics
(OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV’s Sept. 25-28 visit to France is expected to be watched closely for his message to a Europe divided...