National & World
Undecided Catholic voters a dependable but swing voting bloc, report finds
WASHINGTON (OSV News) – Undecided Catholic voters are a swing voting bloc, but reliably show up to the polls, a new report found.
Pope Leo needs ‘no further treatment’ following lung cancer surgery
(OSV News) – Doctors have confirmed Pope Leo XIV needs “no further treatment” following his Oct. 13 surgery for lung cancer.
Priests, pastoral leaders have permission to do less, do it better, pope says
ROME (CNS) — Led by their priests, Catholics need to come together and face the truth about what their local church is doing and why, Pope Leo XIV told clergy and laypeople in his diocese.
The ‘Camino’ of St. Francis: New California pilgrimage route offers a spiritual journey
(OSV News) – There’s no way to know how many miles St. Francis of Assisi walked during his lifetime.
‘I’m looking at a miracle:’ Dad gives thanks for son’s transformation
Ed Fowle can’t begin to express how incredibly grateful and relieved he feels that his son is still alive.
To experience true relationship with God in the liturgy, faithful’s participation cannot be passive, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “Firmly rooted” in the Church’s living tradition, the liturgical reform put forth by the Second Vatican Council grew from the need for the faithful to celebrate the liturgy more “consciously and actively,” and not “as strangers and silent spectators,” Pope Leo XIV said.
Conversion of heart needed to end wars, heal Earth, pope says
(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.
Vatican announces ‘disarming technology’ will be theme of next World Day of Peace
(OSV News) — The Vatican announced Aug. 11 that Pope Leo XIV’s message for the 2027 World Day of Peace will focus on “disarming technology” and political leaders’ moral responsibility.
Pope Leo XIV urges sisters to foster vocations to religious life in United States
(OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV encouraged sisters to foster vocations to religious life in the United States in a video message sent Aug. 12.
Pope Leo XIV in Castel Gandolfo: God’s kingdom grows in the ‘little things of daily life’
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, (OSV News) — Catholics from every inhabited continent gathered in Castel Gandolfo July 19 as Pope Leo XIV led the Angelus prayer from the papal summer palace in the small Italian hill town, where the pope reflected on how the kingdom of God grows through “the little things of daily life.”
