4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (538+ words) VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians can help overcome the many distortions and lies about the true dignity of every human person and, in doing so, promote and defend human life, Pope Leo XIV said. “Created in God’s image, through Christ and…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (916+ words) (OSV News) — Touring the U.S.–Mexico border between Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and El Paso, Texas, Archbishop Stefan Hesse of Hamburg said the towering fortifications and razor wire dividing the two border communities evoked a painful memory in his own country’s…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (657+ words) VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV began the five-week Season of Creation by calling on the faithful to step away from the frenzy of daily life to “hear the melodious voice of creation,” stressing that “it is not yet too…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (687+ words) (OSV News) — This year’s Sept. 7 observance of Labor Day underscores Pope Leo XIV’s call to be “builders of communion” while safeguarding human dignity, as artificial intelligence “reshapes our economy and our work,” said Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre of Louisville, Kentucky....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (450+ words) (OSV News) — The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s 2026 message for the 11th World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation celebrated by the Church on Sept. 1. “They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (321+ words) (OSV News) — Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, the Vatican’s secretary for relations with states and international organizations, arrived in Moscow Aug. 24 for a four-day visit, with meetings scheduled with Russian government, Orthodox and Catholic leaders. The visit, announced by the Vatican…...

2+ week, 6+ day 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…...

3+ week, 3+ day 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…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (597+ words) (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV and the bishops of Poland and Hungary mourned the loss of several pilgrims who died in a bus crash as they were returning home from Medjugorje. According to Vatican News, Cardinal Pietro Parolin sent condolences…...