Year: 2026

OSV News spoke with Catholic Scouting America’s national chairman, Bill Guglielmi, to learn more about the fresh identity and the lasting value of Scouting membership.

French top politicians, bishops and family remembered the 85-year-old Fr. Jacques Hamel 10 years after the priest was murdered by two Islamic terrorists as he was celebrating Mass July 26, 2016, in …

<p>Pope Leo XIV offered prayers as firefighters continue to battle massive&nbsp;wildfires in&nbsp;Spain and&nbsp;France that have forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate from their homes.</p><p>”As devastating&nbsp;wildfires affect the various regions of&nbsp;France …

The peace proposed by Pope Leo XIV is “not abstract, ideological, or naive” but one that “passes through the pain, contradictions, and wounds of the world,” according to Alessandro Banfi, …

Ahead of the 2028 ecclesial assembly for the Synod on Synodality, the Vatican has called on dioceses to provide an assessment of their implementation of synodality. The General Secretariat of …

Pope Leo XIV has appointed San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone and Kalamazoo, Michigan, Bishop Edward M. Lohse among seven new members of the Apostolic Signatura, the Catholic Church’s highest court. …

Pope Leo XIV, having just concluded his vacation at Castel Gandolfo in Italy, will return there on July 29 for a musical prayer service featuring the renowned Italian tenor Andrea …

Vatican City – On June 10, 2026, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization , confirmed Fr. Kizito Takaendesa Nhundu, of the clergy of the Archdiocese …

Bogotá – The Archdiocese of Bogotá has carried out a humanitarian and evangelizing mission in Cuba, accompanying the communities of Guanabacoa and Regla, in Havana, with material assistance, spiritual support …

New Delhi – “The political victory achieved by the young activists of the Cockroach Janta Party has been remarkable. Equally significant was the support they received from the Christian community. …