OSV News https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html US bishops approve updates to landmark child protection policies Bishops look to Our Lady of Guadalupe as evangelization model ahead of quincentennial How to watch the bishops consecrate the US to the Sacred Heart of Jesus On Corpus Christi, US parishes show solidarity with migrants, refugees and urge their protection US bishops urge action as housing crunch turns to crisis for families across the country Home Spiritual transformation can be found behind prison walls, bishops told Christian harassment cases rise in Israel as advocates urge victims to report incidents Pope Leo XIV’s France visit takes shape with stops at Notre Dame, Lourdes and Metz Northern Ireland: Bishop denounces rioters stoking ‘flames of racism’ in Belfast Child protection, sainthood causes, World Youth Day on US bishops’ spring meeting agenda Catholic higher education should form ‘voices for the Church,’ says scholar Nuncio to US bishops: Truth of human heart comes from the heart of Christ US bishops show support for local advancement of 2 American canonization causes Human trafficking prevention advocates share World Cup challenges, opportunities $70B immigration-enforcement funds exclude bishops-supported migrant protections US bishops thank pope for encyclical and shining ‘light of Gospel’ on AI, tech advances ‘Peace cannot be attained without mercy,’ Pope Leo tells global congress in Lithuania’s capital Pope Leo XIV entrusts his ministry to Our Lady of Montserrat Pope Leo’s trip to Spain Don’t let painful past overshadow hopeful future, pope tells Barcelona inmates Pope Leo speaks with suicide survivor about mental health, hope in Christ in Barcelona stadium event Benito meets Leo: Bad Bunny’s private audience with Pope Leo XIV in Madrid Newly renovated center brings ‘The Rosary Priest’ message to a new generation 5 ways to foster devotion to the Sacred Heart Church must ‘put out into the deep,’ offer hope in Christ to all, says USCCB president Lego announces new set designed after Spain’s Sagrada Família basilica Pope Leo XIV arrives in Barcelona on eve of Gaudí’s 100th death anniversary Pope Leo tells trafficking survivors God recognizes their ‘inestimable worth’ during Canary Islands visit Pope Leo’s encyclical a call to ‘recover the mystery’ of humans, says Eastern Catholic scholar Pope Leo blesses Sagrada Familia’s Tower of Jesus, says beauty can lead people to God Pope Leo scores with 80,000 Spanish Catholics in Real Madrid soccer stadium In Washington, National Eucharistic Pilgrimage includes national blessing, downtown procession Pope Leo jokes AI still thinks Francis is pope — and draws a lesson out of it Pope Leo to visit France in September Pope meets with six clergy abuse victims in Madrid US State Department awards CRS a disaster response assistance grant Consecration 101: What the bishops’ upcoming consecration of the US to the Sacred Heart means Pope Leo highlights faith’s role in Europe’s soul as he shares stage with Antonio Banderas Why the bishops are consecrating the United States to the Sacred Heart of Jesus ‘Be human as Christ is,’ Pope Leo XIV tells half a million youth in Madrid It’s ‘all celebration’ as Sister Blandina’s sainthood cause advances Bishop of Quelimane, Mozambique, shot dead at his residence Catholic Church has message for everyone, pope says before landing in Spain Pope Leo arrives in Spain, urges end to polarization and ‘renewed fidelity to the Gospel’ Pope Leo’s Corpus Christi Mass and procession in Madrid draw 1.2 million Pope Leo XIV calls defense of life the measure of a nation’s moral greatness in landmark parliament speech Religious sister describes her journey through kidney failure, her hope for the gift of life Indigenous, Church leaders hold ‘knowledge-sharing’ meeting on ‘Doctrine of Discovery’ Beyond the buzzer: sisters, spirit and the NBA Finals