Prayer

Further Israeli strikes in Gaza cast doubt on the White House’s peace plan for the Gaza Strip, a University of Notre Dame scholar told OSV News.

Returning to his weekly general audiences after a monthlong summer break, Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to embrace the Liturgy of the Hours more fully in their daily lives.

Participants regularly walk Baltimore’s streets, building relationships and seeking to share the love of God through personal presence.

“May the Lord touch hearts and enlighten the minds of those in positions of responsibility, so that reconciliation and peace may soon prevail.”

The feast day for St. Pier Giorgio Frassati on July 4 will be his first ever since his canonization last year.

The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage ends July 5 with a closing Mass, procession and celebration in Philadelphia, which will begin with a special video message from Pope Leo XIV.

Pope Leo XIV has a message for American teens gathered at the Steubenville Youth Conferences about where true joy is to be found.

The U.S. Catholic bishops have released a national prayer service text commemorating its immigrants and refugees, as well as those trafficked into slavery.

Under the bright Florida sun, Bishop Erik T. Pohlmeier of St. Augustine celebrated Mass to kick off the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage on Pentecost.

Organizers of the event said they aimed to mark the nation’s upcoming 250th birthday “with Scripture, testimony, prayer, and rededication of our country as One Nation to God.”