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(OSV News) — As space-based technologies and exploration expand, the Vatican’s top diplomat at the United Nations is warning against the militarization of outer space — and the lack of …

Pope Leo XIV spoke by telephone with Russian President Vladimir Putin Oct. 16, calling for a ceasefire in that nation’s war on Ukraine and humanitarian aid to Ukrainian civilians starving …

“The greatest suffering falls upon the most vulnerable,” the bishops said, pointing to children, women, the elderly and the sick.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the creation of a new “Office of Religious Affairs” during a speech Sept. 30 on Pentagon policy.

President Donald Trump said in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly that he may decide to make a deal with Iran or “annihilate the Islamic Republic.”

Bosnian Serb leader Ratko Mladic died in a U.N. prison five years after being sentenced to life in prison for genocide and crimes against humanity.

Pope Leo XIV once again appealed for peace in Ukraine and prayed that U.S.-led negotiation efforts would finally bring an end to the death and destruction caused by the conflict …

“We need to pray and to explain to our brothers and sisters that we need to keep our hope. And our hope is Jesus, not this life.”

Pope Leo addresses violence, injustice and environmental damage in his message for the 2026 World Day of Prayer for Creation.

Pope Leo XIV called for an immediate ceasefire and humanitarian aid to innocent civilians in Sudan caught between conflict between state military and paramilitary forces.