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Warning against an increasingly unpredictable and aggressive “delusion of omnipotence” threatening the globe, Pope Leo XIV called on world leaders and individuals to empty their hearts and minds of hatred …

Holy Week in the Holy Land is unfolding in unprecedented silence, as war-related restrictions have left sacred sites largely without the faithful. 

NAIROBI, Kenya (OSV News) – A Catholic bishop in South Sudan says his people are living a real-life Way of the Cross, marked by suffering, violence and deep wounds. Bishop …

Laypeople are not passive members but active participants in the Church’s mission, called to live and spread the Gospel in everyday life, Pope Leo XIV said.

(OSV News) — After Pope Leo XIV issued one of his strongest appeals to-date to lay down weapons and reject war in his Palm Sunday homily, the spiritual leader of …

For Cardinal Roche, what defined Ballester most was not who he was before his illness, but how he lived after receiving his cancer diagnosis.

Christians of Holy Family Parish were able to celebrate Mass with the blessing of palms and a procession for Palm Sunday.

The life of Japanese sculptor Etsuro Sotoo offers a striking witness to how stone itself can become a path to faith. 

This is the prepared text of Pope Leo XIV’s homily given March 28, 2026, at the afternoon Mass in Louis II Stadium during his papal visit to Monaco.

As Russia’s war in Ukraine rages on, Sister Sevastiana and two of her fellow Basilians, Sister Inokentiia Brattsiv and Sister Lucia Murashko, shared with OSV News their experiences of ministering …