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Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for September is ‘for the care of water’

by OSV News

Pope Leo asked the Holy Spirit to guide Christians to defend “the right of every brother and sister to drink without fear and without inequality.”

Labor Day a call to build communion, equity amid challenges of AI, says Archbishop Fabre
Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation message
Nashville seminarians grow in community and agrarian know-how during summer farm experience
Gaza school reopening is a reminder that ‘hope is stronger than fear,’ bishop says
September feasts: Commemorating the Holy Cross and Our Lady of Sorrows

U.S. Church

Catholic aid worker in Nepal sees ‘long road’ to recovery after ‘unprecedented’ disaster for region

by Gina Christian

Devastation from Aug. 26 flooding and mudslides along the Nepal-China border is staggering, and the road to recovery will be long, a Catholic aid worker now on the …

Unwelcome neighbors? Data centers concerns grow over energy use, utility costs

Bishop Bambera, Catholic Biblical Association endorse scholar’s appointment amid antisemitic backlash

Newly opened St. John Paul II retreat house in DC called ‘an oasis of sacred wilderness’

Meta $18 billion settlement over child safety raises questions about its real impact

‘We are stronger when we do this work together,’ says biblical scholar facing antisemitic backlash

World

A long-awaited reckoning: A timeline of the Father Marko Rupnik case

by Junno Arocho Esteves

For over three decades, the allegations of sexual, psychological and spiritual abuse against Slovenian Father Marko Rupnik were met with cover-ups and bureaucratic delays. 

Never let injustice, evil in the world corrupt your heart, pope tells faithful
Catholic agencies respond to Nepal floods, as U.S. bishop calls for greater international aid
A name on the wall, a gift to a child: Polish Americans invited to turn memory into mercy
Pope Leo meets Europe’s richest man, who donated millions to rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
Pope prays for dead, missing following catastrophic mudslides, floods in Nepal

Court acquits man who assaulted French nun in Jerusalem

Kraków Archdiocese to review past, current cases of possible abuse of vulnerable adults

‘Let us be clear: this war must end,’ Archbishop Gallagher tells Russian authorities in Moscow

Vatican

Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s Angelus address given Aug. 30, 2026

by Pope Leo XIV

Opinion

Dolly Parton’s life of faith

by Kurt Jensen

Memento mori

by Greg Erlandson

Look to the teenagers

by Laura Kelly Fanucci

Reviews

The End of Oak Street

by John Mulderig
‘Strange Land’: The Hillbilly Thomists drop new album while on tour
Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
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