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Pope Leo venerates heart of Mother Cabrini, calls for more missionaries like her

by Courtney Mares

Pope Leo XIV venerated a relic of the heart of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first U.S. citizen ever canonized a saint, during a visit June 20 to …

Blog: 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage
Pope Leo XIV’s common ministry with Mother Cabrini: a heart for migrants and refugees
Pope Leo prays at St. Augustine’s tomb in Pavia, calling all to be signs of Jesus’ love
Pope Leo XIV tells American teens true joy isn’t found in ‘endless scrolling’ on social media

U.S. Church

Washington Roundup: US-Iran MOU begins; SCOTUS takes up ICE bond hearings; FDA abortion suit filing

by Kate Scanlon

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The Trump administration signed a memorandum of understanding, or MOU, with Iranian officials, a tentative framework to end the war in Iran, but uncertainty remained …

Communion, presence and listening mark Pope Leo’s communications style, say experts

Chicago Catholic’s longtime photo editor wins CMA’s St. Francis de Sales Award

Panel: Juneteenth, nation’s 250th anniversary shines light on work that remains to address racism in US

Juneteenth ‘calls us forward,’ while urging repentance for sin of racism, say bishops

Catholic leaders hope end to Iran war is near after Trump, Iran reach agreement

World

COMECE president says new EU migrant regulations raise ethical concerns

by Junno Arocho Esteves

“Migration is not merely a matter of procedures, statistics or border management. It concerns human beings: women, men and children.”

In Spain, Pope Leo XIV shared a message of human dignity for all of Europe
The father behind the pope: How Karol Wojtyla Sr. helped shape St. John Paul II
Cardinal Camillo Ruini, influential voice of the Italian Church, dies at 95
Bishops mark ‘sobering anniversary’ of Canada euthanasia law, call faithful to action
Pew: More governments cracking down on religion, with spikes in religious hostility in 2023

Pope Leo praises newly beatified Salesian martyrs killed for their fidelity to Christ

World Cup kicks off amid passion, protests in Mexico

Catholic, Orthodox leaders condemn Russian attack on Kyiv cathedral

Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets Peru’s president, discusses possible November visit

by Courtney Mares

Opinion

The human error

by Katie Yoder

The heart of the matter

by Michael R. Heinlein

Why the bishops are consecrating the United States to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

by Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski

Reviews

Sacred Heart: His Reign Has No End

by John Mulderig
Obsession
The Sheep Detectives
St. Francis of Assisi in film
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