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The Historic Pontificate of Pope Leo XIV
Habemus Papam! The Pontificate of Pope Leo XIV

Pope’s brother, friends in the Chicago area will mark pontiff’s 70th birthday

by Simone Orendain

(OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV turns 70 on Sept. 14 and some of his closest friends in the Chicago-area will mark the day with him in mind, quietly. …

As Hong Kong Catholic activist’s trial reaches final stretch, appeals grow to ‘save him’
Pope to Amazon bishops: Proclaim Gospel, fight injustice, defend nature
Paris celebrates its queen on the feast of the Assumption
Burn with ‘fire’ of God’s love, pope says at Mass and lunch with the poor
Gudziak: Trump-Putin Alaska summit fails to advance peace, justice

U.S. Church

Washington Roundup: Trump, Putin meet in Alaska; State Department scales back human rights report

by Kate Scanlon

President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska Aug. 15, as Trump seeks to end that nation’s war in Ukraine. 

Kansas bishops: ‘Unnecessary raids, mass detentions’ betray Gospel, US values

Pope Leo to make ‘digital appearance’ at US Catholic youth conference

This Colorado teen died saving others in a school shooting — is he a future saint?

Maryknoll Lay Missioners mark 50 years doing ‘a world of good for a world in need’

Bishop Lucia says taking on 3 parishes part of a ‘living experiment of synodality’

In ‘Biking for Babies,’ cyclists put 36,000 miles on the road for the Gospel of Life

World

Mary’s assumption: The long-held belief was declared dogma 75 years ago

by Father Richard Gribble

As ancient as this belief in Mary’s assumption is, 2025 marks only the 75th anniversary of the Assumption being declared a Catholic dogma.

Ahead of feast of Assumption, Catholic leaders call for day of prayer, fasting for peace
Nicaraguan governor seizes Catholic school amid claims it is site of past crimes
German bishops face division over same-sex blessings
‘Christianity is about being present in suffering,’ director of new film about St. Kolbe says
For Gazans, the deep silence of hunger has replaced noise of daily life

Head of Spanish political party criticizes Catholic Church’s defense of Muslim community

At 80th anniversary Mass in Nagasaki, people urged to bring Christ’s love, peace to world

Advocate pleads for Vatican aid as Russian adoption database shows Ukraine’s children

Vatican

Love of God leads to work for justice, proclaiming Gospel, pope says

by Cindy Wooden

Opinion

OSV Editors: On 100 days of Leo

by OSV Editorial Board

Reckoning with empire: A Catholic critique of American foreign policy in a nuclear age

by Jason Adkins

How accurate is the portrayal of Judas in ‘The Chosen?’

by Jenna Marie Cooper

Reviews

The Naked Gun

by John Mulderig
Superman
Catholic novel reflects on the nature of work
Jurassic World Rebirth
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