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Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s general audience given May 20, 2026

by Pope Leo XIV

(OSV News) — The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s general audience address given May 20 in St. Peter’s Square. Initial Greeting of the Holy …

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Lawsuit continues to challenge Biden-era regulation adding abortion to pregnant worker protections

U.S. Church

Archdiocese of Baltimore files new proposed plan for Chapter 11 reorganization

by Christopher Gunty

The Archdiocese of Baltimore submitted a proposed plan for reorganization May 15 in an effort to complete its Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization.

Global executions surge to highest recorded figure in 44 years, Amnesty International report says

America 250 occasion to reflect on equality as a God-given right, Bishop Barron says

With Jesus’ command ‘Follow me’ as theme, Canada’s National March for Life draws thousands

Parish scarred by clergy abuse creates memorial for survivors

Archbishop Broglio highlights faith, service at annual memorial Mass for Catholic war dead

World

Interfaith peace march in Jerusalem counters rising violence and division

by Judith Sudilovsky

JERUSALEM (OSV News) — Holding placards calling for “justice,” “trust” and “peace,” religious leaders led hundreds of peace activists, Jews, Muslims, Christians and Druze in a march in Jerusalem …

AI cannot replace humanity, conscience, truth, Irish archbishop says
Police recover beloved saint’s relic taken in brazen theft that shocked Czech Catholics
Communion and Liberation founder’s sainthood cause heads to Vatican
UK diocese opens Pedro Ballester’s sainthood cause
Haitian bishop sees ‘signs of God’s tenderness’ amid ongoing recovery from serious burns

Catholics await word on Jimmy Lai as Trump meets Xi in Beijing

Brazilian nun drowns while trying to save fellow sister in Sicily

45 years on, attempted assassination of St. John Paul II recalled as turning point in history

Vatican

Pope Leo XIV urges confirmation candidates to ask Holy Spirit for gift of perseverance

by Courtney Mares

Opinion

Voting rights: A people of hope in the long journey toward justice

by Bishop Daniel E. Garcia

Young men are struggling to find purpose and vocation

by Vicente Del Real

Catholicism in the Lower South: Thriving communities built on French and Spanish foundations

by Father Anthony D. Andreassi

Reviews

Obsession

by John Mulderig
St. Francis of Assisi in film
‘House of David’ star opens up about Catholic conversion as new season premieres
Looking for a Holy Week read? Updated book explores ‘What Christ Suffered’
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