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Pope Leo's 70th birthday is Sept. 14. Add a prayer to his spiritual bouquet!
Pope Leo's 70th birthday is Sept. 14. Add a prayer to his spiritual bouquet!

New young saints encourage faithful to live life to the full, pope says

by Carol Glatz

The greatest risk in life is to waste it by not seeking to follow God’s plan, Pope Leo XIV said, proclaiming two new saints: Sts. Pier Giorgio Frassati …

Add your prayers to this spiritual bouquet for Pope Leo XIV’s 70th
Photos: The canonization Mass of Saints Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati
Pope Leo’s homily for the canonization Mass for Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati
New Louisiana bishop says he finds ‘strength, hope and courage’ in God
School shooting survivor embraces mission to help bring Jesus, healing to Annunciation youth

U.S. Church

Holy See tells nations at UN to end threat of nuclear weapons, even as deterrence

by Gina Christian

Amid a global arms race, ending the threat of nuclear war — and even the testing of nuclear weapons — is imperative, said the Holy See’s diplomat to the United Nations.

Washington Roundup: Ruling on wartime law and deportation; fiery Senate hearing on vaccines; and more

Beloved Colombian-born pastor’s homilies ‘got to my heart,’ says parishioner at NJ priest’s funeral

Congress faces shutdown deadline as Catholic groups warn nation’s poor at risk

Pope Leo XIV spiritual bouquet ideas for home, parish and school

Think you know the ‘nones’? Pew study shows nonreligious adults’ nuanced beliefs

Lawmakers grapple with potential public policy responses to church shooting during school Mass

World

Pope saddened by loss of life in streetcar derailment in Portugal that killed 17

by Junno Arocho Esteves

The accident occurred in the evening Sept. 3 after a cable came loose, causing the operator to lose control and subsequently crash into a building.

As war nears two-year mark, Catholic leaders head to Holy Land
Decline in Nicaragua church attacks attributed to clergy, religious not allowed to report them
Ukrainian Catholic leaders condemn assassination of Ukrainian lawmaker
Irish missionary freed after monthlong kidnapping in Haiti amid worsening gang violence
Pope appeals for end to conflict in Sudan, open paths for aid

Norway: Bishops ‘troubled’ by growing support for euthanasia

English archbishop warns legalizing assisted suicide could close church-run hospices

Pope ‘saddened’ by deadly earthquake in eastern Afghanistan

Vatican

Peace comes from dialogue, not ‘walls and barbed wire,’ pope says

by Cindy Wooden

Opinion

God’s dazzling creation

by Effie Caldarola

On the road to Our Lady: How pilgrimage taught me the power of community

by Paulina Guzik

OSV Editors: On 100 days of Leo

by OSV Editorial Board

Reviews

Friar behind ‘Rosary in a Year’ explores Jesus Christ’s ‘blueprint’ in the beatitudes

by Lauretta Brown
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