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Pope Leo meets Europe’s richest man, who donated millions to rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

by OSV News

Ahead of the upcoming papal trip to France, Pope Leo XIV met with Bernard Arnault, the head of Louis Vuitton and Europe’s richest man who contributed 200 million …

Pilgrims turn to ‘red dirt Catholic’ martyr as Blessed Stanley Rother story gets wide release
Pope prays for dead, missing following catastrophic mudslides, floods in Nepal
Court acquits man who assaulted French nun in Jerusalem
Judge temporarily blocks Illinois assisted suicide law; plaintiffs feel ‘relief, gratitude for now’
Faithful across Honolulu Diocese rally after devastating hurricane

U.S. Church

Archbishop Hebda: Be ‘beacons of light’ at school shooting 1-year mark

by Rebecca Omastiak

ST. PAUL, Minn. (OSV News) — Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda is encouraging the faithful of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and all community members to be “beacons …

East Tennessee diocese mourns Dolly Parton as ‘one of our own’

Archbishop Hebda: Be ‘beacons of light’ at school shooting 1-year mark

Archbishop urges US to ‘rethink’ Haiti deportations after mass kidnapping, massacre

Cardinal Cupich reinstates Chicago priest and social activist cleared of abuse allegations

More than 270 faith leaders urge Trump administration to extend TPS for El Salvador

World

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

by Katarzyna Szalajko

The new commission is among the first diocesan initiatives in Poland and the Catholic world focused specifically on adults harmed in Church settings.

‘Let us be clear: this war must end,’ Archbishop Gallagher tells Russian authorities in Moscow
Spanish Church seeks new directions from a 16th-century mystic
Baptisms in Ireland see dramatic drop of 30% in a decade
Venezuelan archbishop says hope endures as Church rebuilds from catastrophic quakes
Bishop: Rupnik mosaics at Lourdes to be covered before pope’s visit and remain masked indefinitely

‘Prayer is our number one weapon’ against Russian aggression, says papal nuncio to Ukraine

Colombia: Bogotá archdiocese launches ‘spiritual first aid’ mission to quake-hit cities

Deadly school shooting sparks alarm in the Philippines

Vatican

Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s general audience given August 26, 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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