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Read more: The historic pontificate of Pope Leo XIV
Read more: The historic pontificate of Pope Leo XIV

Analysis: US strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats raise just war concerns

by Kimberley Heatherington

With recent U.S. attacks on alleged Venezuelan drug boats, Catholics may be wondering: Are we at war?

USCCB president begs Americans to see Christ ‘in every person,’ reject political violence
Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s Oct. 1, 2025 general audience
Capuchin-run music school changes the region through culture in the Central African Republic
Catholic groups serving the poor call for action to end federal government shutdown
God never gives up on his children, even when they fail, pope says

U.S. Church

March for Life reveals 2026 theme in ‘critical moment’ for the pro-life cause

by Kate Scanlon

The 2026 National March for Life theme is “Life is a Gift,” The March for Life Education and Defense Fund announced Sept. 30.

Mass and procession in the US capital calls for solidarity with migrants facing mass deportation

 Catholics pray for an end to raids at LA Immigration Mass

Hope, healing highlight prayer service and Mass 1 month since Annunciation shooting

Catholic bishops mourn deadly attack on Latter-day Saints church in Michigan

How might Archbishop Iannone, new prefect for the Dicastery for Bishops, shape the role?

Report: Graduate, college-level seminary enrollments continued to slide

World

Why St. Thérèse continues to inspire believers today — especially those who suffer

by Katarzyna Szalajko

WARSAW, Poland (OSV News) — As her relics start to tour the U.S. and more than 125 years after her death in a cloistered convent in Normandy, St. …

Vatican diplomat tells UN: World must recommit to peace, justice, truth
Christian leaders blame Israel for dwindling number of Christians in Holy Land
Rosary can change the world, pontifical charity urges before a million children pray
As Nantes cathedral opens after 2020 fire, Notre Dame in Paris presents reopened towers
Father Rupnik’s alleged victim receives standing ovation at documentary premiere

Head of Romanian Greek Catholic Church dies at 94

From Jasna Góra to every parish: Our Lady of Czestochowa icon’s pilgrimage inspires revival

Study into sexual abuse of women religious sheds light on spiritual abuse

Vatican

Schwarzenegger says joint action needed to ‘terminate’ pollution

by Cindy Wooden

Opinion

St. Thérèse and the way of love

by Marie Miller

Leah Libresco Sargeant on her new look at femininity in ‘The Dignity of Dependence’

by Charlie Camosy

Do animals go to heaven?

by OSV News

Reviews

‘Bernadette of Lourdes’ French musical coming to America with ‘universal’ message

by Kurt Jensen
New release offers compelling arguments against physician-assisted suicide
The Naked Gun
Smurfs
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