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Catholic leaders hope end to Iran war is near after Trump, Iran reach agreement

by Kate Scanlon

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Catholic leaders expressed cautious optimism about an end to the conflict in the Middle East after members of the Trump administration and Iranian officials …

Blog: 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage
Pope Leo XIV’s common ministry with Mother Cabrini: a heart for migrants and refugees
New Orleans Sacred Heart consecration a path to healing, hope
Pope Leo XIV brings dad joke energy to the papacy

U.S. Church

Pew: Most US Catholics view pope favorably, say Trump has been too critical of him

by Kate Scanlon

Fifty-one percent of Catholics said Trump has been too critical of Leo, far more than the share that said Trump hasn’t been critical enough at just 4%

Tickets for Sheen beatification available week of June 22

Vance’s new book ‘Communion’ details his religious and political conversions

AI models overlook religion, but also favor some faiths — including Catholicism

OSV News’ Gretchen Crowe named OSV publisher, will continue as editor-in-chief

Mother Tallon’s care for under-catechized and lapsed Catholics persists in religious community

World

COMECE president says new EU migrant regulations raise ethical concerns

by Junno Arocho Esteves

“Migration is not merely a matter of procedures, statistics or border management. It concerns human beings: women, men and children.”

In Spain, Pope Leo XIV shared a message of human dignity for all of Europe
The father behind the pope: How Karol Wojtyla Sr. helped shape St. John Paul II
Cardinal Camillo Ruini, influential voice of the Italian Church, dies at 95
Bishops mark ‘sobering anniversary’ of Canada euthanasia law, call faithful to action
Pew: More governments cracking down on religion, with spikes in religious hostility in 2023

Pope Leo praises newly beatified Salesian martyrs killed for their fidelity to Christ

World Cup kicks off amid passion, protests in Mexico

Catholic, Orthodox leaders condemn Russian attack on Kyiv cathedral

Vatican

‘Be artisans of true peace,’ Pope Leo XIV tells Hebrew University of Jerusalem board

by Deborah Castellano Lubov | Vatican News

Opinion

The human error

by Katie Yoder

The heart of the matter

by Michael R. Heinlein

Why the bishops are consecrating the United States to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

by Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski

Reviews

Sacred Heart: His Reign Has No End

by John Mulderig
Obsession
The Sheep Detectives
St. Francis of Assisi in film
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