Students participate in the Youth Mass for Life at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington in January 2025.

For context, St. John Paul II convoked six extraordinary consistories throughout his 26-year pontificate, while Pope Benedict ...

Pope Leo XIV gives his homily during Mass for the feast of the Epiphany in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Jan. 6, 2026, ...

Early estimates had expected that the Jubilee Year would bring 30 million to 35 million visitors to the Vatican. The city saw ...

As they “draw close to Jesus” during the SEEK 2026 conference, Pope Leo urged attendees, “Do not be afraid to ask him what he ...

(OSV News) – The U.S. strikes on – and announced temporary takeover of – Venezuela violate both the United Nations Charter ...

(OSV News) – Following the liberation of all the children and staff abducted from St. Mary’s School in the Nigerian town of ...

On a cold, windy December night, families bundled in coats and scarves gathered beneath café lights at St. Mary’s Catholic ...

(OSV News) – Pope Leo XIV expressed “deep concern” following the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, ...

“Thus, at the dawn of the new year, the liturgy reminds us that for each of us, every day can be the beginning of a new life, ...

CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (OSV News) – “Several dozen” people are presumed dead after a fire broke out in a bar packed with ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Before the final countdown to the New Year, Christians should take a moment to remember all God’s ...