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The city of Nagasaki, Japan, showed scant signs of recovery four years after an atomic bomb was detonated over the city Aug. 9, 1945. Ahead of 78th anniversary of atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the chair of U.S. bishops' international policy committee calls both for remembrance of the bombings and for nuclear arms control. (OSV News photo/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel files, USA TODAY NETWORK via Reuters) Editors: This cutline has been updated to correct anniversary date.

Nagasaki Franciscan monastery stands as messenger of peace

OSV News August 5, 2025

Eighty years ago two of the world’s deadliest weapons were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, bringing near-total destruction.

Palestinians gather to receive food from a charity kitchen amid a hunger crisis in the central Gaza Strip July 29, 2025.

Against the odds, CRS has delivered aid to 1.7 million in Gaza since 2023

OSV News July 31, 2025

Despite daunting odds, Catholic Relief Services and its on-the-ground partners have managed to deliver aid to 1.7 million people in Gaza since 2023, according to new data.

New York City police officers stand at attention for the ambulance transfer of slain NYPD officer Didarul Islam at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City early July 29, 2025.

‘Never get used to violence,’ says NY cardinal after mass shooting near St. Patrick’s

OSV News July 30, 2025

“We should never get used to violence or lose our respect for the sacredness of human life,” said Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, following a deadly mass shooting in that city that claimed four lives, including that of a New York City police officer.

Cardinals Robert W. McElroy of Washington, Blase J. Cupich of Chicago, and Archbishops John C. Wester of Santa Fe, N.M., and Paul D. Etienne of Seattle, are pictured in a combination photo.

US prelates head to Japan on ‘Pilgrimage of Peace’ amid nuclear fears old and new

OSV News July 29, 2025

As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki — and as renewed nuclear threats emerge in current conflicts — several U.S. Catholic bishops will travel to Japan on a “Pilgrimage of Peace.”

Thousands of young Poles make their way through the streets of Czestochowa, Poland, July 19, 2025, singing and praying as they approached the Jasna Góra Marian shrine. This year's annual pilgrimage and camp marked the 25th anniversary of the Foundation "Dzielo Nowego Tysiaclecia" (Work of the New Millennium), a vibrant "living memorial" to St. John Paul II, supporting talented youth from underprivileged backgrounds. (OSV News photo/courtesy Sara Janikowska, Work of the New Millennium)

Poland’s memorial to St. John Paul II marks 25 years of transforming lives

OSV News July 25, 2025

Thousands of young Poles made their way through the streets of Częstochowa July 19, singing and praying as they approached the Jasna Góra Marian shrine.

Motorcycles ridden by Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami and Knights on Bikes are parked in front of the entrance to Alligator Alcatraz, a controversial immigration detention facility some 55 miles from Miami in the Florida Everglades. The archbishop and his fellow bikers stopped to pray a rosary for detainees July 20, 2025. (OSV News photo/Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski)

Miami archbishop presses for pastoral visitation at Alligator Alcatraz

OSV News July 24, 2025

Florida’s senior bishop is pressing local, state and federal authorities for permission to bring Catholic pastoral care to the already infamous Alligator Alcatraz immigrant detention center.