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Pope Leo XIV leads the recitation of the Angelus prayer with visitors gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Aug. 24, 2025.

Pope marks Ukraine’s Independence Day with prayers for peace

OSV News August 25, 2025

Marking Ukraine's Independence Day, Pope Leo XIV pledged his prayers for the Ukrainian people in a message to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and encouraged Catholics to respond to Ukrainian religious leaders' request for prayers for peace Aug. 24.

Young Palestinians displaced by the Israeli military offensive react May 21, 2025, while waiting to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen in Gaza City, Gaza Strip.

Situation in Gaza reaches ‘catastrophic levels,’ warns Catholic humanitarian organization

OSV News June 2, 2025

Food insecurity in the Gaza Strip "has reached catastrophic levels," a Catholic humanitarian organization has warned.

Ameca, a humanoid robot by Engineered Arts, interacts with attendees at the entrance to the UK Pavilion during CES 2022 in Las Vegas Jan. 6, 2022. (OSV News photo/Steve Marcus, Reuters)

Panelists: Transhumanism seeks to one day replace humans

OSV News May 30, 2025

It's a term with a lot of contemporary currency: transhumanism.

St. Pio of Pietrelcina, known as Padre Pio, is seen in this undated photo that was part of a Vatican-hosted presentation of 10 new photos of the Capuchin saint on April 29, 2024. A habit worn by the beloved saint and other rare relics are coming to the U.S. Oct. 11-18, 2025, brought by Capuchin friars from the very monastery that was home to Padre Pio. (CNS photo/Courtesy Saint Pio Foundation)

Padre Pio’s habit, rare relics coming to US

OSV News May 29, 2025

A habit worn by St. Pio of Pietrelcina and other rare relics are coming to the U.S., brought by Capuchin friars from the very monastery that was home to the beloved saint known as Padre Pio.

Members of Apache Stronghold protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington Sept. 11, 2024, the day the non-profit coalition filed an appeal asking the high court to overturn a federal appeals court ruling allowing development of a copper mine in Oak Flat, Ariz., on a site Apache people consider sacred. The U.S. Supreme Court on May 27, 2025, rejected the appeal. (OSV News photo/Piroschka van de Wouw, Reuters)

SCOTUS rejects Indigenous coalition’s appeal over mine’s threat to sacred site

OSV News May 28, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court on May 27 rejected an appeal that sought to protect a sacred site at Oak Flat, Arizona, from destruction by a copper mining giant.

Pope Leo XIV greets those gathered outside the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome May 25, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Communion requires prayer, listening, conversion, pope says

Catholic News Service May 27, 2025

Celebrating his first Mass in Rome's diocesan cathedral, Pope Leo XIV said communion is built primarily "on our knees," through prayer and a constant commitment to conversion.