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May 13, 2026

By Kate Scanlon, OSV News WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Ahead of the July 4 expiration of the One Big Beautiful ...

Vicky Hartzler, chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, is pictured in an undated photo. USCIRF has reiterated its recommendation that President Donald Trump swiftly nominate an Ambassador at Large for international religious freedom (IRF) and calls on the U.S. Congress to act promptly with the confirmation process. (OSV News photo/courtesy USCIRF)

Religious freedom watchdog urges Trump to fill key ambassador vacancy

By Kate Scanlon, OSV News WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom on May 12 reiterated ...

On the steps of Pope Leo XIV’s boyhood home in Dolton, Ill., a suburb of Chicago, Midwest Augustinians outgoing superior, Father Anthony B. Pizzo blesses the crowd after blessing the framed portrait of Pope Leo held by The Pope Leo XIV American Legacy Foundation chairman Vince Kolber, while Village of Dolton Mayor Jason House and his staff bow their heads. (OSV News photo/Simone Orendain)

First-ever pilgrimage celebrates Pope Leo with Mass, visits to papal boyhood landmarks

By Simone Orendain, OSV News CHICAGO (OSV News) -- On the first anniversary of Pope Leo XIV's election, a group ...

A file photo shows students praying at an Islamic boarding school in Indonesia. A recent child abuse scandal that led to the closure of an Islamic boarding school and the arrest of its head cleric is a wake-up call for Christians to tighten monitoring and introduce reforms in their schools, Church leaders in Asia said. (OSV News photo/Y.T Haryono, Reuters)

Abuse scandal at Indonesian Islamic school seen as call to Catholic schools to strengthen safeguards

By Jacobus E. Lato / UCA News, OSV News (OSV News) -- A recent child abuse scandal that led to ...

Ordinariate bishop for North America sees his pastoral care expanded to Australia

By Gina Christian, OSV News (OSV News) -- A Texas-based bishop, who leads one of the Catholic Church's three "Anglican ordinariates," has ...

Bishops gather at the opening of the spring plenary assembly of the German Bishops' Conference in Würzburg, Germany, Feb. 23, 2026. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, told reporters May 6, the Holy See has not ruled out intervention into same-sex blessings by German bishops if the dispute cannot be resolved. (OSV News photo/courtesy German bishops' conference)

Vatican continues dialogue with German bishops regarding blessing for same-sex couples, cardinal says

By Junno Arocho Esteves, OSV News (OSV News) -- Dialogue between the Vatican and German bishops regarding the blessing of ...

Bringing the young to Holy Communion

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May 11, 2026

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3BbqxVTtotVsAbLPyaMf1k?go=1&sp_cid=63f69a2caef00532c2571072a0cc2bd9&utm_source=embed_player_p&utm_medium=desktop&nd=1&dlsi=ace3da2acbf740c6 This week on the Talking Catholic, cohosts Kari Janisse and Mike Bress explore the beauty and meaning of the ...

People are pictured in a file photo using night vision goggles to look at the night sky during an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) tour in the desert outside Sedona, Ariz. UAPs -- once known as UFOs -- and the intelligence behind their existence has long been a source of public fascination, but Catholic theologians and scientists have also been thinking about their implications on how humanity sees itself in relation to its Creator. (OSV News photo//Mike Blake, Reuters)

Can intelligent extraterrestrial life exist? Here’s what Catholic thinkers have to say

May 11, 2026

By Maria Wiering, OSV News (OSV News) -- If rational, extraterrestrial beings exist, what would be God's relationship to them? ...

Pope Leo XIV greets a woman as he visits the Pontifical Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary of Pompeii near Naples, Italy, before celebrating Mass in the piazza outside May 8, 2026, on the first anniversary of his election as the first American pontiff. He visited 400 sick and disabled people inside the shrine. (OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media)

Customer service story of ‘relatable’ Pope Leo XIV gone viral resonates with everyday people

May 11, 2026