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A woman becomes emotional as she prays with a rosary during Eucharistic adoration following the opening Mass of the National Prayer Vigil for Life Jan. 19, 2023, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
Many Catholics, not just Pope Leo, are praying the rosary every day in October: Here's why
Students from Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy in Chicago dressed as cardinals, a Swiss Guard and a pope pose in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Oct. 8, 2025. The students had captured worldwide attention when they held a mock conclave at their school May 6, electing their own “pope,” fourth grader Augie Wilk, who took the name “Pope Augustine,” just days before the election of Pope Leo, a fellow Chicagoan and Augustinian. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Jesus wants to be close, rekindle hope, on life's journey, pope says
Pilgrim prays in Lourdes, France, as part of the Oct. 2-4, 2025, "Rosary Pilgrimage," organized by the Dominican order since 1908. The Marian shrine of Lourdes welcomed a record number of participants this year -- 17,000 pilgrims were present, 2,000 more than in 2024. (OSV News photo/courtesy Lourdes shrine)
Rosary Pilgrimage to Lourdes, with record turnout, highlights brotherhood, martyrs of Algeria
A Palestinian child stands between tents Oct. 6, 2025, where displaced Palestinians, who fled northern Gaza due to an Israeli military operation, shelter in the central Gaza Strip. (OSV News photo/Dawoud Abu Alkas, Reuters)
Cardinal Pizzaballa welcomes ceasefire talks as first step, urges prayer, perseverance
Father Alejandro López Cardinale, pastor of St. Benedict Parish in Somerville, Mass., processes into Mass during the meeting of the U.S. National Catholic Council for Hispanic Ministry in Rome in conjunction with the Jubilee for Migrants Oct. 3, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Walking with migrants in the US: Pilgrims see, want to be signs of hope
Pilgrims, including religious sisters, priests and laypeople who serve as missionaries around the world, recite the rosary in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 4, 2025, as part of the Jubilee of the Missions. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza)
Mission, migrants make church 'catholic,' cardinal says
St. Thérèse of Lisieux is pictured in an undated photo. She lived in France's northern Normandy region, where the famous French saint, born Jan. 2, 1873, lived and died. Catholics nationwide are invited to encounter St. Thérèse of Lisieux in a special way during an upcoming visit of her relics to the U.S. this fall beginning Oct. 1, the feast day of St. Thérèse, and concluding Dec. 8, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. (OSV News photo/copyright © Archives du Carmel de Lis
Why St. Thérèse continues to inspire believers today -- especially those who suffer
Pope Leo XIV greets a woman at his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 1, 2025. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza)
God never gives up on his children, even when they fail, pope says
Dan Bradley holds a 10-foot cross near the scene of a mass shooting which took place at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in Grand Blanc, Mich., Sept. 29, 2025. (OSV News photo/Rebecca Cook, Reuters)
US bishops' president begs Americans to see Christ 'in every person,' reject political violence
Volunteers serve meals to guests at Catholic Charities’ St. Maria’s Meals program Aug. 20, 2025. Every Wednesday afternoon outside Catholic Charities headquarters in Washington, the St. Maria’s Meals program serves hot and nutritious meals to people experiencing homelessness or food insecurity. Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington has expanded its homeless shelter capacity in the District of Columbia as homeless encampments are being removed across the nation’s capital. (OSV News photo/courte
Catholic groups serving the poor call for action to end federal government shut down
Emergency personnel work at the scene of a shooting at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint in Grand Blanc, Mich., Sept. 28, 2025. A gunman opened fire inside the church during a Sunday service and set the building ablaze, killing at least four people and injuring at least eight others. Police shot and killed the suspect, authorities said. (OSV News photo/Rebecca Cook, via Reuters)
At least four killed at church shooting one month after Annunciation attack
Pope Leo XIV, in choosing a theme for World Communications Day 2026, highlights the need to safeguard human voices and faces in the digital era, ensuring technology like artificial intelligence serves humanity rather than replacing it. In this file photo from June 14, 2025, Pope Leo greets people as they hold up cellphones to take photos and videos as he enters St. Peter’s Basilica for an audience with pilgrims in Rome for the Holy Year 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope's communications day theme focuses on using media responsibly
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, speaks July 22, 2025, at a joint press conference at the Notre Dame Center in Jerusalem with Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem about their visit to Gaza. (OSV News photo/Debbie Hill)
Cardinal Pizzaballa: Situation in Gaza a 'disaster,' two-state solution 'less and less real'
A person prays the rosary in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican in this file photo from May 8, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope asks everyone to pray the rosary for peace throughout October
Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, speaks during a roundtable titled "Deportations and Assaults on Human Dignity: on Catholic Principles, Human Costs, and Pastoral Challenges" at Georgetown University in Washington Sept. 11, 2025. (OSV News photo/Rafael Suanes, courtesy Georgetown University)
'The Cabrini Pledge' calls faithful to be keepers of hope for migrants and refugees
Meghan Sullivan, a philosophy professor and director of the Institute for Ethics and the Common Good and the Ethics Initiative at the University of Notre Dame, gives the keynote address Sept. 23, 2025, at a Notre Dame summit on artificial intelligence. (OSV News photo/Evan Cobb, University of Notre Dame)
Notre Dame summit aims to bring Christian values to AI revolution
New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan speaks during the formal unveiling Sept. 18, 2025, of a 25-foot-high, four-panel mural in the narthex of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. Looking on is artist Adam Cvijanovic, the mural's creator. The artwork depicts the 1879 Marian apparition in Knock, Ireland; people connected to the Catholic heritage and immigration history of the city of New York and the state; and first responders who serve the metropolitan area. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
St. Patrick's Cathedral mural honors immigrants, first responders, NY saints
Msgr. Laurence Spiteri, a judge on the Roman Rota, a Vatican court, holds a public conversation with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. at a Jubilee of Justice event in the Palazzo della Cancelleria in Rome Sept. 20, 2025. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza)
US Supreme Court justice speaks at Vatican Jubilee of Justice 
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Pope Leo XIV greets a child dressed as the pope as he rides in the popemobile during the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sept. 17, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Relentless effort, quick action are not always the answer, pope says
Political prisoners released from Belarus are welcomed at the U.S. Embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sept. 11, 2025. (OSV News photo/Kacper Pempel, Reuters)
Jailed Catholic priests 'used as hostages' in Belarus
The "Cosmic Cliffs" of the Carina Nebula are seen in an image released by NASA July 12, 2022. The image is from data provided by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, a revolutionary apparatus designed to peer through the cosmos to the dawn of the universe. (OSV News photo/NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team, Handout via Reuters)
What the church really teaches about evolution
Pope Leo XIV receives a gift from Sister Vandana Fernandes, superior general of the Ursulines of Mary Immaculate, at the end of an audience in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace Sept. 18, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Religious obedience is 'act of love' that builds community, pope says
Pope Leo XIV slices a cake for his 70th birthday Sept. 14, 2025, as cardinals, Vatican officials and ecumenical leaders look on after a prayer service at Rome's Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Thousands of visitors celebrate Pope Leo's birthday in St. Peter's Square 
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