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Iranian children attend a ceremony marking 40 days since schoolchildren were killed in a strike on a girls' primary school in Minab, Iran, April 7, 2026, amid the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. (OSV News photo/Majid Asgaripour, West Asia News Agency via Reuters)
More than 80 theologians, educators urge US bishops to publicly oppose Iran war
A man who says he is a homeless veteran is seen in a file photo walking with his belongings on State Route 1 outside of Davenport, Calif. (OSV News photo/Shannon Stapleton, Reuters)
Catholic Charities key in the fight to house declining numbers of homeless veterans
Pope Leo XIV greets prison staff members during a visit to the Federal Prison Complex in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 11, 2026. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
In Pope Francis' homeland, his successor carries forward a legacy of prioritizing the poor
Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives at Callao Air Base in Lima, Peru, Nov. 11, 2026, during his Nov. 6-17 apostolic journey to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru. (OSV News photo/Daniel Becerril, Reuters)
3 million people give Pope Leo XIV a warm welcome as he arrives in Peru, his home for two decades
Pope Leo XIV swings a censer near the altar as he celebrates Mass at Monumento de los Españoles in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 9, 2026, during his Nov. 6-17 apostolic journey to Argentina, Peru and Uruguay. (OSV News photo/Yara Nardi, Reuters)
Pope Leo celebrates Mass with 2.5 million people in heart of Buenos Aires
Pope Leo XIV visits newly built homes supported by funding from the Papal Foundation and the Parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the Casavalle neighborhood of Montevideo, Uruguay, Nov. 7, 2026. To the right next to the pope is Cardinal Daniel Sturla of Montevideo. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
In secular Uruguay, Pope Leo urges Catholics to find strength in being few
With a U.S. flag in the background, Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the popemobile as he rides around St. Peter's Square at the Vatican before his weekly general audience Aug. 6, 2025. Ahead of the Nov. 3, 2026, midterm elections, a bipartisan group of more than 90 U.S. lawmakers urged House Speaker Mike Johnson in an Oct. 30 letter to invite Pope Leo XIV to address Congress, saying the U.S.-born pope's "unique perspective" and "ties to our country" would be "a unifying force" for officials. (CNS photo
Over 90 US lawmakers call for Pope Leo to address next Congress in bipartisan letter
Janice Hahn, a member of the LA County Board of Supervisors, presents Pope Leo XIV with a plaque bearing the original seal of the County of Los Angeles following his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 28, 2026. The original seal had crosses that her father had fought to include but have since been removed over concerns that they represented a government endorsement of Christianity, Hahn said later in an interview. (OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media)
LA pilgrims' encounter with pope brings together California history, Christian unity, White Sox
Mim Scholle, a Reston, Va.-based parish volunteer and event planner, is concerned about the increasing number of parish flyers made with AI. She is pictured in an undated photo. (OSV News photo/courtesy Mim Scholle)
Experts see promise in AI as tool for parish flyers, promotions but warn against its misuse
Children in Catholic school uniforms walking into a church
Supreme Court hears clash between Catholic preschools, Colorado over 'universal' program
Pope Leo XIV waves as he boards the papal plane ahead of his first apostolic journey to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, at Rome's Fiumicino Airport on Nov. 6, 2026. (OSV News/Remo Casilli, Reuters)
Pope Leo XIV departs for 12 day tour of South America
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This is an undated photo of the Blessed Stanley Rother exhibit at the Museum of the Bible in Washington. Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City spoke about Blessed Rother at a Nov. 1, 2026, reception for the exhibit honoring the martyred Oklahoma priest for his translation of Scripture into an Indigenous language of Guatemala. The exhibit runs through Oct. 1, 2027. (OSV News photo/Museum of the Bible)
New exhibit at the Museum of the Bible explores legacy of Blessed Stanley Rother
Pope Leo XIV is pictured praying his November 2026 prayer intention "for the proper use of wealth." He invites Catholics to pray the intention and "recognize that true wealth lies not in accumulating or possessing, but in giving with love." (OSV News screenshot/Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network)
'For the proper use of wealth' is Pope Leo XIV's prayer intention for November
"The Forerunners of Christ with Saints and Martyrs" from c. 1424 by Fra Angelico is housed at the National Gallery in London. (OSV News photo/Wikimedia commons)
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Pilgrims cheer after the Way of the Cross during World Youth Day in 2016 at Blonia Park in Krakow, Poland. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
It takes courage to stand for - not against - something, pope tells young people
Pope Leo XIV smiles from the popemobile while riding around St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican before his weekly general audience Nov. 4, 2026. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope warns economic inequality threatens peace, urges politicians to serve common good
A wreath of roses rests atop the unmarked grave of 47 preborn children whose bodies were discovered in 2010 at the Philadelphia clinic of abortionist Kermit Gosnell. Convicted in 2013 of multiple murder, involuntary manslaughter and drug charges, Gosnell died in prison in 2026. Pro-life advocates offered Mass and graveside prayers for the slain children Nov. 2, 2026, at their burial site in Laurel Hill East Cemetery in Philadelphia. (OSV News photo/Gina Christian)
Pro-life advocates pray at grave of 47 babies killed by abortionist Gosnell
Bishop Stephen D. Parkes of Savannah, Ga., preaches Nov. 1, 2026, at the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist in Savannah during the Mass of thanksgiving celebrating the Oct. 31 beatification of the five Georgia Martyrs. (OSV News photo/Lauretta Brown)
At Nov. 1 Mass of thanksgiving, archbishop says beatified Georgia Martyrs 'are on their way to being saints'
silicone statue of Pope Leo XIV, created by Peruvian artist Walt Wizard, stands outside a church in Lima, Peru, Oct. 28, 2026, ahead of Pope Leo's Nov. 6–17 apostolic journey to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru. (OSV News photo/Stifs Paucca, Reuters)
For Pope Leo, Peru trip is more homecoming than state visit
Imanol Goitia Inoriza, 16, and his mother, María Isabel Inoriza de Villota, a 12th-generation descendant of one of the brothers of Francisco de Veráscola, visit Fort King George in Darien, Ga., where Francisco is believed to have been killed. They came all the way from Spain to attend the Oct. 31, 2026, beatification of this relative who gave his life for the faith over four centuries ago. (OSV News screenshot/Lauretta Brown)
Pilgrims at Georgia Martyrs' beatification admire the friars' missionary zeal, defense of marriage
People protest outside the premises of Poland's Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw Oct. 31, 2026, after the tribunal said on its website that the tribunal's president Bogdan Swieczkowski, a deputy justice minister under the Law and Justice government, had been suspended. (OSV News photo/Agencja Wyborcza.pl/via Reuters)
As Poland's constitutional crisis spills into streets, bishops plead for reconciliation
A woman prays in front of at a glass-encased reliquary containing a bone from the arm of St. Jude the Apostle at St. Jude Church in Mastic Beach, N.Y., Nov. 27, 2023. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
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Mother Stefania Polkowska, abbess of the Benedictine Abbey in Staniatki, is seen on the construction site on the abbey grounds in Staniatki, Poland, in an undated photo. The Benedictine community has launched an urgent fundraising campaign to complete a major heritage preservation project by Dec. 31, 2026. (OSV News photo/courtesy Benedictine Abbey in Staniatki)
For 800 years, they kept the prayers going; now Benedictine nuns face a $1 million deadline
Tyler Perkins with Villanova's men's basketball team dribbles the ball during a preseason exhibition game Oct. 22, 2026. Villanova and Notre Dame's men's and women's basketball teams will open the college season in Rome Nov. 1. (OSV News photo/Villanova Athletics)
Notre Dame vs. Villanova in Rome: When Catholic loyalties collide, who gets the cheers?
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