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A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest outside the Supreme Court May 15, 2025. On April 1, 2026, the court will hear oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara, a challenge to an executive order by President Donald Trump ending birthright citizenship. (OSV News photo/Leah Millis, Reuters)
As justices consider birthright citizenship, displaced mom says her US-born child 'should belong'
Pope Leo XIV speaks 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 of the shrine. (OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media)
'My soul magnifies the Lord!': Pope Leo marks anniversary of election at Marian shrine in Pompeii
Pope Leo XIV poses with Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim during the Roman Curia's annual Lenten retreat in the Pauline Chapel at the Vatican Feb. 22, 2026. The Norwegian bishop was chosen by Pope Leo to preach at the Lenten retreat, which ran from Feb. 22 to 27, and reflected on the theme, "Illuminated by a Hidden Glory." (OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media)
Bishop Varden on hope, AI, patience -- and not weaponizing Christianity
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Pope Leo XIV discuss Iran war at Vatican meeting
An American flag is displayed as Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, waves as he arrives to celebrate his inauguration Mass at the Vatican May 18, 2025. He is the first American pope in history. (OSV News photo/Andy Abeyta, Reuters)
'Peace be with you all': Pope Leo's first words were a roadmap for his first year
Pope Leo XIV greets a young boy from the popemobile in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican before leading his weekly general audience May 6, 2026. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
The Church must speak clearly, decisively against all evil, pope says
A pilgrim prays near the Marian shrine of Fatima in central Portugal May 12, 2019. Pilgrims to Fatima today will find a beautiful campus of churches, monuments, plazas and other buildings that have been built up around the site where the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared in 1917. (OSV News photo/Pedro Nunes, Reuters)
Shrines in Portugal and US are centers of devotion and prayer to Our Lady of Fatima
Retired Chicago Auxiliary Bishop Joseph N. Perry sits next to a portrait of the first African American priest of the U.S., Father Augustus (Augustine) Tolton, during the announcement April 29, 2026, on the shrine to the priest planned for St. Boniface Church in Quincy, Ill. (OSV News photo/courtesy Diocese of Springfield)
National shrine planned to honor Venerable Augustus Tolton in western Illinois
Pope Leo XIV greets Kerry Alys Robinson, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, as he meets with the agency's directors May 4, 2026, in the Consistory Hall of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican. (OSV News photo/Mario Tomassetti, Vatican Media)
Pope Leo XIV meets with Catholic Charities USA leadership, urges mission of compassion
In this OSV News composite image, Father Robert P. Boxie III, chaplain at the Sister Thea Bowman Catholic Student Center at Howard University in Washington, and Father Gary R. Studniewski, pastor of Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Washington, are pictured in undated photos. Both priests were appointed by Pope Leo XIV as auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Washington May 1, 2026. (OSV News composite image/photos courtesy Archdiocese of Washington)
Pope appoints two auxiliaries for Washington, accepts resignation of Auxiliary Bishop Campbell
Michael Flatley, star of the internationally acclaimed Irish dance shows "Lord of the Dance" and "Riverdance," greets Pope Leo XIV at the end of the pope's general audience on April 29, 2026, at St. Peter's Square (OSV News photo/Vatican Media)
Lord of the Dance meets Shepherd of the Flock: Michael Flatley greets Pope Leo XIV at Vatican
Pope Leo XIV looks through the main telescope of the Vatican Observatory in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, alongside U.S. Jesuit Father David A. Brown, an astronomer, July 20, 2025. The Vatican Observatory announced April 29, 2026, that an asteroid has been named in honor of Pope Leo XIII, who formally re-established the observatory in 1891. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Four asteroids just got named for Pope Leo XIII, Vatican astronomers
People come into the sanctuary of the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul, Minn., after Mass April 23, 2026, to venerate the Madre Peregrina, a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe that was brought to the Twin Cities from Mexico City. Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis presided at the Mass with Auxiliary Bishops Michael J. Izen and Kevin T. Kenney concelebrating. A local mariachi band played during and after Mass. (OSV News photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit)
Madre Peregrina statue on US tour brings message of hope, peace and joy, bishop says
Father Nikodemus Schnabel, then spokesman for the Benedictine Dormition Abbey on Mount Zion in Jerusalem’s Old City, is pictured Jan. 23, 2022. Now abbot, the priest warned in address to Aid to the Church in Need April 24, 2026, the Christian population that has borne the brunt of war and economic hardship is slowly diminishing. OSV News photo/Debbie Hill)
Benedictine abbot warns of Holy Land becoming 'Christian Disneyland'
Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, and Stanley Tucci, star in a scene from the movie "The Devil Wears Prada 2." The OSV News classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (OSV News photo/Macall Polay, 20th Century Studios)
Movie Review: The Devil Wears Prada 2
Pope Leo XIV prays in front of a fresco of Our Lady of Good Counsel at the shrine named after the image in Genazzano, Italy, southeast of Rome, May 10, 2025. In a video message released April 30, 2026, by the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network, the pope called on Catholics worldwide to confront the problem of food insecurity with both prayer and concrete action. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope Leo's prayer intention for May: 'That everyone might have food'
Candles are seen around a statue of Mary in the grotto at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France in this file photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Six times Mary appeared to encourage, admonish or inspire the faithful
Pinwheels are seen planted in the Chicago Healing Garden in this 2014 photo. Plans for a similar garden are underway at The Catholic University of America in Washington, with organizers hoping to raise $200,000 by spring 2027 to fund an area to include the flowers, shrubbery, seating, plaques and a prayer labyrinth. Such gardens can be found all around the country and aim to bring healing to victim/survivors of abuse. (OSV News photo/courtesy of St. Ignatius College Prep)
New national garden promises healing for abuse survivors and all Catholics
Pope Leo XIV anoints the hands of one of 10 priests as he celebrates their ordination Mass of 10 priests in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican April 26, 2026. Priests are called each day to leave the doors of the Church open to a "suffering humanity" in need and not "be an obstacle to those who wish to enter," Pope Leo told the deacons just before ordaining them to the priesthood. (OSV News photo/Franco Origlia, Random House/Elisabetta Trevisan, Vatican Media)
Pope Leo to new priests: Keep Church door open, don't be an obstacle
Guests watch from tables after U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were rushed out of the White House Correspondents' Association dinner by Secret Service agents after gunshots were heard in Washington April 25, 2026. (OSV News photo/Jessica Koscielniak, Reuters)
US bishops' head calls for prayer after gunman attacks White House press dinner attended by Trump
Jaafar Jackson stars as Michael Jackson in a scene from the movie "Michael." The OSV News classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (OSV News photo/Glen Wilson, Lionsgate)
Movie Review: Michael
A priest lays hands on Deacon Kieran Halloran during his ordination to the priesthood at St. Ignatius Loyola Church in New York City June 14, 2025. A new report from the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University, conducted for the U.S. bishops, looks at the defining features of the more than 400 men who will be ordained to the priesthood in 2026. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
Top 10 takeaways from a report on the 400 men becoming US priests in 2026
Pope Leo XIV celebrates the final Mass of his apostolic journey to Africa at Malabo Stadium in Equatorial Guinea April 23, 2026. (OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media)
From conflict zones to ancient Christian sites, Pope Leo XIV brings message of peace, hope to Africa
Pope Leo XIV meets with President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea at the Presidential Palace in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, April 21, 2026. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope Leo meets Equatorial Guinea's dictator, quoting St. Augustine's 'City of God'
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