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Pope Leo XIV talks to visitors during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Aug. 20, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope sets Aug. 22 as day to pray, fast for peace in Ukraine, Holy Land
French Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline of Marseille, who is president of the French bishops' conference, speaks at a news conference at the Latin Patriarchate headquarters in Jerusalem Aug, 19, 2025, during his visit to the Holy Land. (OSV News photo/Debbie Hill)
Cardinal: When all hope seems to disappear In Holy Land, hope of Christ's resurrection remains
Pope Leo XIV greets a child dressed in liturgical vestments inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Aug. 20, 2025, after his weekly general audience. The pope visited pilgrims gathered in the basilica to offer his blessing, as the Paul VI hall had reached full capacity. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Christ's love is stronger than hatred, pope says at audience
Pope Leo XIV greets María Lía Zervino, a member of the council of the Laudato Si' Movement, and Lorna Gold, executive director, after his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 28, 2025. (OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo)
At 100 days, Pope Leo's papacy rooted in St. Augustine, reflection, unity
The faithful pray as a 19th-century silver statue of Mary is carried in a procession outside of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Aug. 15, 2025. For the first time since its reopening in December 2024, the cathedral marked the feast of the Assumption with a solemn outdoor procession Aug. 15, that drew as many as 3,400 faithful who filled the streets of the Ile de la Cité to honor Mary. The tradition was interrupted for five years by the cathedral's post-fire restoration. (OSV News photo/courtesy Antoine Mull
Paris celebrates its queen on the feast of the Assumption
Pope Leo XIV shares a moment with guests assisted by the Albano diocesan Caritas agency during a luncheon at the Borgo Laudato Si’ in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Aug. 17, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Burn with 'fire' of God's love, pope says at Mass and lunch with the poor
People hold newspapers in Chiclayo, Peru, May 9, 2025, reporting on the election of Pope Leo XIV, who is a dual U.S.-Peruvian citizen. Formerly Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the prelate was elected pope May 8 at the Vatican, becoming the first American pope in history. As an Augustinian priest, then-Father Prevost spent many years as a missionary in Peru and later as Chiclayo's bishop. (OSV News photo/Sebastian Castaneda, Reuters)
New tourist route in honor of Pope Leo XIV to draw visitors to Peru
Bishop Chad W. Zielinski of New Ulm, Minn., third from left, Bishop Daniel E. Thomas of Toledo, Ohio, and Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington, Va., chairman of the U.S. Catholic bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, are pictured with the "People of Life" recipients in Arlington Aug. 11. Pictured are Daniel Marker, and Susan Young, receiving posthumously for their parents Mike and Rita Marker of Steubenville, Ohio, Judy Haag of Eden Valley, Minn., and Valerie Washington of Baltimore, executive direc
People of Life' awards honor 4 pro-life advocates for leadership legacy
A statue of Mary with a crown, and a painting of Our Lady of Guadalupe are pictured at Sacred Heart Church in Prescott, Ariz., May 5, 2025. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
Images of Mary: Can we find the Blessed Mother in the Old Testament?
A drone photo shows the campus of The Catholic University of America in Washington May 31, 2024. The university announced Aug. 11, 2025, that in October its publishing division will release in print and Kindle editions Pope Leo XIV's dissertation, which he defended in 1987 for his doctoral degree in canon law. (OSV News photo/courtesy Catholic University of America)
Catholic University of America Press to publish Pope Leo's dissertation
A woman throws a wreath into the water as Bishop Richard F. Reidy of Norwich, Conn., celebrates the Holy Cross Community's annual Blessing of the Fleet in Stonington, Conn., July 27, 2025. (OSV News photo/Ryan Blessing, Four County Catholic)
Calm seas, gentle breeze greet Connecticut bishop, faithful for 'Blessing of the Fleet'
Pope Leo XIV greets people gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus prayer Aug. 10, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Works of mercy are best way to invest what God gave you, pope says
Father Joseph Verbis Lafleur, a World War II chaplain who gave his life while saving others on a Japanese prison ship, is seen in this undated photo. He died Sept. 7, 1944, when a U.S. submarine torpedoed the Japanese ship that he and over 700 fellow prisoners of war were aboard in the Indian Ocean. A priest of the Diocese of Lafayette, La., he is a candidate for sainthood and has the title "Servant of God." (OSV News photo/courtesy Diocese of Lafayette) Editor's note: Best image available.
Father Lafleur: Forgotten story of chaplain to POWs in WWII and his 'incredible selflessness'
Pope Leo XIV gives a thumbs-up as he rides the popemobile around St. Peter's Square at the Vatican before his weekly general audience Aug. 6, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Prepare space in your hearts for God's love to grow, pope urges
Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of Washington speaks during a peace gathering in Hiroshima, Japan, Aug. 5, 2025, the eve of the 80th anniversary of the United States dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. At right is Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe, N.M. (OSV News photo/Mihoko Owada, Catholic Standard)
Bishops in Japan: Atomic bombings a call to destroy nuclear arms, commit to peace
Members of the Knights of Columbus honor guard stand at attention during an Aug. 5, 2025, Mass celebrated at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington to open the fraternal organization's 143rd Supreme Convention. (OSV News photo/Patrick Ryan, for the Catholic Standard)
Knights of Columbus called to be 'heralds of hope' as order's 143rd Supreme Convention opens
The convent of the Benedictine Nuns of the Most Blessed Sacrament and the Church of St. Casimir in Warsaw, Poland, are seen in an undated photograph before the buildings were destroyed during the Second World War by German bombing amid the Warsaw Uprising, burying 34 sisters, four priests and a thousand civilians in the rubble on Aug. 31, 1944. (OSV News photo/courtesy Nuns of the Most Blessed Sacrament)
When nuns perished during adoration in wartime Warsaw, white doves rose into the sky
Motorcycles ridden by Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami and members of Knights on Bikes are parked in front of the entrance to "Alligator Alcatraz," an immigration detention facility some 55 miles from Miami in the Florida Everglades. The archbishop and his fellow bikers stopped to pray a rosary for detainees July 20, 2025. (OSV News photo/Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski)
Mass celebrated at 'Alligator Alcatraz' for detained Catholic migrants
Young people and others gather for prayer behind the Church of St. James in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in this file photo from the 2024 international youth festival known as Mladifest. Pope Leo XIV sent a message to this year's festival, which is being held Aug. 4-8, 2025. (CNS photo/Courtesy Mladifest)
Journey together, seek real encounters, pope advises young people
Members of a rescue team search through rubble of destroyed buildings in Beirut's port area Sept. 4, 2020, one month after a massive explosion. The blast killed more than 200 people, injured some 7,000 others and displaced more than 300,000. (OSV News photo/Aziz Taher, Reuters)
Lebanese Catholic clergy commemorate Beirut port explosion victims five years later
American consecrated virgin Annamaria Mix, seen in an undated photo, works at the Militia Immaculata Archive in the Niepokalanów Monastery in Poland. Polish Franciscan Father Maximilian Kolbe, the future saint and martyr, founded Niepokalanów and established the international Militia Immaculata, or MI movement, in Italy, of which Mix is a member. In 1931, Father Kolbe founded a monastery in Nagasaki, Japan, that survived the atomic blast of Aug. 9, 1945. (OSV News photo/courtesy Annamaria Mix)
Nagasaki Franciscan monastery that survived atomic blast still stands as messenger of peace
Pope Leo Jubilee of Youth
Pope Leo urges youth to find hope, friendship in Christ in uncertain times
Italian Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, a struggling student who excelled in mountain climbing, is seen in an undated photo. He had complete faith in God and persevered through college, dedicating himself to helping the poor and supporting church social teaching. He died at age 24 and was beatified by St. John Paul II in 1990. The Vatican announced June 13, 2025, that the canonization ceremony for Blessed Frassati will take place Sept. 7 and include Blessed Carlo Acutis. (OSV News photo/Catholic Press Photo)
Popular Pier Giorgio Frassati: A saint for ordinary Catholics
Young people attend a concert in Risorgimento Square in Rome July 29, 2025, during the Jubilee of Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers. The event featured live music, dancing and international flags, with a large screen broadcasting images from earlier moments in the celebration. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza)
Festival of digital missionaries celebrates faithful witness in the digital age
Pope Leo XIV greets visitors and pilgrims from the popemobile as he rides around St. Peter's Square at the Vatican before his weekly general audience July 30, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Learning to communicate with honesty, prudence can help heal world, pope says
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