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Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal) and Grogu are pictured in a scene from the movie "The Madalorian and Grogu." The Motion Picture Association rating is PG-13 -- parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (OSV News photo/Disney)
Movie Review: The Mandalorian and Grogu
A drone view shows Mark Tuttle's tractor and soybean planter parked on his soy farm in Somonauk, Ill., May 30, 2024. On April 14, 2026, the American Farm Bureau Federation reported, "Rising input costs tied to the conflict in the Middle East are adding strain to an already challenging farm economy." (OSV News photo/Jim Vondruska, Reuters)
Facing soaring fuel and fertilizer prices, Catholic farmers lean on faith
Pope Leo XIV greets visitors and pilgrims from the popemobile while riding around St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican before his weekly general audience May 27, 2026. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope Leo calls for 'openness' to Church reform that respects tradition
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington May 11, 2026. In a May 26 order list, the high court declined to intervene in a lawsuit over allegations that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops misled donors about the purposes of the annual Peter's Pence collection. (OSV News photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)
Supreme Court declines to dismiss Peter's Pence lawsuit
Pope Leo XIV poses for a selfie as he meets May 16, 2026, with young Catholics from the Italian Archdiocese of Genoa at the Vatican who are preparing to receive the sacrament of confirmation. (OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media)
13 things to know about Pope Leo's encyclical on AI
Pope Leo XIV reacts on the day he presides over the Holy Mass on the Solemnity of Pentecost in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, May 24, 2026. (OSV News photo/Matteo Minnella, Reuters)
Holy Spirit opens doors of peace, truth and forgiveness, pope says
Bishop Erik T. Pohlmeier of St. Augustine, Fla., carries the Monstrance on his way to the Historic Chapel on the grounds of Our Lady of La Leche Shrine during the kickoff of the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage in St. Augustine May 24. (OSV News photo/George Martell)
3rd US Eucharistic pilgrimage sets out on Pentecost 'praying for a fresh outpouring' of the Spirit
Cardinal José Cobo of Madrid poses for a photo while meeting reporters at the Vatican Sept. 29, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope will find a living, growing Church in Madrid, Spanish cardinal says
Congolese children read an advocacy poster in Bunia, Congo, May 20, 2026, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo strain outbreak. (OSV News photo/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere, Reuters)
As Ebola epidemic spreads, Uganda postpones Martyrs Day celebrations
A demonstrator holds a sign that reads "ICE out" during a protest against immigration actions outside the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago Nov. 7, 2025. Leaders of the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership said that with a judge's order May 15, 2026, some of their members are now allowed into the Broadview ICE facility to minister to detainees daily. (OSV News photo/Carlos Barria, Reuters)
Daily pastoral visits resume at ICE facility near Chicago after judge's order
A combination photo shows Archbishop Paul D. Etienne of Seattle in an undated image and a painting of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is seen during Palm Sunday Mass at Sacred Heart Church in Prescott, Ariz., April 13, 2025. On May 15, 2026, Archbishop Etienne issued a pastoral letter on the Sacred Heart of Jesus, titled "Meek and Humble of Heart." (OSV News photo/Archdiocese of Seattle, CNS/Bob Roller)
Devotion to Sacred Heart 'more timely than ever' as a return to love itself, says archbishop
Pope Leo XIV confirms a man he baptized during the Easter Vigil in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican April 4, 2026. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope Leo XIV urges confirmation candidates to ask Holy Spirit for gift of perseverance
Men embrace outside the Islamic Center in San Diego May 19, 2026, after a deadly shooting the previous day. One of the three people killed by two teen shooters at a San Diego mosque was a beloved security guard who acted quickly to prevent more deaths, authorities and community members said. The two teenage gunmen killed themselves a few blocks away -- in an attack police are investigating as a hate crime. (OSV News photo/Mike Blake, Reuters)
San Diego mosque shooting an 'attack on the sacred dignity of all human life,' says bishop
Pope Leo XIV signs his first apostolic exhortation, "Dilexi Te" ("I Have Loved You"), in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Oct. 4, 2025, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi. His first encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas," will be published May 25, 2026, addressing artificial intelligence and the protection of human dignity, the Vatican announced May 18, 2026. (OSV News photo/Vatican Media/CPP)
What exactly is an encyclical?
Pope Leo XIV signs his first apostolic exhortation, "Dilexi Te" ("I Have Loved You"), in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Oct. 4, 2025. His first encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas," addressing artificial intelligence and the protection of human dignity, will be published May 25, 2026, the Vatican announced May 18. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope Leo XIV to publish encyclical on artificial intelligence May 25
Bishop Robert E. Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, a member of the U.S. Religious Liberty Commission, speaks at the Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving event at the National Mall in Washington, May 17, 2026. (OSV News screenshot)
America 250 occasion to reflect on equality as a God-given right, Bishop Barron says 
Bishop Pierre-André Dumas of Anse-à-Veau-Miragoâne, Haiti, processes during Palm Sunday Mass at St. Mary Cathedral in Miami March 29, 2026. (OSV News photo/Andoni Biurrarena, Florida Catholic)
Haitian bishop sees 'signs of God's tenderness' amid ongoing recovery from serious burns
The skull of St. Zdislava of Lemberk, a 13th-century Dominican laywoman whose remains have been venerated by pilgrims for centuries, is seen in an undated photo at the Basilica of St. Lawrence and St. Zdislava in Jablonne v Podjestedi, a small Czech town 70 miles north of Prague. On May 12, 2026, a thief slipped into the basilica just before evening Mass, smashed the glass reliquary and escaped in a flash with the saint’s skull. On May 15, police announced they had recovered the relic and found the thief. (
Police recover beloved saint's relic taken in brazen theft that shocked Czech Catholics
A young man bows his head in prayer during Holy Thursday’s Mass of the Lord's Supper at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican April 17, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Young men are struggling to find purpose and vocation
Pope Leo XIV blesses children with disabilities as he arrives to lead his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 13, 2026. (OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media)
Pope remembers attempt on St. John Paul, calls Mary the Church's 'perfect model'
Pope Leo XIV gives his blessing to participants in the Jubilee of Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers after Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican July 29, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope Leo XIV's encyclical on artificial intelligence is coming: Here's what he has said on AI so far
Catholic media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, leaves the Court of Final Appeal by prison van in Hong Kong Feb. 9, 2021. On Dec. 15, 2025, three government-vetted judges found Lai, 78, guilty of conspiring with others to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security and conspiracy to publish seditious articles. He had pleaded not guilty to all charges. On Feb. 9, 2026, Lai was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. (OSV News photo/Tyrone Siu, Reuters)
Catholics await word on Jimmy Lai as Trump meets Xi in Beijing
A statue depicting the Sacred Heart of Jesus is seen at Sacred Heart Church in the North End neighborhood of Boston April 22, 2026. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
US bishops' consecration of nation to Sacred Heart of Jesus affirms 'our reliance on God'
On the steps of Pope Leo XIV’s boyhood home in Dolton, Ill., a suburb of Chicago, the Midwest Augustinians outgoing superior, Father Anthony B. Pizzo, blesses the crowd after blessing the framed portrait of Pope Leo held by the chairman of the Pope Leo XIV American Legacy Foundation, 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
Participants of the "Witness to Hope: Pastoral Care of Immigrant Communities" summit at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit May 6, 2026, pray over Daris Bartolon and her daughter, Maddeline. Daris and her daughter fled their native Guatemala in order to get away from her domestic abuser. She has a court date June 1 to hear her plea for asylum. (OSV News photo/Valaurian Waller, special for Detroit Catholic)
3rd 'Witness to Hope' summit focuses on how Church can better support, protect immigrants
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