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Police officers carry an elderly survivor to a safer place at Trishuli in Nepal's Nuwakot district Aug. 27, 2026, following devastating floods. Massive flash floods in a border area of Nepal and China killed at least 160 people and left hundreds of tourists, workers and others missing after suddenly sweeping through communities and halting travel in some areas Aug. 26. Experts said a glacial collapse caused the disaster in the warming Himalayan region. (OSV News photo/Navesh Chitrakar, Reuters)
Pope prays for dead, missing following catastrophic mudslides, floods in Nepal
Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of Springfield, Ill., is pictured in a July 11, 2018, file photo. Bishop Paprocki, four Catholic doctors and Lutheran Care Center, a nursing home in south-central Illinois, are plaintiffs in a suit filed against Illinois' physician-assisted suicide law. (OSV News photo/courtesy Diocese of Springfield in Illinois)
Judge temporarily blocks Illinois assisted suicide law; plaintiffs feel 'relief, gratitude for now'
Cistercian Father Thomas Esposito is pictured at Our Lady of Dallas Cistercian Abbey on June 30, 2026. Father Esposito is the author of “Blue Miles: A Monastic Novel,” which is the monk’s first published novel. (OSV News photo/Amy White, The Texas Catholic)
'Blue Miles,' Cistercian monk's debut novel, offers glimpse into abbey life
Bishop Jean-Marc Micas of Tarbes and Lourdes is pictured in an undated photo. All mosaics by disgraced priest Father Marko Rupnik adorning the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Lourdes will be covered ahead of Pope Leo XIV's Sept. 25-28, 2026, visit to France and will remain covered indefinitely, said Bishop Micas. (OSV News photo/courtesy Lourdes Sanctuary)
Bishop: Rupnik mosaics at Lourdes to be covered before pope's visit and remain masked indefinitely
A student from Bishop Flaget Catholic School in Chillicothe, Ohio, presents Bishop Earl K. Fernandes with gifts during an all-school Mass Sept. 5, 2025. Amid political, social and economic turmoil, Catholic education is "a sign of hope," said Bishop Fernandes in a pastoral letter released Aug. 18, 2026. (OSV News photo/Sarah Lightle, courtesy Diocese of Columbus)
Catholic education is 'an act of hope' that proclaims Christ's love, says Bishop Fernandes
A woman prays as she attends a candlelight vigil in Cali, Colombia, Aug. 17, 2026, in memory of the victims of the earthquake. Priests from the Archdiocese of Bogota, led by their bishop, Cardinal Luis José Rueda Aparicio, embarked on a five-day mission to provide spiritual assistance to people living in cities affected by the Aug. 10 earthquake. (OSV News photo/Sergio Acero, Reuters)
Colombia: Bogotá archdiocese launches 'spiritual first aid' mission to quake-hit cities
Pope Leo XIV greets visitors and pilgrims before his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Aug. 19, 2026. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Sacred music must be 'dignified,' reflecting the mystery being celebrated, pope says
A clergyman kneels before a monstrance as worshippers take part in the an annual 40-mile Fête-Dieu du Teche Eucharistic boat procession held on Aug. 15, 2026, along Louisiana's historic Bayou Teche. It commemorates the Feast of the Assumption and retraces the historic 1765 migration journey of the Acadian (Cajun) people from Leonville to St. Martinville. (OSV News photo/courtesy Chris Lancon)
Come to the Water: Eucharist boat procession along the Bayou Teche celebrates faith, history
Students are seen in a Jan. 21, 2026, photo, singing during Mass at Regina Pacis Academy in Norwalk, Conn. Regina Pacis Academy, a preschool-to-eighth-grade independent Catholic school, was founded as a tech-free classical school. Instead of smartboards, devices and a computer lab, the academy has chalkboards, textbooks and a well-stocked library, said Kimberly Quatela, its principal. (OSV News photo/courtesy Regina Pacis Academy)
Why some Catholic schools are going low-tech in the age of AI
Pope Leo XIV greets people around noon in Piazza della Liberta in Castel Gandolfo near Rome Aug. 16, 2026. After leading the Angelus prayer, the pope decried the violence in the West Bank and called on the international community to "work toward advancing the two-state solution." (OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media)
Pope calls for end to West Bank violence, pursuit of two-state solution
People evacuate from a building collapse at Jayakarta hotel following an earthquake of magnitude 7.7, in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Aug.15, 2026. Earlier that day, a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck the country's eastern coast, killing over 50 people and leaving thousands displaced in the aftermath. (OSV News photo/Stringer, Reuters)
Pope 'saddened' by devastation in Indonesia following earthquake
John DeJak, director of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat of Catholic Education, smiles in an undated photo. (OSV News photo/courtesy John DeJak)
USCCB's education director reflects on Catholic school landscape as school year begins
Pope Leo XIV celebrates a Mass in the Pontifical Parish of St. Thomas of Villanova, in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Aug. 15, 2026, on the feast the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. (OSV News photo/Gregorio Borgia, pool via Reuters)
True beauty found in enduring love, which 'ennobles and lifts us up,' pope says on feast of Assumption
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Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of Springfield, Ill., is pictured in a July 11, 2018, file photo. (OSV News photo/courtesy Diocese of Springfield in Illinois)
Bishop, doctors and Lutheran nursing home sue to block Illinois assisted suicide law
Pope Leo XIV greets a baby and family before his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Aug. 12, 2026. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope Leo says Sunday is 'foundation and kernel' of liturgical year
A bookshelf is seen in this file photo. Love of books is necessary for a book club, but there are other important qualities, including good character, a love of truth and a commitment to faith. (OSV News photo/Margaret Murray)
7 characteristics of a great book club
Attendees at the annual assembly of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious in Atlanta take part in a one-mile "Pilgrimage of Hope" through downtown early Aug. 14, 2025, calling out the nation's "systemic injustice" with regard to racism, migration and the climate crisis. For LCWR's 2026 assembly in Orlando, Fla., Pope Leo XIV sent a video message Aug. 12 encouraging LCWR members to foster vocations to religious life in the United States. LCWR is celebrating the 70th anniversary of its founding at the
Pope Leo XIV urges sisters to foster vocations to religious life in United States
Members of the Eagle Scout Court of Honor unit sponsored by the Knights of Peter Claver in Minneapolis are seen in a July 30, 2026, photo. (OSV News photo/courtesy Catholic Scouting America)
Catholic Scouting's 'Novena Prayer for America' is patriotic petition for country's future
A woman prays at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Takoma Park, Md., on July 28, 2026. (OSV News photo/Mihoko Owada, Catholic Standard)
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A father and daughter kneel in prayer before a reliquary holding first-class relics of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque at Denver's Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception Aug. 3, 2026. (OSV News photo/André Escaleira Jr., Denver Catholic)
2 apostles of Sacred Heart meet in Denver; thousands venerate St. Margaret Mary Alacoque relics
Pilgrims from South Korea celebrate Aug. 3, 2025, as Pope Leo XIV confirmed Aug. 3-8, 2027, as the dates for World Youth Day in South Korea. His confirmation came the day of the closing Mass for the Jubilee of Youth at the Tor Vergata open-air field. (OSV photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters)
World Youth Day 2027 in Seoul to be 'a celebration of hope,' archbishop says
Peter Cooney (right) and his brother Thomas, who co-founded Acutis AI, a website platform designed as a Catholic alternative to mainstream AI systems that offers responses rooted in Church teaching, are seen in an undated photo. (OSV News photo/courtesy of AcutisAI) Editors: Best quality available
Acutis AI co-founder explores 'Magnifica Humanitas' and pope's call for digital disciples
Pope Leo XIV high fives a young man at Piazza Santa Maria degli Angeli in Assisi, Italy, Aug. 6, 2026, during the pope's pastoral visit to Assisi, which included a meeting with young people. (OSV News photo/Mario Tomassetti, Vatican Media)Pope Leo XIV high fives a young man at Piazza Santa Maria degli Angeli in Assisi, Italy, Aug. 6, 2026, during the pope's pastoral visit to Assisi, which included a meeting with young people. (OSV News photo/Mario Tomassetti, Vatican Media)
In Assisi, Pope Leo urges young people to become 'new saints'
A church window depicts the transfiguration of Christ, in which Moses and Elijah are seen with Jesus in a glorified state before the apostles Peter, James and John. (OSV News photo/Crosiers)
'It is good for us to be here': A reflection on the transfiguration of Jesus
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