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Vínicius Marques Diniz, 22 years old, first from right, came to Castel Gandolfo, Italy, to pray with the pope with his family from Campo Grande, Brazil, July 19, 2026. (OSV News photo/Courtney Mares)
Pope Leo XIV in Castel Gandolfo: God's kingdom grows in the 'little things of daily life'
Juana Aiskel Fumero, mother of Ashley Martinez, 29, and grandmother of Kalani Martinez, 2, who were killed in the June 24, 2026, earthquakes, carries Kalani's ashes, while Zuleiry Martinez carries Ashley's ashes, to be buried at Tarmas cemetery, in La Guaira, Venezuela, July 15. Two catastrophic earthquakes hit Venezuela in quick succession, leaving at least 5,000 dead with thousands still missing. (OSV News photo/Pablo Sanhueza, Reuters)
Death toll in Venezuela nears 5,000 as earthquake recovery intensifies
Pope Leo XIV poses for a photo with two young boys at a lunch with vulnerable people from the Diocese of Rome at Borgo Laudato Si, in the pontifical gardens of Castel Gandolfo, Italy, July 11, 2026. (OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media)
Catholic group helps parishes to share a table with the poor, following pope's example
Father Vijay Kiran, a chaplain at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in North Providence, R.I., seen in an undated photo, displays some of the memorabilia he has collected over the years about St. John Paul II and St. Teresa of Kolkata. Upon his retirement from active ministry in July 2026, the Indian priest plans to return to Bangalore in his home country to open a long-planned museum and library honoring Mary and the two saints. (OSV News photo/Rick Snizek, Rhode Island Catholic)
Priest's museum in India will honor John Paul II, Mother Teresa and offer 'silent evangelization'
Pilgrims process during the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage in Savannah, Ga., May 27. As the Georgia Martyrs' Oct. 31 beatification approaches, pilgrims hoping to learn more about them and walk in their footsteps are able to visit a handful of identified sites. (OSV News photo/courtesy John Paul Flynn)
Pilgrims walk in the steps of the Georgia Martyrs 
A family is pictured in a file photo praying before Mass. (OSV News photo/Nancy Phelan Wiechec)
Five times to pray on the go
St. John Paul II addresses a press conference with President Jimmy Carter in the Rose Garden at the White House Oct. 6, 1979. He was the first pope to visit the White House, During his papacy, St. John Paul made seven visits to the United States. (OSV News photo/Chris Sheridan)
Exhibit highlights St. John Paul II's US visits, esteem for nation's foundational documents
Medical personnel are pictured in an undated photo preparing a patient for cataract surgery in Guatemala. Hospital Oftalmológico Visualiza in Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala, opened Nov. 7, 2025, and became the fourth in a planned system of eight eye hospitals and 38 clinics across the Central American country. (OSV News photo/courtesy Seva Foundation)
Faith leads effort to end preventable blindness in Guatemala and beyond
Helping build a Habitat for Humanity home in St. Paul, Minn., July 8, 2026, are Angie Davis, construction assistant for Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity; Will Skobba, site supervisor; Chris Coleman, president and CEO of the Twin Cities Habitat affiliate; Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis; and Leslie Varela, a student at St. Catherine University in St. Paul. The home is part of the Pope Leo Village movement, a national interfaith, multicity housing initiative inspired by Pope Leo XIV.(O
Donning hardhats, Archbishop Hebda, students help raise wall for Pope Leo Village in St. Paul
Pope Leo leads the Angelus prayer in Piazza della Liberta in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, Italy, July 12, 2026. (OSV News photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters)
Pilgrims flock to Castel Gandolfo for Pope Leo’s first summer Angelus
During a papal audience at the Vatican June 24, 2026, former White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski presents Pope Leo XIV with “the Ball” -- from the final out of Game 1 of the 2005 World Series. (OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media)
How a baseball rosary found its way to Pope Leo XIV
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Father Mike Schmitz, a diocesan priest in the Diocese of Duluth, Minn., and a popular priest on social media,, meets with young adults from St. David Catholic Church in Davie, Fla., at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Fort Lauderdale, Fla., May 20, 2026. Father Schmitz spoke in three Florida cities that month as part of his Parables Tour. His last tour date is July 20 in Dublin. (OSV News photo/Tom Tracy)
Popular podcaster Father Mike Schmitz unpacks Christ's Gospel parables, offers fresh insights
Pope Leo XIV spends the evening of July 4, 2026, with U.S. Ambassador Brian Burch and his family, where they discussed peace and freedom, and the Burch family presented the pope with a U.S.A. World Cup jersey, a baseball and an apple pie. (OSV News photo/courtesy U.S. Embassy to the Holy See)
When the American pope comes for July 4 dinner, here's what happens
Father Melvin Díaz Aponte, pastor of Immaculate Conception Church in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, and Carmen Alicia Rodríguez Echevarría, principal of the parish school, are pictured in an undated photo.They received the Catholic Extension Society's 2025-2026 Lumen Christi Award. For the 2026-2027 award, Chicago-based Catholic Extension has received 46 nominees from dioceses all over the U.S. (OSV News photo/Benny Bautista, Catholic Extension Society)
Catholic Extension: Lumen Christi Award nominees' good works 'born out of their love for God'
Pope Leo XIV greets a baby and family at the conclusion of his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Aug. 27, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Vatican unveils agenda for global family summit marking 'Amoris Laetitia' anniversary
Andy Burnham, a British member of Parliament for Makerfield, England, delivers a speech at the People's History Museum in Manchester June 29, 2026. Burnham will likely become prime minister of the United Kingdom later in July and would be the first ever to identify publicly as a Catholic. (OSV News photo/Temilade Adelaja, Reuters)
UK Church looks with cautious hopes to Catholic prime minister candidate
This photo of a farm is an image from the documentary "American Martyr: The Stanley Rother Story," which is scheduled to be released in theaters nationwide Aug. 26-27, 2026. The documentary tells the story of Oklahoma-born Blessed Stanley Rother through those who knew him, parishioners, catechists and family members, as well as those currently involved in his cause for canonization. (OSV News photo/Archdiocese of Oklahoma City)
New documentary brings 'farm boy' martyr Blessed Stanley Rother to wider Church
Pope Leo XIV greets visitors from the balcony of the papal Castel Gandolfo residence in Italy July 5, 2026. (OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media)
Pope Leo starts his summer break at Castel Gandolfo with cheerful welcome
Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, retired archbishop of Washington, raises the chalice as he concelebrates a Mass of thanksgiving for America’s 250th Anniversary at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington July 4, 2026. (OSV News photo/Tim Dias, courtesy National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception)
Mass of Thanksgiving for America's 250th anniversary held at National Shrine in Washington
Seminarians from St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Ambler, Pennsylvania, along with several Knights of Columbus led a July 5, 2026, Eucharistic procession through the streets of Philadelphia, marking the close of the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage. (OSV News photo/Gina Christian)
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage ends, but 'the journey continues'
Faithful sing at St. Peter the Apostle Church in Philadelphia July 5, 2026, during the final Benediction of the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, which concluded in that city amid the U.S.'s 250th anniversary celebrations. (OSV News photo/Gina Christian)
Pope Leo to pilgrims: 'Strong; Eucharistic heritage of US must continue as source of renewal, unity'
Noah Hajdu, a 23-year-old resident of Sterling, Mass., Father Derek A. Mobilio, pastor of Our Lady of the Angels Parish in Worcester, and others pose with the cross atop Wachusett Mountain in Westminster June 6, 2026. (OSV News photo/courtesy)
Catholic hikes up Massachusetts mountain carrying 130-pound cross to honor Christ
A silhouette of the Marian statue near the Spanish Steps in Rome is seen after a firefighter placed a wreath of flowers on the statue's arm Dec. 8, 2025, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
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