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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Leo XIV will spend two weeks of July at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, bringing back a centuries-old tradition that had been suspended by Pope Francis. Pope Leo also will celebrate the feast of the Assumption of Mary for the whole town and visitors Aug. 15 as per tradition, according to the Prefecture of the Papal Household. Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican press office, confirmed Pope Leo would be staying in the Villa Barberini, the former summe
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The U.S. bishops urged House and Senate leaders in a June 9 letter to remember that while artificial intelligence presents opportunities, it also presents challenges. The bishops said policy considerations surrounding AI should be governed by an ethical framework. The bishops noted Pope Leo XIV has made his concerns about AI an early focus of his papacy, writing, 'As our new Holy Father Pope Leo XIV reminds us, AI requires 'responsibility and discernment in order to en
'When I was a child' Archbishop Richard G. Henning Friday, June 13, 2025 Faith Help...
HULL -- At the end of Mass at St. Mary of the Assumption Parish in Hull on June 8, Pentecost Sunday, Pastor Father Scott Euvrard made an announcement honoring the contributions of an individual that dutifully served him for 11 years.
LAWRENCE -- The rules of the Girls Empowerment Club at Bellesini Academy in Lawrence are helpfully explained by two colorful contracts written in marker, one for the sixth graders and one for the seventh graders.
Father Bernard Makadani Zulu celebrates Mass at a rural outstation in Chipata, Zambia. Propagation of...
(OSV News) -- As headlines in major U.S. publications on May 8 blared that the first pope from the U.S. had been elected, newspapers in Peru, where he is a citizen, begged to differ. 'Leo XIV, el chiclayano,' read one headline, claiming him as a son of Chiclayo, a city in the north coast of Peru, where he served as bishop from 2015 until 2023. 'Habemus Papa peruano,' said another. Pope Leo is 'as Peruvian as a potato,' read an insert with his photo on the cover. Chicago moved in, marking a sea
BRAINTREE -- Every time Father Bill Joy visited a new country with Catholic Relief Services, the locals always wanted to know two things: If he knew the pope, and if he knew Michael Jordan.
BRAINTREE -- When Archbishop Richard G. Henning looks out at the sea, he thinks of the words from the beginning of the Book of Genesis: 'The spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.'
(OSV News) -- The Catholic bishops of Washington state asked a federal court to block a new law requiring clergy to report child abuse or neglect without exceptions for clergy-penitent privilege. The bishops on June 5 asked the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in Tacoma to issue a preliminary injunction to block enforcement of the law, scheduled to take effect on July 27. Mark Rienzi, president and CEO of Becket, a religious liberty law firm in Washington, D.C., that
The following is the full text of the homily given by Pope Leo XIV for Pentecost Mass in St. Peter’s Square June 8. Dear brothers and sisters, “The day has dawned upon us when …, glorified by his ascension into heaven following his resurrection, the Lord Jesus Christ sent the Holy Spirit” (Saint Augustine, Serm. 271, 1). Today, too, what took place in the Upper Room takes place anew in our midst. Like a mighty wind that overtakes us, like a crash that startles us, like a fi
AI illustration by Gemini Making Sense of Bioethics 'De-extincting' long-vanished animal species? Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk...
PARIS (OSV News) -- The famed Sacré-Coeur, or Basilica of the Sacred Heart, which Émile Zola called a 'stone host placed on the open wound of the city,' celebrates the 150th anniversary of the laying of its first stone. To celebrate her birthday in style, on June 15, 200 families -- the 'living stones of the church' -- as the basilica's rector called them, gathered at the top of Montmartre hill for a festive day of prayer, retreat and consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 'The ic
A portrait of Bishop James Augustine Healy during his time as Bishop of Portland. Pilot...
Antonio de Pereda, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Glorious processions Scott Hahn Friday, June 13,...
