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Cordoba cathedral catastrophe avoided as fire quickly extinguished

OSV News · August 11, 2025

Firefighters saved the historic cathedral in Cordoba, Spain, Aug. 8, after flames and smoke were seen billowing from the iconic mosque-turned-church.

Ambassadors call attention to starving Israeli hostages, Gazan civilians

Cindy Wooden · August 7, 2025

Pope Leo XIV, like Pope Francis before him, consistently has called on Hamas to release the hostages it kidnapped in Israel almost two years ago and has pleaded with Israel to allow the delivery of more humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza.

Indian nuns released on conditional bail; advocates, superiors call their arrest 'unlawful'

UCA News · August 6, 2025

Two Catholic nuns and an Indigenous youth jailed for alleged human trafficking and forced conversion in central India have been released on bail under strict conditions by a special court dealing with terror cases.

Nagasaki friary survived atomic blast, still stands

Katarzyna Szalajko · August 6, 2025

Eighty years ago two of the world’s deadliest weapons were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, bringing near-total destruction.

Irish lay missionary, child among several kidnapped from orphanage in Haiti

Gina Christian · August 5, 2025

A longtime Irish missionary in Haiti has been kidnapped in what may be a targeted attack amid that nation's long-running armed gang violence and instability.

Catholic-run orphanage in Bethlehem offers a refuge of love, stability

OSV News · August 3, 2025

In the city where the Prince of Peace was born, peace feels heartbreakingly distant, especially for children.

U.S. prelates heading to Japan on 'Pilgrimage of Peace'

Gina Christian · August 2, 2025

As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and as renewed nuclear threats emerge in current conflicts, several U.S. Catholic bishops will travel to Japan on a "Pilgrimage of Peace."

Thousands visit Blessed Frassati's remains in Rome for Jubilee of Youth

Carol Glatz · July 31, 2025

Volunteers watching over the relics of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati gently placed items from the faithful on top of his casket to make a third-class relic for the visitors to the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, near Rome's Pantheon, one afternoon during the Jubilee of Youth.

Volkswagen Brazil ranch probed for human trafficking exposed by Catholic priest

Eduardo Campos Lima · July 31, 2025

A decades-long fight for justice in Brazil exposed by a Catholic priest may be nearing a historic verdict.

Disappeared Colombian priest 'freed'

Gina Christian · July 29, 2025

An Augustinian priest in Colombia who disappeared in June has been released, his order confirmed in a July 27 statement.