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Sorrow, shock, prayer for Catholics in Middle East as US and Israel strike Iran; Khamenei now dead

Gina Christian · March 2, 2026

Catholics across the Middle East are reeling with shock and sorrow, and responding with prayer, amid joint strikes Israeli and U.S. forces launched on Iran Feb. 28.

Board of Peace a ‘colonialist operation’: Cardinal

Junno Arocho Esteves · February 18, 2026

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, strongly criticized the U.S.-led Board of Peace, an international body chaired by President Donald Trump to oversee the governance and reconstruction of Gaza.

Shevchuk: Ash Wednesday collection has helped 'resurrect' Church in Ukraine

Gina Christian · February 18, 2026

Each year, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops takes up its annual Collection for the Catholic Church in Central and Eastern Europe. Ahead of the collection OSV News spoke with Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk.

US bishops' president calls for Holy Hour of peace amid 'current climate of fear'

Gina Christian · January 29, 2026

Amid soaring domestic and global tensions, the head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has called for a Holy Hour for peace as "a moment of renewal for our hearts and for our nation."

Cardinal Tobin: 'Say no to violence,' stop funding 'lawless organization' after protester killings

Gina Christian, Kate Scanlon · January 27, 2026

Shortly after a nurse was killed while protesting immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis, a U.S. cardinal called on people of faith to counter violence with love.

Trump rules out use of force to acquire Greenland, argues it should be given to US

Kate Scanlon · January 22, 2026

President Donald Trump ruled out the use of force to acquire Greenland in a Jan. 21 speech to the World Economic Forum, but he said the U.S. would still seek ownership of the country.

'Morally acceptable' for troops to disobey 'morally questionable' orders on Greenland

Kate Scanlon · January 22, 2026

The head of the U.S. military archdiocese said in a Jan. 18 radio interview that U.S. soldiers could in good conscience disobey orders to participate in an invasion of Greenland.

Pope Leo evaluating Trump's invitation to join Board of Peace, Vatican's secretary of state says

Junno Arocho Esteves · January 21, 2026

Pope Leo XIV is currently evaluating an invitation by U.S. President Donald Trump to join his "Board of Peace," an international body chaired by the president to oversee the governance and reconstruction of Gaza, the Vatican secretary of state said.

Cardinals seek ‘genuinely moral’ U.S. foreign policy

Gina Christian · January 21, 2026

Three U.S. cardinals have issued a joint statement urging the creation of a “genuinely moral foreign policy for our nation,” as the U.S. faces “the most profound and searing debate about the moral foundation for America’s actions in the world since the end of the Cold War.”

Rubio says US closely working with Catholic Church to get Cuba humanitarian aid

Kate Scanlon · January 15, 2026

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Jan. 14 that the first in a series of direct humanitarian shipments to Cuba would take place the same day, as well as another Jan. 16.