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White Sox match honours baseball-fan Pope
White Sox baseball fans sporting custom-designed black and gold mitre-style hats celebrated Pope Leo XIV, a fellow diehard Sox fan, at a pope-themed game in Chicago on Tuesday. Source: OSV News.
Society’s mission to create 1000 rosaries for beatification
A parish-based rosary-making ministry in Kentucky is on a mission to create 1000 World Mission Rosaries for the beatification of evangelist Archbishop Fulton Sheen. Source: OSV News.
‘I hope to be there soon’: Pope hints at visit to US
In an interview with an American broadcaster, Pope Leo XIV has highlighted the importance of immigration to the history of the United States and hinted that he could visit the country of his birth in the next couple of years. Source: Vatican News.
US shooting suspect has a miracle past
The suspect in a double shooting in the United States is apparently the same man whose unexpected recovery after a health crisis as a newborn was deemed a miracle by the Vatican in 2025. Source: EWTN News.
Bishops urge Florida residents to help end ‘culture of death’
Florida’s Catholic bishops are urging state residents to work to bring about an end to the death penalty, describing it as a “culture of death” and incompatible with a full Catholic understanding of the value of human life. Source: National Catholic Register.
US bishops oppose expanded insurance coverage for IVF
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and other Catholic groups have submitted public comments in opposition to a proposed US Government regulation that would expand insurance coverage for in vitro fertilisation. Source: OSV News.
Faithful and saints come together on Fourth of July
A small churchyard amid Wisconsin farmland became the site of a big “family gathering” over the Fourth of July weekend when the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion hosted a celebration of Catholic Saints of America. Source: OSV News.
Nicaraguan bishop remains missing arrest by police
Another Nicaraguan bishop remains missing after being apprehended by police, drawing a rebuke from the United States for the ongoing “attacks on religious freedom” in the increasingly authoritarian country. Source: OSV News.
Chicago Catholics in sorrow and shock over cross-burning at park
Catholics in a downtown Chicago neighbourhood expressed sorrow and dismay days after a cross was found burning at a popular park nearby. Source: OSV News.