Catholic News Service

Catholic News Service (CNS) is a news organization based in the United States that focuses on reporting about the Roman Catholic Church. Founded in 1920, CNS serves as a key news provider for Catholic media outlets, both in print and broadcast, across the globe. CNS considers itself the main source of national and international news for the U.S. Catholic press. It operates independently in terms of editorial content and is a financially self-sufficient part of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The agency is located in Washington, D.C. Please note: This outlet has been discontinued and is now available at https://muckrack.com/media-outlet/osv.

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Take care of body, mind, heart, spirit, pope tells professional cyclists

5 days ago | usccb.org | Carol Glatz

Pope Leo XIV welcomed elite cyclists to Vatican City ahead of the final stage of the Giro d’Italia in Rome. He told them that they were always welcome in the Vatican, and they "are always welcomed by the church, which represents God’s love for all people."The historic ride through the Vatican Gardens honored Pope Francis and the Holy Year dedicated to hope.
A family's love grounded in Christ is a sign of peace for the world, pope says

6 days ago | usccb.org | Carol Glatz

Concluding the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents and the Elderly in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Leo XIV highlighted the role of marriage, family unity and God's love in building peace and harmony in the world. He also thanked those working in communications for protecting and upholding ethics in media, which is indispensable for helping families in their role as educators.
Decisions, relationships, actions must be rooted in nonviolence, pope says

1 week ago | usccb.org | Carol Glatz

Meeting with members of grassroots groups working for peace and justice, Pope Leo XIV called for the formation of hearts and minds to embrace nonviolence, solidarity and the common good. He also highlighted the importance of role models for children so they can learn from people who respond to conflict or violence with dialogue.
Pope visits papal villa, former summer residence in Castel Gandolfo

1 week ago | usccb.org | Cindy Wooden

Pope Francis broke the papal tradition of spending much of the summer in the hills south of Rome and even turned the papal palace in Castel Gandolfo into a museum. Pope Leo XIV visited the palace when he went to the town to check out the Borgo Laudato Si' project.
World Communications Day 2025

1 week ago | usccb.org | Carol Glatz

St. Paul VI established the World Communications Day tradition in 1967. Early papal messages were dedicated to television, cinema, video and even audio cassettes. But no matter how much media has changed, all 59 messages have had the same underlying purpose: to bring attention to the potential dangers and damage caused by swift technological changes in communications and to find the best ways the new tools can promote truth, hope, joy and human life and dignity.
Remember Christ's compassion, show compassion to others, pope says

1 week ago | usccb.org | Cindy Wooden

Continuing a series of audience talks on the Jubilee theme of "Christ our Hope," Pope Leo XIV looked at the Gospel parable of the Good Samaritan from Luke 10:29-37. Pope Leo XIV greets visitors as he rides the popemobile around St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican May 28, 2025, ahead of his weekly general audience.
Pope advances sainthood cause of missionaries killed trying to save Indigenous

1 week ago | usccb.org | Carol Glatz

Pope Leo XIV has advanced the sainthood causes of two missionaries who were killed trying to protect a remote community in Ecuador's Amazon. Bishop Alejandro Labaka and Sister Inés Arango are now one step closer to sainthood under the "offering of life" category -- a category distinct from martyrdom that Pope Francis established in 2017.
Pope asks Vatican employees to be missionaries, support his ministry

1 week ago | usccb.org | Cindy Wooden

At a relaxed Saturday gathering with employees and their families, Pope Leo XIV spoke about the important role of the offices of the Roman Curia, Vatican City State and the Vicariate of Rome for supporting his ministry and keeping an institutional memory alive.
With Laudato Si', Pope Francis firmly planted ecology into Catholic social teaching

2 weeks ago | usccb.org | Carol Glatz

The Catholic Church marks the 10th anniversary of "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home" May 24th and reflects on Pope Francis' legacy of calling for ecological conversion. His teachings on integral ecology, social justice and climate action deepened Catholic social thought and broadened the global dialogue about the environment.
Missionary discipleship contributes to peacemaking, pope says

2 weeks ago | usccb.org | Cindy Wooden

Pope Leo XIV, who was a missionary in Peru for decades, met with the national directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies. Pope Leo XIV is greeted with applause as he arrives in the Vatican's Clementine Hall for a meeting with the national directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies May 22, 2025.