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Courtney Mares is Vatican Editor for OSV News.

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Pope Leo XIV kneels during Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 29, 2026. (OSV News photo/Francesco Fotia, Reuters)

On first Palm Sunday, Pope Leo says Jesus cries out from the cross against war

Courtney Mares|Mar 29, 2026|4 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives to celebratesMass at Louis II Stadium as part of a one-day apostolic trip in Monaco, March 28, 2026. It is Pope Leo's first international journey of 2026 and only the second of his pontificate. (OSV News photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters)

'Proclaim the Gospel of life,' Pope Leo says in first papal visit to Monaco in modern era

Courtney Mares|Mar 28, 2026|7 Min Read

Father Edward Flanagan is surrounded by young men in his office at Boys Town in Omaha, Neb., in this 1942 photo. Pope Leo XIV declared Father Flanagan, the founder of Boys Town, venerable in recognition of his heroic virtue March 23, 2026. (OSV News photo/courtesy Boys Town)

Pope Leo XIV declares Boys Town founder Father Flanagan venerable

Courtney Mares|Mar 23, 2026|4 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV greets a baby and family at the conclusion of his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Aug. 27, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope Leo XIV calls bishops to Rome to discuss marriage and family in October

Courtney Mares|Mar 19, 2026|3 Min Read

Archbishop Alejandro Arellano Cedillo, president of the Vatican City State Court of Appeals, stands between fellow judges Riccardo Turrini Vita and Massimo Massella Ducci Teri during the first hearing being held in the Vatican's new courtroom on the ground floor of the Apostolic Palace Sept. 22, 2025. The appeal was brought by Cardinal Angelo Becciu and eight other defendants convicted in late 2023 of crimes related to the Vatican's huge financial loss on an investment property in London. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Vatican appeals court declares partial mistrial in Cardinal Becciu trial

Courtney Mares|Mar 17, 2026|4 Min Read

Pope Leo XVI arrives for a meeting in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace March 13, 2026, with participants in the 36th Course on the Internal Forum, an annual training program for priests and seminarians organized by the Apostolic Penitentiary on issues connected with the sacrament of reconciliation. (OSV News photo/Mario Tomassetti, Vatican Media)

Pope Leo XIV urges leaders behind armed conflicts to make 'serious examination of conscience'

Courtney Mares|Mar 13, 2026|3 Min Read

Bishop Luis Marín de San Martín, undersecretary of the synod, speaks at a press briefing about the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican Oct. 18, 2024. Pope Leo XIV on March 12, 2026, appointed Bishop Marin as the new prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, assigning Cardinal Konrad Krajewski to serve as archbishop of his home diocese. With the appointment, the pope made the new prefect an archbishop. (CNS photo/Robert Duncan)

Pope Leo XIV names Augustinian prelate as new prefect of charity dicastery

Courtney Mares|Mar 12, 2026|3 Min Read

Archbishop Gabriele G. Caccia, the Holy See's permanent observer to the United Nations, participates in the closing procession during the chrism Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City April 15, 2025. Pope Leo XIV named Archbishop Caccia as the new papal nuncio to the United States March 7, 2026. He succeeds Cardinal Christophe Pierre, who turned 80 in January and had served in the post since 2016. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Pope Leo XIV names Archbishop Caccia papal ambassador to United States

Courtney Mares|Mar 7, 2026|4 Min Read

Participants pray in the Vatican's Paul VI Audience Hall at the beginning of a working session of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops Oct. 10, 2023. (CNS/Lola Gomez)

Vatican synod report suggests digital commission, allowing women in priest formation

Courtney Mares|Mar 4, 2026|5 Min Read

"The Last Judgement" by Michelangelo Buonarroti is pictured in the Sistine Chapel Feb. 21, 2020. The Vatican Museums announced Feb. 23, 2026, that restoration work has begun on Michelangelo's magnificent fresco. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Historian reflects on Michelangelo's 'Last Judgement' with Sistine Chapel restoration underway

Courtney Mares|Feb 27, 2026|4 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV arrives by plane from Rome in Ankara, Turkey, Nov. 27, 2025, at the beginning of his first international papal trip. The Vatican announced Feb. 25, 2026, that Pope Leo will travel to Monaco, Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, Equatorial Guinea and Spain. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Pope Leo XIV to embark on 10-day Africa tour, trips to Spain, Monaco

Courtney Mares|Feb 25, 2026|5 Min Read

A monk from the local Franciscan community venerates the relics of St. Francis, which were exhumed from their shrine in the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy, the morning of Feb. 21, 2026. The remains were exhumed in the presence of the friars and placed on a specially prepared table in the crypt, before being displayed for public veneration, which began Feb. 22 and runs through March 22. (OSV News photo/courtesy Sala Stampa Sacro Convento Assisi)

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St. Francis' relics open to public for first extended veneration in 800 years

Courtney Mares|Feb 22, 2026|5 Min Read

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