Catholic News & Perspectives

"Death does not sever closeness. Death does not sever bonds," the cardinal said, adding that such bonds will ultimately be restored in Christ. The post Kraków’s cardinal after deadly shooting: The final word does not belong to hatred, but love first appeared on OSV News.

In Uruguay, Latin America's most secular country, Pope Leo XIV received a welcome from tens of thousands that surprised even longtime Vatican observers. The post In secular Uruguay, Pope Leo urges Catholics to find strength in being few first appeared on OSV News.

Pope Leo XIV made a pilgrimage to Uruguay's national Marian shrine Nov. 8, where he shared a message of hope for mothers who feel the grief of seeing their children fall away from practicing the faith they were raised in. The post Pope Leo shares advice for Catholic parents whose children left the faith at Uruguay’s national shrine first appeared on OSV News.

The Claypole home is the largest residential center in a network of 14 Cottolengos serving approximately 1,300 people in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. The post Pope Leo’s visit to Argentine disability home carries pastoral — and political — weight first appeared on OSV News.

Pope Leo will arrive in a country that the archbishop of Buenos Aires recently described as "a wounded Argentina, a divided Argentina." The post Pope Leo heads to a divided Argentina still reckoning with Francis’ legacy first appeared on OSV News.