Pope Leo XIV arrives at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital Oct. 13, 2026, ahead of his surgery that afternoon to remove a lung nodule. (OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media) ROME (OSV News) – Pope Leo ...

SCRANTON – The Catholic Church recognizes the month of October as Respect Life Month and the first Sunday in October is designated as Respect Life Sunday. The Most Reverend Joseph C. Bambera, Bishop ...

On Oct. 4, 2026, in Assisi, Italy, clergymen lead a procession as Archbishop Felice Accrocca of Assisi arrives to celebrate a vespers in the lower Basilica of St. Francis in celebration of the 800th ...

BRODHEADSVILLE – The Diocese of Scranton will bring together Hispanic Catholics from across northeastern and north central Pennsylvania on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, for the sixth annual Hispanic ...

Three educators were presented with the Saint John Paul II Award for 25 years of dedicated service in Catholic education on Sept. 14, 2026. Participating in the award presentation, from left: Charlene ...

(OSV News) – On Sept. 11, 2001 – the date of the worst terrorist attack in American history, when four hijacked jets became deadly weapons — there was no shortage of heroic first responders who ...

ROME (OSV News) – Pope Leo XIV commemorated the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, in his Sunday Angelus address, praying for “those who continue to bear the wounds of that ...

(OSV News) – The offering placed before the altar on Sept. 11, 2001, was unlike any ever seen at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Manhattan’s Financial District: the lifeless body of 68-year-old ...

Students and families from Wyoming Area Catholic School attend Mass at Saint Maria Goretti Parish in Laflin, one day after a fire caused damage to their school building. (Photo/Eric Deabill) LAFLIN – ...

Pope Leo XIV gives a blessing as he meets with participants of the XVII Annual Meeting of International Catholic Legislators Network at the Vatican Aug. 21, 2026. (OSV News photo/Matteo Pernaselci, ...

SCRANTON – Forty-eight years ago, a young Joseph Bambera walked through the doors of Saint Pius X Seminary in Dalton as a seminarian on his own journey toward the priesthood. On Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, ...

SCRANTON (August 11, 2026) – Mr. Christopher R. Clay, formerly an incardinated priest of the Diocese of Scranton, has been dispensed from the clerical state, effective July 24, 2026, following ...