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Italy  Restores Feast of St. Francis as National Holiday Amid Calls for Unity

On October 4, Assisi will once again become the beating heart of Italy’s spiritual life. This year’s feast of St. Francis, already a fixture of the Italian calendar, takes on a heightened significance as the government moves toward recognizing it as a full national holiday. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, accompanied by Minister of Culture Alessandro […]

Spain’s Tower of Jesus Christ will make Sagrada Familia world’s tallest Catholic church

Over a century in the making, the Tower of Jesus Christ, designed by famed Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí, will soon crown the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, making it the tallest Catholic church in the world. In a pre-recorded statement sent to OSV News Sept. 23, Jordi Faulí, the head architect overseeing the […]

Professor Sanjose A. Thomas awarded International Copyright by Canadian Government

Professor Sanjose A. Thomas, Head of the Department of Sociology at Thevara Sacred Heart College, has been granted a copyright by the Canadian government. The copyright was awarded for his research on the role of artificial intelligence in social entrepreneurship. AI as we call it today can revolutionize the way mankind think and take decisions […]

Pakistani police probe ‘murder’ of three Christians

Police in Pakistan’s national capital, Islamabad, have launched an investigation after finding the bodies of three people — a Christian man, his teenage son, and daughter — inside their locked home under mysterious circumstances. The bodies of 42-year-old Akram Paul, his 18-year-old son Shabbir, and 15-year-old daughter Neha were discovered on Sept. 10 inside their residence […]

China: Giuseppe Ma Yan’en installed as Auxiliary Bishop of Zhangjiakou

The structure of the new Diocese of Zhangjiakou, established by Pope Leo XIV on July 8 by merging the territories of the Dioceses of Xiwanzi and Xuanhua, is taking further shape. On September 12, the Holy See Press Office reported that, “within the framework of dialogue concerning the application of the Provisional Agreement between the […]

Bangladesh Catholics plant 1 million trees inspired by Laudato Si’

In Bangladesh, the call for “care for nature” in Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato Si’ has resonated deeply across religious lines. Christians, Protestants, and non-Christians alike have embraced its message, sparking environmental action in a country increasingly vulnerable to climate change. Bangladesh, a coastal South Asian nation, faces frequent natural disasters — floods, cyclones, river erosion, and landslides […]

Masonic Controversy in the Philippines: Augustinian Priest Suspended After Blessing Ceremony

The delicate relationship between Catholicism and Freemasonry resurfaced in the Philippines this month when a local priest was suspended after blessing a Masonic marker in a public ceremony. The incident, captured in photographs and quickly circulated on social media, has ignited debate over ecclesial discipline, doctrinal clarity, and the lived realities of Catholic life in […]

Holy See announces progress in bilateral relations with Viet Nam

The XII meeting of the Viet Nam – Holy See Joint Working Group took place in Vatican City on 12 September 2025. The Meeting was co-chaired by H.E. Madam Le Thi Thu Hang, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Head of the Vietnamese delegation, and Monsignor Mirosław Wachowski, Under-Secretary for Relations with States, Head of the […]