The board of directors, senior leadership, and staff of Our Sunday Visitor (OSV), in union with the Catholic Church around the world and especially here in the United States, rejoices in the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as Pope Leo XIV, the 267th occupant of the Chair of Saint Peter, and prays for the success of his pontificate.
“When Fr. John Francis Noll founded Our Sunday Visitor in Huntington, Indiana, in 1912, I am sure he would have been delighted to know that, a little over a century later, the College of Cardinals would elect a pope not just from America, but from the heartland of the Midwest,” said OSV CEO Kyle Hamilton. “Through OSV's unique publishing agreements with the Vatican and the USCCB, we look forward to bringing the writings of Pope Leo XIV to Catholics in the United States and beyond.”
“For the first American pope to take the name of Leo at this moment in history seems providential,” noted OSV Publisher Scott P. Richert. “The Church in the United States strongly embraced the social teaching of Pope Leo XIII in his encyclical Rerum Novarum, creating more just economic and political institutions nationwide, while also experiencing massive growth in numbers and influence in America in the first half of the 20th century. Let us pray that Pope Leo XIV inspires a similar resurgence today in the Church in the United States, which is already growing as a result of the National Eucharistic Revival.”
On May 16, OSV Books will release Pope Leo XIV, the first and most comprehensive introduction to the 267th pope, which also details the global challenges Pope Leo faces in succeeding Pope Francis as Bishop of Rome. Written by Jesús Colina, a prominent Spanish journalist based in Rome, Pope Leo XIV can be preordered on OSVBooks.com.
OSV invites the faithful to visit the websites for OSV News, the premier Catholic news service in the United States, and Our Sunday Visitor magazine for comprehensive coverage of, and thoughtful reflection on, this historic moment in the life of the Church, leading up to Pope Leo XIV's inauguration Mass on May 18. Visit www.OSVNews.com and www.OurSundayVisitor.com for ongoing updates.
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