Pope Leo’s Historic Monaco Visit, Princess Grace Kelly’s Catholic Legacy, and Vatican Calls for Latin Mass Unity

Thanks for listening! Let us know what you think. God bless!Maggie Murray of OSV News catches you up on the Catholic news of the day for March 26, 2026. Tune in and visit us online at osvnews.com.Read the stories in this episode:Pope Leo XIV prepares for a historic nine-hour visit to Monaco March 28, with Vatican officials describing the wealthy city-state as a “laboratory of peace” where the pope will highlight human dignity and hidden social struggles.As Pope Leo prepares to visit Monaco, attention turns to Princess Grace Kelly, the American-born Catholic princess whose faith shaped her marriage, motherhood, charity work and devotion during her years in the principality.A group of U.S. senators has sent investigatory letters to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and manufacturers of the abortion drug mifepristone seeking information about its manufacturing, sales and online distribution.Pope Leo XIV has urged French bishops to ease tensions over the traditional Latin Mass and find ways to include Catholics attached to the Church’s older liturgy while maintaining unity after the decree Traditionis Custodes.A new document from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith affirms that the Catholic Church’s Anglican ordinariates continue to make a lasting contribution to evangelization through their distinctive spiritual and liturgical heritage.