WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The chairmen of the U.S. bishops’ committees on international policy and religious liberty are calling attention to the repression and persecution of religion as being detrimental to peace. “Religious freedom fosters peace,” said Bishop A. Elias … Continue reading →

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A society cannot pretend to be pro-family if it does not adopt policies that allow parents and children to spend time together rather than always being worried about work, Pope Leo XIV said. “In a society … Continue reading →

(OSV News) — Participating in Mass together at the beautiful Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris brought comfort and peace to the students and chaperones from Trinity High School after being present during the historic Oct. 19 jewel heist from the … Continue reading →

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (OSV News) — Passionist Sister Florencia Buruchaga reluctantly voted in the 2023 election for Argentine President Javier Milei — the libertarian firebrand who disparaged Pope Francis as a “communist” and promised to pull the South American country out of … Continue reading →

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV formally recognized the martyrdom of nine Polish Salesian priests killed by the Nazis at Auschwitz and Dachau and the martyrdom of two Czech priests executed by the communists in the 1950s. The pope … Continue reading →

MINNEAPOLIS (OSV News) — Sophia Forchas, who was critically injured in an Aug. 27 shooting during an all-school Mass at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis, has been discharged from the hospital and was greeted with signs and cheers Oct. 23 in Minneapolis. … Continue reading →

OXFORD, England (OSV News) — A former Anglican bishop has urged church leaders to prepare for a surge of Catholic conversions, as a historic Vatican visit by King Charles III coincided with a deepening division in the worldwide Anglican Communion. “The … Continue reading →

 (OSV News) — Hundreds of high schoolers gathered Oct. 18 at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion in Wisconsin to celebrate St. Carlo Youth Day, which this year included — for the first time since the launch of … Continue reading →

Over the last several weeks, as St. Luke’s Gospel has unfolded in our Sunday readings, some of us may have been reminded of a famous line from one of the first episodes of “The Chosen,” when the shocked apostles have … Continue reading →

PEORIA, Ill. (OSV News) — As a teenager, Venerable Fulton J. Sheen walked the halls of Spalding Institute, then a Catholic high school, located about two blocks from the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in downtown Peoria. Now, … Continue reading →