(OSV News) — As thousands of those in need flock to Rome for the Jubilee of the Poor Nov. 14-16, Catholics across the globe mark World Day of the Poor Nov. 16, established by Pope Francis to shed light on those … Continue reading →

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A Catholic who reported having had some sort of mystical experience is not automatically a candidate for sainthood, Pope Leo XIV said, but such a report is not a reason to dismiss a candidate either. Mysticism … Continue reading →

PARIS (OSV News) — France marks 10 years since the coordinated terrorist attacks that left more than 130 people dead across Paris —  including 90 at the Bataclan concert hall. On Nov. 13, 2015, Islamic State group militants struck the heart … Continue reading →

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence online and in schools demands stronger government-enforced safeguards, education in the critical use of media and more consistent monitoring by parents and teachers, Pope Leo XIV said. “Children and adolescents … Continue reading →

BALTIMORE (OSV News) — The U.S. bishops have approved an updated version of their guiding document on Catholic health care, with substantial revisions that include explicit prohibitions against so-called “gender-affirming care.” Proposed updates to the “Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The U.S. House of Representatives late Nov. 12 voted to approve a Senate-passed funding deal that, once passed and signed by President Donald Trump, will bring about the end of the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. … Continue reading →

BALTIMORE (OSV News) — Immigration took center stage once more at the U.S. bishops’ fall plenary assembly in Baltimore. On Nov. 12, during the half day that was the second public session of the gathering, the prelates approved a “special pastoral … Continue reading →

BALTIMORE (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV is eager and excited to enter into a dialogue with young people in America in a unique digital encounter, according to those facilitating the Nov. 21 event taking place at the National Catholic Youth … Continue reading →

BALTIMORE (OSV News) — The U.S. bishops Nov. 12 elected Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, as the new secretary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. They also elected a successor for Bishop Rhoades as chair of … Continue reading →

BALTIMORE (OSV News) — The U.S. bishops have given the green light to hold the 11th National Eucharistic Congress in the summer of 2029, in a Nov. 12 vote on the final public day of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ … Continue reading →