SEATTLE (OSV News) — “My friends, many worry that another Great Depression is on the horizon. I am here to tell you: For many in our community, the next Great Depression is already here and about to get worse,” Seattle … Continue reading →

(OSV News) — During the pontificate of Pope Francis, the papal laundries for the poor were traditionally named after the pope. Pope Leo XIV asked that during his pontificate, they be named after St. Francis of Assisi. The first such … Continue reading →

Happy Church Day! As feast days go, this Sunday is one of the more unusual ones on the church calendar. We don’t commemorate a Biblical event (say, the baptism of Jesus) or a saint. We don’t mark a new season … Continue reading →

(OSV News) — During its 2025 fall plenary assembly, which will take place Nov. 10-13 in Baltimore, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will consider possible revisions to its “Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services,” or ERD, document. … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — A federal appeals court will hear arguments in January about state laws in Texas and Louisiana requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms. The full panel of judges on the U.S. 5th Circuit … Continue reading →

Q: At my parish, we pray “for vocations to the priesthood and religious life.” But at the other parish in town, they pray for “vocations to the priesthood, the diaconate, marriage, and religious life.” How many vocations are there actually? … Continue reading →

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Remembering the generations of bishops, priests and laypeople martyred for their Catholic faith under communism in Romania, Pope Leo XIV welcomed the election of a new head of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church. The bishops of … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — As the U.S. Supreme Court considered President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff policy, economists raised concerns about the potential impact of that policy on the poor. In oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court Nov. 5, justices across … Continue reading →

(OSV News) — The Diocese of Auchi, Nigeria, announced the death of a young seminarian who, along with two fellow seminarians, was kidnapped by bandits in July. In a statement published Nov. 4, Father Linus Imoedemhe, assistant director of communications for … Continue reading →

 (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV has called for dialogue and peace in Venezuela as the United States amps up pressure on the South American country — where relations between the socialist regime and Catholic officials have become tense. “A country … Continue reading →