(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 →

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — A centuries-old devotional book, said to be the second most circulated in the history of Christianity after the Bible, is, perhaps fittingly, the work that Father Mike Schmitz of “The Bible in a Year” fame had long … Continue reading →

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The current abuse of vulnerable migrants is not the legitimate exercise of national sovereignty, Pope Leo XIV said, but rather it represents a serious crime being committed or tolerated by the government. “Ever more inhuman measures … Continue reading →

PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) — A U.S. Ukrainian Catholic archbishop is speaking out after Russian forces struck a kindergarten in Ukraine’s second largest city, while killing two children — including an infant — near that nation’s capital. “The moral clarity and … Continue reading →

(OSV News) — The Archdiocese of San Antonio is speaking out after the GoFundMe company — which provides a digital platform for online fundraising — created donation pages on its behalf without the archdiocese’s approval. In a bilingual statement issued Oct. … Continue reading →

(OSV News) — The new underground metro station in Tehran dedicated to the Virgin Mary offers an opportunity for daily commuters to reflect on God’s love for all, Belgian Cardinal Dominique Mathieu of Tehran-Isfahan said. In an editorial published Oct. 22 … Continue reading →

(OSV News) — Two imprisoned journalists, Belarusian Catholic Andrzej Poczobut and Georgian Mzia Amaglobeli, have been named laureates of the 2025 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, to be awarded by the European Parliament Dec. 16. “We honor two journalists whose … Continue reading →

BALTIMORE (OSV News) — When John Harbaugh watched his daughter Alison play youth sports, he didn’t just study the scoreboard. He studied the sidelines. The way coaches treated young athletes — for better or worse — shaped how he would … Continue reading →