(OSV News) — Nigeria’s return to the U.S. list of countries of “particular concern” over Christian persecution has drawn mixed reactions from church leaders and triggered a heated debate in Africa’s most populous nation. President Donald Trump announced the designation Oct. … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — President Donald Trump said Oct. 31 he would place Nigeria on a religious freedom watch list in response to violence in that country perpetuated against predominantly Christian communities — and subsequently threatened military action if that country’s … Continue reading →

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The same day Pope Leo XIV proclaimed St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the church, he also named the British saint patron of the Pontifical Urbanian University in Rome. In a document signed Nov. 1 … Continue reading →

(OSV News) — Catholics are stepping up cooperation with other Christian denominations in the face of current worldwide challenges, according to church delegates at a major ecumenical conference in Egypt marking the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea. “Our recent … Continue reading →

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With reports of a massacre in Sudan and election-related violence in Tanzania, Pope Leo XIV pleaded for peace and dialogue. After reciting the Angelus prayer Nov. 2, the feast of All Souls, the pope offered special … Continue reading →

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christ crucified and risen has tamed and transfigured death with his love, Pope Leo XIV said. “We are saddened, of course, when a loved one leaves us,” the pope said in his homily Nov. 3, during … Continue reading →

(OSV News) — Father Danny Morrison’s first memories of a Catholic priest take place in his childhood home. When he was as young as 4 years old, he saw priests playing sports with his family or joining them for dinner. “It … Continue reading →

ROME (CNS) — As Christians visit cemeteries on the feast of All Souls and remember their loved ones who have died, they do so with faith that at the end of this life they will be together again with the … Continue reading →

CHICAGO (OSV News) — A delegation of clergy, religious sisters and laity, together with a Chicago auxiliary bishop, were barred for the second time in three weeks from bringing the Eucharist to those being held at an immigration detention center just … Continue reading →

(OSV News) — This is the text from Pope Leo XIV’s homily pronounced at the Mass for the Jubilee of the World of Education and proclamation of St. John Henry Newman as “Doctor of the Church” on All Saints Day, … Continue reading →