Sheen Experience breaks ground in Peoria, honoring America’s media evangelist
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 […]
Father Mike Schmitz invites listeners to enter ‘The Imitation of Christ’ with new podcast
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 […]
Pope: Opioid crisis, cruelty toward migrants are new social ills
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 […]
Gudziak: Russian drone attack on Ukrainian kindergarten shows ‘relentless barbarity’
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 […]
San Antonio Archdiocese, Catholic groups push back at auto-generated GoFundMe pages
(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 […]
Tehran metro station dedicated to Mary a call to follow her on path of peace, cardinal says
(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 […]
Imprisoned Belarusian Catholic opposition journalist Poczobut receives Sakharov prize
(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 […]
For Baltimore Ravens head coach, faith is his anchor amid highs, lows of pro sports
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 […]
Pope, British king share historic prayer in Sistine Chapel
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV welcomed Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla to the Vatican for a unique visit combining ceremonial flourishes and a historic moment of […]
In first visit with Pope Leo, Archbishop Hebda delivers Annunciation letters to pontiff
ST. PAUL, Minn. (OSV News) — Letters from Annunciation students and their families in Minneapolis made it to Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican Oct. 1 — via Archbishop Bernard […]