NOVI, Mich. (OSV News) — Around the Novi area, many are already familiar with Robby Heil. With his contagious smile and warm personality, people might recognize 26-year-old Robby from his famous touchdown for the Novi Wildcats during a 2016 football game. … Continue reading →

(OSV News) — When people walk into Brother André’s Café, Kevin Loiselle usually greets them with a “hello!” and always with a big smile. His joy — and the joy of the other people who work there — is part of … Continue reading →

(OSV News) — Bolivia has elected Rodrigo Paz as president, picking a centrist politician with a history of amicable church ties. His victory in the Oct. 19 runoff election ended two decades of governance under the Movement Toward Socialism party, … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The U.S. Army said religious support contracts for Army chapels would be “reexamined” after Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, head of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, raised an alarm about their cancellation.  “The Army remains deeply … Continue reading →

MINNEAPOLIS (OSV News) — Matthew Tews said he drove with alarm from his downtown Minneapolis office across town to Annunciation Catholic Church and School Aug. 27.  A friend of Tews, who was at the Minneapolis school, told him that they … Continue reading →

ROME (CNS) — Religious freedom is not only a fundamental and essential human right, “it is also a pathway to truth and deeper communion with God and neighbor,” said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state. However, religious freedom is … Continue reading →

(OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV has appointed Father Josef Grünwidl as Vienna’s next archbishop, the Vatican announced Oct. 17.  The 63-year-old Austrian priest, who has served as apostolic administrator for the Archdiocese of Vienna since January, will succeed Cardinal Christoph … Continue reading →

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (OSV News) — Spiraling organ and choral music ushered in a new era for St. Lawrence Basilica in Asheville Oct. 17 at a ceremony to kickstart a massive restoration project for the historic building. About 150 parishioners and members … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The president of Colombia accused the U.S. of murdering a fisherman in an attack on a boat in the Caribbean. President Donald Trump said in response he would cut assistance and impose new tariffs on the country. … Continue reading →

(OSV News) — Amid a new and more dangerous arms race — and the deterioration of international dialogue — the Vatican’s top diplomat to the United Nations has called for a “fundamental change in perspective” to safeguard the increasingly imperiled international … Continue reading →