(OSV News) — Meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I during his apostolic visit to the U.S. was “incredible,” and marked a “historic moment of Christian unity,” said Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington, Virginia. The bishop shared his thoughts during the … Continue reading →

(OSV News) — It’s a familiar question: What should we tell children when a pet dies and they ask whether animals have souls and go to heaven? The answer to the first question — do animals have souls? — depends, of … Continue reading →

CHICAGO (OSV News) — A Catholic high school boys’ choir from Chicago made it to the top five on the season finale of “America’s Got Talent” Sept. 24, prompting a message of pride and encouragement from Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich. … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — As President Donald Trump directed top prosecutors to increase the number of death penalty cases sought in the nation’s capital by bringing federal charges, Catholic opponents of capital punishment said the practice causes more harm than justice.  … Continue reading →

CHICAGO (OSV News) — Organizers of the sainthood cause for an Irish Jesuit priest who was killed while trying to save two Protestant soldiers on a World War I battlefield, and was also admired by other saints, have planned talks in … Continue reading →

(OSV News) — A new documentary on the abuses allegedly committed by Father Marko Rupnik and survivors’ pursuit of justice received high praise at the Toronto International Film Festival, or TIFF, including for Gloria Branciani, an alleged victim who received … Continue reading →

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Cardinal Lucian Muresan, major archbishop of Fagaras and Alba Iulia and head of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church, died Sept. 25 at the age of 94. Much of the cardinal’s seminary education, his ordination and his … Continue reading →

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican City State Court of Appeals handed a major victory to Cardinal Angelo Becciu and eight other defendants convicted in late 2023 of crimes related to the Vatican’s huge financial loss on an investment property … Continue reading →

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In the first major appointment of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV chose an Italian expert in canon law to succeed him as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin … Continue reading →

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Loving someone who is sick requires “concrete gestures of closeness,” just like that shown in the Gospel story of the Samaritan who helps the person beaten by thieves, said a Vatican office. The Dicastery for Promoting … Continue reading →