Honesty, vigilance, faith all key to kids’ healing from trauma, say Catholic psychologists
PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) — Vigilance, honesty, emotional intelligence and faith all play critical roles in healing from the long-term trauma of violent attacks, two Catholic psychologists told OSV News. The Sept. […]
Love is at the heart of a vocation, pope tells Augustinians
ROME (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV returned to his Augustinian confreres to encourage their new leader and to offer some final thoughts as they prepared to conclude their general chapter […]
Rebuilding the domestic church: Why housing affordability is a pro-family cause
Soaring housing prices are quietly but powerfully discouraging young people from getting married, starting families or having more children. If you can’t afford a home, it’s easy to doubt whether […]
Sunflowers grace Miami shrine as Cuban Americans celebrate feast of Our Lady of Charity
MIAMI (OSV News) — Dressed in the customary yellow colors of the event and with umbrellas in hand, elementary school student Aniela Alejandra Garcia and her mother, Yeily Garcia, didn’t let […]
Catholic University launches new AI institute led by Microsoft’s Taylor Black
(OSV News) — On Sept. 12, The Catholic University of America, the national university founded by the U.S. bishops, announced that Taylor Black, director of AI & Venture Ecosystems in […]
Ecumenical festival in Iraq proves strong faith of Christians once under Islamic persecution
ERBIL, Iraq (OSV News) — Christians in northern Iraq have marked a powerful milestone of faith and survival. From Sept. 9-13, believers from the Chaldean, Assyrian, Syriac Catholic and Syriac Orthodox […]
Pope says his biggest challenge since election is being a world leader
ROME (CNS) — Humanity has the potential to overcome the violence and hatred that is increasingly dividing people, Pope Leo XIV said in an excerpt from his first interview as […]
Modern Christian martyrs show power of love in face of hatred, pope says
ROME (CNS) — In situations where “hatred seemed to have permeated every aspect of life,” modern Christian martyrs showed that love is stronger than death, Pope Leo XIV said at […]
Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s Angelus message for September 14, 2025
(OSV News) — This is the text from Pope Leo XIV’s Sept. 14, 2025 Angelus message given in St. Peter’s Square on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. […]
Celebrating an American Saint: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton canonization at 50
(OSV News) — If St. Elizabeth Ann Seton‘s life was written as a Hollywood screenplay, a script doctor might say it was simply too tragic for audiences to believe — let […]