Italian police foil attempted attack on Catholic festival; Turkish suspects arrested
(OSV News) — Italian police and special forces thwarted a possible terrorist attack meant to target a centuries-old Catholic festival that thousands of people, including Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, were […]
Wife of Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski urges Pope Leo to back jailed Catholic leader
(OSV News) — Supporters of a Catholic winner of the Nobel Peace Prize have urged Western church leaders to take up his cause four years after he was detained and jailed […]
Peace comes from dialogue, not ‘walls and barbed wire,’ pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The future Christians hope for and must build “is not one of walls and barbed wire, but one of mutual acceptance,” Pope Leo XIV told young […]
Pope Leo’s vocation took root in childhood; never ‘a doubt in anyone’s mind’ he’d be a priest
CHICAGO (OSV News) — As Pope Leo XIV neared his 70th birthday Sept. 14, those closest to the American-born pontiff said they knew, very early on, that he was in for […]
Congress faces shutdown deadline as Catholic groups warn nation’s poor at risk
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — After lawmakers returned to Washington from their August recess, they faced a familiar deadline: Passing legislation to fund the federal government and avert a shutdown at the […]
Pope Leo XIV spiritual bouquet ideas for home, parish and school
(OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV’s 70th birthday is Sept. 14, and OSV News and many partners are gathering a spiritual bouquet of prayer for him; here are a few ideas […]
Sept. 5 rosary planned for Annunciation shooting victims, community amid ‘heroic virtue’
ST. PAUL, Minn. (OSV News) — The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis’ Office for the Mission of Catholic Education has asked people to pray the rosary at 10 a.m. CT […]
Think you know the ‘nones’? Pew study shows nonreligious adults’ nuanced beliefs
(OSV News) — Those who are religiously unaffiliated are less likely to hold spiritual beliefs or engage in religious practices — but in a number of countries, many such “nones” have […]
Lawmakers grapple with potential public policy responses to church shooting during school Mass
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — After the deadly Aug. 27 mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis during a liturgy marking the start of the school year, lawmakers are weighing what […]
Blessed Frassati through St. John Paul II’s eyes: ‘Faith and charity’ were his ‘driving forces’
(OSV News) — An avid hiker and mountain enthusiast, St. John Paul II beatified his longtime hero, Pier Giorgio Frassati, on May 20, 1990 — at a time when the pope […]