OSV ends periodical publications in ‘strategic shift’ to OSV News, other initiatives
(OSV News) — Longtime Catholic publisher Our Sunday Visitor Inc. (OSV), the parent company of OSV News, has announced it will sunset almost all of its periodical operations by December. OSV […]
Catholic advocates push Trump administration to address religious worker visa backlog
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Some immigrant religious workers are facing legal limbo, and Catholic advocates are pushing the Trump administration to address the backlog in their visa category. Many immigrant […]
Love of God leads to work for justice, proclaiming Gospel, pope says
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) — Living and proclaiming the Catholic faith always includes concrete assistance to people in need, Pope Leo XIV wrote in a message to Catholics in Peru. […]
Praying for peace, pope encourages people to look to Mary with hope
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) — Mary’s “yes” to God, to life and to love continues “in the martyrs of our time, in witnesses of faith and justice, of gentleness and […]
Mary’s assumption: The long-held belief was declared dogma 75 years ago
(OSV News) — Linked integrally with Scripture and the magisterium, the church’s tradition is God’s revelation. Thus, it acts as a source from which our knowledge and practice of the […]
This Colorado teen died saving others in a school shooting — is he a future saint?
(OSV News) — The bishop of Colorado Springs, Colorado, announced in late July his office would “study and discern” the “massive undertaking” of determining whether to open a sainthood cause for […]
Bishop Lucia says taking on 3 parishes part of a ‘living experiment of synodality’
(OSV News) — Bishop Douglas J. Lucia of Syracuse, New York, made the recent decision — almost unheard of for a contemporary bishop — to serve as pastor of three diocesan […]
Ahead of feast of Assumption, Catholic leaders call for day of prayer, fasting for peace
(OSV News) — As global conflicts and tensions soar, Catholic religious leaders throughout the world — from Ukraine’s Greek Catholic bishops to women religious to a pontifical charity — have called […]
Maryknoll Lay Missioners mark 50 years doing ‘a world of good for a world in need’
(OSV News) — In an era of conflict and division, it’s an intriguing and empowering invitation: “Do a world of good for a world in need.” It comes from the Maryknoll […]
In ‘Biking for Babies,’ cyclists put 36,000 miles on the road for the Gospel of Life
(OSV News) — The more Amanda Nolan thought about it, the more objections flew into her mind. I’m not equipped for this, she told herself. It’s so outside my comfort […]