Pope assures the poor they are loved by God, calls on governments to act
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Before joining hundreds of people for lunch, Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass for the Jubilee of the Poor and prayed that all Christians would share “the […]
Pope asks big names in film to continue to challenge, inspire, give hope
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Meeting an international cast of film directors and actors, Pope Leo XIV spoke about the power of cinema to help people “contemplate and understand life, to […]
Pope returns Indigenous artifacts from Vatican Museums to Canada
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV fulfilled a promise made by the late Pope Francis to return to Canada’s Indigenous communities artifacts — including an Inuit kayak, masks, moccasins […]
Trump ‘border czar’ calls US bishops ‘wrong’ after immigration statement
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The White House “border czar” Tom Homan called the U.S. Catholic bishops “wrong” Nov. 14, two days after the body of bishops in the U.S. Conference of […]
Archbishop Coakley commends Oklahoma governor for saving man from lethal injection
(OSV News) — Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, a Republican who supports the death penalty, issued a commutation for a death-row prisoner shortly before his scheduled execution by lethal injection Nov. […]
AI offers the church an ‘evangelical opportunity,’ scholar tells US bishops
(OSV News) — Artificial intelligence can provide both “great opportunities” and “great dangers” — as well as “an evangelical opportunity” for the church, a moral theologian and ethicist advised the nation’s […]
Pope hails ‘courageous commitment’ of Blessed Eliswa, India’s first Indigenous nun
By Anto Akkara KOCHI, India (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV‘s words Nov. 12 brought cheer to the Catholic community in the southern Christian heartland of India, the state of […]
Bishops’ new pro-life chair: Project Rachel ministries ‘key to our pro-life efforts’
BALTIMORE (OSV News) — During the U.S. bishops’ annual fall meeting in Baltimore, Bishop Daniel E. Thomas of Toledo, Ohio, chair of the bishops’ pro-life committee, spoke with OSV News about […]
Be prophetic sign of communion, fraternity, pope tells Lateran University
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Academic rigor, dialogue and openness to other cultures and disciplines are essential for a Catholic university and even more so for the Pontifical Lateran University, which […]
Pro-life groups express concern as Trump calls to end Senate filibuster rule
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — As he signed legislation to end the federal government shutdown late Nov. 12, President Donald Trump reiterated his call to end the Senate’s longstanding filibuster rule. But […]