Church must ‘walk poor with the poor’ to serve Christ, says Pope Leo in new exhortation October 9, 2025By Gina Christian Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Feature, News, Social Justice, World News In his first apostolic exhortation, Pope Leo XIV has taken up the call of Pope Francis for Christians to see in the poor the very face of Christ — and to be a church that “walks poor with the poor” in order to authentically live out the Gospel.
Love for the poor is hallmark of faith, pope says in first exhortation October 9, 2025By Cindy Wooden OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Feature, News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News Many Christians “need to go back and re-read the Gospel” because they have forgotten that faith and love for the poor go hand in hand, Pope Leo XIV said in his first major papal document.
Analysis: U.S. strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats raise just war concerns October 2, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, News, World News Since a new front in America’s ongoing battle against drug smuggling has apparently opened — there have been two additional U.S. attacks on Venezuelan boats, the latest on Sept. 19, and a total of at least 17 related deaths — Catholics may be wondering: Are we at war? And if so, where do such enforcement actions fall on the spectrum of the church’s “just war” criteria?
Pronatalism: Beyond the buzz, some proponents just think it would be nice to have more babies September 19, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Marriage & Family Life, News, World News Depending on the context, the concept of pronatalism — encouraging people to have children, or the promotion of childbearing — can either be cause to celebrate the critical role of the family in society; a techno-elitist vision of a future populated by humans engineered for specific traits; or a cringe-worthy expression of anti-immigrant nativism.
Catholic networks: Push for profits, power threaten peace, climate justice September 12, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Environment, Feature, News, World News The fossil fuel, weapons and financial industries thrive on instability and cronyism, and they obstruct efforts toward climate justice and peace, top leaders of three Catholic networks said.
Supreme Court temporarily allows Trump administration to hold up billions in foreign aid September 11, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, News, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court Sept. 9 paused a judge’s order requiring President Donald Trump’s administration to spend billions in previously approved foreign aid the president has sought to rescind.
Holy See tells nations at UN to end threat of nuclear weapons, even as deterrence September 8, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, News, World News Amid a global arms race, ending the threat of nuclear war — and even the testing of nuclear weapons — is imperative, said the Holy See’s diplomat to the United Nations.
Congress faces shutdown deadline as Catholic groups warn nation’s poor at risk September 5, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, News, U.S. Congress, World 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 end of September.
The last atomic bomb August 19, 2025By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Commentary Our faith teaches us to seek peace instead of power and to persevere in that effort instead of giving in to posturing. That demands that we acknowledge the evil that all weapons of mass destruction make possible.
Reckoning with empire: A Catholic critique of American foreign policy in a nuclear age August 11, 2025By Jason Adkins OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Commentary Catholics are called to be peacemakers. That means advocating for a multilateral foreign policy rooted in the Gospel: One that protects life, prioritizes the poor, respects other cultures and renounces war as a tool of domination.
As chaotic demonstrations erupt across U.S., Catholic experts counsel nonviolence June 12, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News It’s an important precept of Catholic citizenship: Ethical disagreement with public policy — and a desire to peacefully change it — is a worthy undertaking.
Report: Immigration data ‘much lower’ than Trump administration claims June 5, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News New data shows that the number of immigrants lacking permanent legal status in the U.S. “is much lower than the Trump administration claims,” and “talk of an invasion is overblown,” said J. Kevin Appleby, senior fellow for policy and communications at the Center for Migration Studies of New York.
