Live, act on faith; avoid ‘split’ personality, pope tells politicians August 28, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Even in countries with the strictest separation of church and state, being a Christian means living and acting like one, Pope Leo XIV told a group of politicians and civic leaders from France.
Amid nation’s divisions over immigration, church stands as ‘beacon of hope,’ say Iowa bishops August 28, 2025By Barb Arland-Fye OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News A pastoral reflection on immigration from the Iowa Catholic bishops aims to present church teaching in a way that “transcends” political rhetoric and “fear and false narratives” about the issue often found in secular and social media, Bishop Dennis G. Walsh of Davenport said.
Football coaches eager to make a difference in new roles at Baltimore-area Catholic schools August 28, 2025By Gerry Jackson Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports Calvert Hall’s Tyler Ward is among coaches at four area Catholic high schools who will be trying to get their new teams to the highest level. In addition to Tyler Ward, Richard Holzer will take over at Loyola Blakefield in Towson; Rich Stichel Jr. at Archbishop Curley High School in Northeast Baltimore; and Josh Ward (not related to Tyler Ward) at Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in Essex.
10 times Pope Leo has included a St. Augustine quote in his public addresses August 28, 2025By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News Pope Leo has consistently turned his audience’s eyes to St. Augustine, the fifth-century bishop who continues to serve as a philosophical and theological heavyweight in Catholic thought.
20 years ago, Katrina hit New Orleans hard; today, Crescent City is rising with faith, hope August 28, 2025By Peter Finney Jr. OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, World News New Orleans’ battered, 300-year-old history has been marked by fire, pestilence and storm, but Katrina was unprecedented in scope and pain: 1,400 people died; 200,000 homes in Orleans Parish — 80 percent of the city — flooded; and hundreds thousands fled or were transported to safe havens across the country, many never to return.
Pope sends his condolences after ‘terrible tragedy’ of school shooting August 27, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, Schools, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV sent his “heartfelt condolences and the assurance of spiritual closeness” to all those affected by the “terrible tragedy” of a shooting at a Catholic church in Minneapolis that left two children dead and 17 people injured.
Nation reels as Catholic school shooting in Minneapolis leaves 2 dead, 17 injured August 27, 2025By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, Schools, World News A deadly mass shooting took place the morning of Aug. 27 at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis shortly after the start of the school day during an all-school Mass at the adjacent Annunciation Catholic Church.
Brother Michael Madden, O.F.M., Baltimore native and artisan, dies in Florida August 27, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass was held Aug. 11 in St. Petersburg, Fla., for Franciscan Brother Michael Madden. The Baltimore native and accomplished artisan died Aug. 4 after a brief illness. He was 91.
Pope pleads with Israel, Hamas to end violence August 27, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV appealed to Israel and Hamas to stop the violence that has caused “so much terror, destruction and death.”
Hope is knowing God is near and love will win, pope says August 27, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Christian hope is not about avoiding pain and suffering but about knowing that God gives people the strength to persevere and to love even when things go wrong, Pope Leo XIV said.
Catholic scholar recalls ministry, impact of late founder of Focus on the Family August 27, 2025By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: News, Obituaries, Respect Life, World News In 2014, James Dobson, the founder of Focus on the Family and a longtime broadcaster, became one of the first evangelical Christian leaders invited to speak at the national March for Life, joining a group of speakers that in past years had been dominated by Catholic clergy and Catholic members of Congress.
Pope to inaugurate Borgo Laudato Si’ during Season of Creation August 27, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, News, Vatican, World News Two months after celebrating a new Mass “for the care of creation,” Pope Leo XIV will return to Castel Gandolfo to formally inaugurate Borgo Laudato Si’, a place of education, ecology and spirituality in the papal summer estate.
