Study: Devotion to Mary has significant impact on discerning, sustaining vocations July 17, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Marian Devotion, News, Vocations, World News Devotion to Mary is a significant factor in discerning and sustaining the call to priestly and religious life, according to a new study.
From Boston to Baton Rouge, faithful unite to help Texas flood victims July 16, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Disaster Relief, Feature, News, World News From Boston to Baton Rouge, La., faithful across the nation are reaching out to bring material and spiritual aid to those impacted by the devastating July 4 flash floods in the Texas Hill Country.
New Catholic scouting patch honors Pope Leo XIV July 16, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Scouting, Vatican, World News The Religious Activities Committee of the National Catholic Committee on Scouting has announced five new religious activity programs, which enable scouts to learn more about and deepen their faith.
Kansas Catholic school building vandalized, defaced with swastikas July 14, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News A Catholic school building in Kansas has been extensively vandalized, with the perpetrators defacing the property with swastikas.
Ukraine religious leaders issue ‘desperate cry’ to world to end Russia’s war July 10, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Ukraine’s religious leaders have issued a “desperate cry” to the global faith community, pleading for international action in ending “the humanitarian and spiritual catastrophe” resulting from Russia’s war on their nation.
Pope Leo wears Chicago-made vestments to July 9 ‘care of creation’ Mass July 10, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Vestments worn by Pope Leo XIV and his concelebrants July 9 at the first Mass “for the care of creation” were made by a firm in his hometown of Chicago.
Catholic Church holds firm on not taking stand on political candidates, despite possible IRS shift July 9, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The Catholic Church “maintains its stance of not endorsing or opposing political candidates,” said U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops spokesperson Chieko Noguchi, following a recent court case in which a long-standing federal ban against such activity appeared to have been partly relaxed.
Barron: With no clergy-penitent exception, WA abuse law threatens religious liberty July 8, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A contested Washington state law that would require priests to violate the seal of confession to report abuse “represents an egregious violation of the free exercise clause of the First Amendment,” Bishop Robert E. Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, who is a member of the U.S. Religious Liberty Commission, told OSV News.
Pope to Ukrainian Greek Catholics: ‘God will have the last word,’ ‘life will conquer death’ July 1, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Amid Russia’s war on Ukraine, the faith of Ukrainians is being “sorely tested,” but God “will have the last word, and life will conquer death,” said Pope Leo XIV.
Idaho Catholics unite in prayer for firefighters killed in sniper ambush July 1, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Two firefighters were killed and a third wounded after a man began shooting at them like a sniper as they responded to a June 29 blaze on Canfield Mountain, located just over 4 miles from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
Experts: Catholic media witness to truth, Gospel and are at ‘kairos moment’ in church June 29, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, World News Catholic media play a vital role in bearing truth and witnessing to the Gospel, especially amid the digital age and a crucial moment for the church, said experts during a panel discussion at the 2025 Catholic Media Conference.
Ceasefire brings some relief, but ‘Gaza is bleeding’ and real peace needed, say experts June 25, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Recent strikes exchanged by Israel and Iran, accompanied by June 21 U.S. attacks on three Iranian nuclear facilities, sparked fears of a wider regional war in the Middle East.
