Archbishop Caccia to UN: Dialogue, disarmament ‘best way’ to honor Pope Francis May 1, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News The Holy See’s diplomat to the United Nations has reiterated a call to end nuclear proliferation, saying the best way to honor the late Pope Francis is to “rediscover the spirit” that created the global organization following World War II, and collaboratively strive for peace.
Vancouver archbishop calls for prayer after deadly attack at Filipino street festival April 28, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, World News Archbishop J. Michael Miller, apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Vancouver, British Columbia, is calling for prayer after a deadly car-ramming attack in that city amid a Filipino heritage festival.
Buffalo Diocese reaches ‘settlement in principle’ in bankruptcy case April 24, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News The Diocese of Buffalo, N.Y., has reached a potential agreement with abuse survivors five years after filing for bankruptcy.
Rice Bowl a call to ‘stand in solidarity with global family,’ CRS says April 19, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Easter, Giving, News, World News With Easter celebrations hours away, the U.S. bishops’ humanitarian agency is urging the faithful to “stand in solidarity with our global family” by turning in their Lenten Rice Bowl contributions.
Campus Catholic ministry shelters students amid mass shooting at Florida State University April 18, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Gun Violence, News, World News The Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee is calling for prayers following an April 17 mass shooting at Florida State University’s main campus in Tallahassee, while a campus Catholic ministry is sheltering students and staff amid the lockdown.
Ukrainians wounded, weary but believe in God and have hope, says Bishop Vincke after USCCB delegation’s visit April 16, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, War in Ukraine, World News With Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine now in its fourth year, Ukrainians are deeply wounded but nonetheless have hope, a Kansas bishop recently told OSV News.
‘Nothing is sacred’: Religious leaders condemn Russia’s Palm Sunday attack on Ukraine April 14, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Catholic and other religious leaders are condemning a Palm Sunday attack by Russia on a Ukrainian city that killed 34 — including two children — and injured 119.
Holy See warns global nuclear disarmament, AI regulation ‘imperative’ at UN April 9, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News With fear “the driving force” in the current global climate, nations must recommit to nuclear disarmament and the regulation of artificial intelligence, said Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Holy See’s permanent observer to the United Nations.
Iraqi Catholic archbishop calls terrorism lawsuit ‘false and defamatory’ April 9, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, World News A Chaldean Catholic archbishop denies claims by an Iraqi-American businesswoman that he “aided and abetted” acts of “international terrorism,” including her alleged kidnapping and torture, amid political infighting and turmoil in Iraq in 2014.
Hallow cuts ties with Russell Brand after actor, Christian convert charged with rape April 7, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News Russell Brand is facing two counts of rape, two counts of sexual assault and one count of indecent assault, the Metropolitan Police Service of the United Kingdom announced April 4.
2025 Christopher Awards celebrate new ‘lights in the darkness’ April 6, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Books, Movie & Television Reviews A saint, the mother of a slain journalist, a young girl with autism and a tiny mouse are all among the stories celebrated by an annual award that lifts up “lights in the darkness.”
Ukrainian Catholic University student killed by Russia honored with memorial scholarship April 6, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, War in Ukraine, World News The Ukrainian Catholic University Foundation announced that an endowed scholarship fund honoring Daryna Bazylevych and her family had collected $163,441 to date.