Gudziak: America ‘silencing its own voice’ with VOA shutdown March 19, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: DOGE cuts, Journalism, News, War in Ukraine, World News Journalists dismissed by the Trump administration’s gutting of the federally funded Voice of America broadcaster “will not be silenced,” said Metropolitan Archbishop Borys A. Gudziak of the Archeparchy of Philadelphia.
U.S. Catholics help ‘heal the wounds of war’ in Ukraine through fund March 19, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Catholic bishops and faithful in the U.S. are helping to heal broken bodies, minds and spirits in Ukraine amid Russia’s full-scale invasion, thanks to a church-driven initiative that has “reacted with lightning speed” and “very little bureaucracy” to the crisis, said Metropolitan Archbishop Borys A. Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia.
Wichita Catholic church vandalized in what bishops’ call ‘hate crime’ March 18, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News A Catholic church in Kansas has been targeted in what that state’s bishops are calling a “hate crime.”
Some Chews Life rosaries, teethers recalled for choking hazard March 17, 2025By Gina Christian Filed Under: News, World News More than a dozen models of rosaries and teethers designed for young children are being recalled, following the identification of a potential choking hazard.
Film on Matt Talbot shows the power of faith, thirst for holiness March 17, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, Saints, World News A forthcoming docudrama is highlighting how an Irish laborer, now on the path to possible sainthood, has become a patron of those battling addiction — and those thirsting for holiness.
Amid aid cuts, U.S. bishop urges Catholics to heed ‘very urgent’ CRS collection March 16, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: DOGE cuts, Feature, Giving, News, World News Amid the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to overseas humanitarian aid, an annual collection used to serve the vulnerable in the U.S. and abroad has taken on “a very urgent significance,” said Bishop Daniel H. Mueggenborg of Reno, Nevada, head of the U.S. Catholic bishops’ national collections efforts.
Oregon archbishop pens pastoral in response to governor’s abortion proclamation March 14, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Darkness “doesn’t get the final word,” and Christ’s call to “step out of the lie” and “choose life” remains the same, said Archbishop Alexander K. Sample of Portland, Ore., following that state’s decision to officially celebrate abortion providers.
‘No one knows the end’ of deadly violence in Syria, says archbishop March 14, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News Hundreds of civilians have been killed since March 6 as Syria’s security forces battled armed supporters of former Syria president Bashar Assad.
Lenten food ‘doesn’t mean boring,’ says Catholic chef March 14, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Recipes, World News While the season of Lent is marked by fasting and abstinence, cooking for a hungry family in this season of prayer and penance “doesn’t mean boring or ‘fish all the time,'” a Catholic chef told OSV News.
Texas bishop announces march, vigil protesting Trump mass deportations March 13, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, is spearheading a march and vigil to protest the Trump administration’s plans for mass deportations of immigrants who lack legal authorization to live and work in the U.S. as part of its immigration enforcement strategy.
Gudziak: Ukraine ‘can give America hope to not be afraid’ of living out Gospel call March 11, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, War in Ukraine, World News Through its trust in God, even amid the horror of war, “Ukraine can give America hope to not be afraid” of living out the call of the Gospel, said Metropolitan Borys A. Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia.
Cristo Rey schools honor ’40 Under 40′ alumni March 11, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, Schools, World News A national system of Catholic high schools, launched to meet the needs of underserved families, is honoring alumni who have become leaders in an array of industries — and in their communities.
