Basilian sister in Ukraine to Pope Leo: ‘Thank you’ and ‘come to us’ May 21, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Sister Lucia spoke with OSV News May 16 from her monastery in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, where she and two fellow Basilian sisters have remained throughout Russia’s full-scale invasion, providing humanitarian and spiritual aid to civilians and military personnel alike.
Cardinal Parolin honored for ‘sacred mission’ to forge peace through diplomacy May 21, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Cardinal Pietro Parolin received the Path to Peace Award at a May 19 gala dinner in New York, having addressed representatives at the United Nations headquarters to celebrate the election of Pope Leo XIV earlier that day.
Vatican’s support for UN mission ‘unwavering’ as pope stresses peace, bridge-building May 20, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News As Pope Leo XIV begins his pontificate with an emphasis on peace, justice and bridge-building, the Vatican has reaffirmed its “unwavering support for the mission of the United Nations” amid conflict and other urgent challenges facing the global community.
Trump says Vatican ‘very interested’ in hosting Ukraine-Russia peace talks May 20, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News A move to hold talks between Ukraine and Russia at the Vatican appeared to gain momentum May 19, following a call between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
CRS rallies advocates, lawmakers against proposed long-term cuts to foreign aid May 19, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, DOGE cuts, Feature, News, World News Hundreds of Catholic humanitarian workers are rallying to prevent further — and more permanent — reductions in U.S. federal funding for international aid, which has been slashed under the Trump administration as part of its “America First” policy.
Pope Leo XIV ‘gives hope’ for just peace, say war-weary Ukrainians May 19, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Though only days into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV has given war-weary Ukrainians reason to hope that Russia’s aggression against their nation — now in its 11th year — can be ended through a just peace.
Dialogue, bridge-building mark early signs of Pope Leo’s dynamic with Jews, Muslims May 15, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News Dialogue and bridge-building have emerged as early indicators of what Pope Leo XIV’s interreligious approach to Jews and Muslims may look like, giving hope that Pope Francis-era advances in the church’s interfaith relations will continue, experts told OSV News.
Tennessee diocese clarifies Mass obligations as immigration crackdown empties pews May 15, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Amid an immigration enforcement operation in Nashville, Tenn., that has emptied the pews at several Spanish-speaking parishes, the Diocese of Nashville is reminding faithful that they are not required to attend Sunday Mass if they fear for their well-being according to the church’s own teaching and canon law.
U.S. bishops release updated pastoral letter on pornography amid rise in sexual exploitation May 14, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Child & Youth Protection, News, social media, World News The U.S. bishops recently released an updated version of their 2015 pastoral letter on the dangers of pornography, a document they said is “still needed today” amid increased social acceptance of — and addiction to — such material.
New pope’s Black, Creole roots illuminate rich multiracial history of U.S. May 14, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, News, Vatican, World News A New Orleans genealogist has found that the first U.S.-born pope has Black and Creole roots — and the discovery illuminates the nation’s rich multiracial history, the experience of Black Catholics and the importance of the church’s sacramental records.
‘He’s always been a brother to us’: Villanova Augustinian prior reflects on future Pope Leo XIV May 13, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News Augustinian Father Robert Hagan said that fellow order member Pope Leo XIV has “always been a brother to us” — one who encouraged him from his early days to his own leadership role in the order.
Catholic Charities tasked with Afrikaner travel fees as Trump keeps other refugees in limbo May 13, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington has confirmed to OSV News that its offices are assisting with some travel expenses, at the request of the state of Virginia, for dozens of white South Africans known as Afrikaners, whose refugee applications were expedited by the Trump administration due to what the White House called “racial discrimination.”
