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’
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
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’
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
The Ukrainian Catholic University Foundation announced that an endowed scholarship fund honoring Daryna Bazylevych and her family had collected $163,441 to date.
A saint with a song: Blessed Carlo Acutis honored in ‘Corpus Christi’ single, video
Blessed Carlo Acutis, the Italian teen set to be canonized April 27, has been hailed as a model for modern youth — and now, the soon-to-be-saint and his devotion to the Eucharist have been honored in a new single and video.
St. Josemaría Escrivá tops the charts, a century after his priestly ordination
On the 100th anniversary of his priestly ordination, St. Josemaría Escrivá is topping the Amazon charts.
40 faith leaders call on Trump, Rubio to help return abducted Ukrainian children
Forty religious leaders have sent a letter to President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, calling for the return of nearly 20,000 Ukrainian children forcibly transferred to Russia and Russian-controlled territories.
Catholic Charities USA head awarded Notre Dame’s prestigious Laetare Medal
The University of Notre Dame announced March 30 that Kerry Alys Robinson, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, has been selected as the 2025 recipient of the school’s Laetare Medal.
Greenland’s only Catholic priest calls his ‘rewarding, demanding’ mission a ‘dream job’
OSV News asked the Slovenian-born Father Majcen — who serves at Christ the King Church in the capital city of Nuuk — to share his experiences of ministering in Greenland.
Two women religious murdered in Haiti amid that nation’s ‘way of the Cross’
Two women religious were murdered March 31 by armed gangs in the city of Mirebalais, Haiti, as long-standing violence continues to further destabilize that nation.
As Kansas Catholics pray, a Satanic group’s ‘black mass’ turns violent, with arrests
A Satanic group’s effort to conduct a “black mass” at the Kansas Statehouse March 28 turned violent, leading to arrests, while across the street the state’s Catholic archbishop led hundreds in peaceful prayer before the Eucharist for those who “seek to mock our merciful God.”