Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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OSV News
Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News
The Archdiocese of New Orleans has reached a memorandum of understanding with creditors in its long-running bankruptcy case.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Colleges, News, World News
The Catholic University of America in Washington has cut 7 percent of its workforce, as part of a financial restructuring to tackle a $30 million deficit amid declining enrollment revenue and rising overall costs.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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