Bishop Rhoades calls on Notre Dame to reverse new director’s appointment over abortion advocacy February 11, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, Respect Life, World News An Indiana bishop is urging the University of Notre Dame to halt the appointment of a faculty member, who advocates openly for abortion, as head of one of the school’s research centers.
Bishops call Catholics to prayer, action amid U.S. immigration violence, rhetoric February 6, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News More U.S. Catholic bishops have released messages of concern as tensions continue to soar amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, with clashes between protestors and enforcement agents flaring into deadly violence in cities such as Minneapolis, and former detainees revealing inhumane conditions in migrant detention centers.
Human dignity at center of social justice, development, says Vatican diplomat at UN February 6, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News Human dignity must be placed at the center of achieving social justice and development, and faith-based organizations play a central role in that task, said the Vatican’s top diplomat to the United Nations.
Amid U.S. foreign aid cuts, bishops call for solidarity between American, African Catholics February 4, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Amid severe cuts in U.S. foreign aid, Catholic bishops an ocean apart are advocating for deeper bonds between the U.S. and the peoples of the African continent — with God-given human dignity as central to that summons.
Haitian Catholics in U.S. relieved, yet wary, after judge temporarily halts end of protected status February 4, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News A Haitian Catholic chaplain serving in the U.S. said he and fellow Haitian Catholics are welcoming a last-minute reprieve from threats of deportation — but its members are still weighing options as the Trump administration cracks down on immigration, while Haiti continues to spiral into chaos.
Lapse of last U.S.-Russia nuclear treaty ‘simply unacceptable,’ says Archbishop Coakley February 3, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, World News As global tensions soar, the head of the nation’s Catholic bishops has denounced the lapse of a key nuclear arms agreement, while urging policymakers to hold to its terms.
Minneapolis priest ‘not hopeful’ tensions will ease under border czar February 2, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News A Minneapolis priest told OSV News that despite signals of deescalation, tensions over immigration enforcement actions in that city will not see the situation get “better in a few days.”
Pope Leo laments rising U.S.-Cuba tensions, calls for ‘sincere’ dialogue February 2, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Caribbean, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV has called for “a sincere and effective dialogue” as tensions between the U.S. and Cuba mount.
Judge cites Gospel verses in releasing 5-year-old and father from immigrant detention February 2, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News A federal judge cited two Gospel verses in his order releasing 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, who had been detained by immigration agents in a Minneapolis suburb and sent to a Texas family detention center.
Report shares insights into consecrated religious who, bishop says, reveal God’s call to love ‘with one’s whole life’ February 1, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, News, Vocations, World News Consecrated men and women “reveal God’s invitation to love him with one’s whole life” on earth, in hope of doing so eternally in heaven, said Archbishop Ronald A. Hicks, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations.
Cardinal Tobin: U.S. stands at a crossroad amid violence, rhetoric and must ‘choose life’ January 30, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Gun Violence, Immigration and Migration, News, World News OSV News spoke with Cardinal Tobin Jan. 26 about his concerns for the country and his call to action.
U.S. bishops’ president calls for Holy Hour of peace amid ‘current climate of fear’ January 28, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Gun Violence, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Amid soaring domestic and global tensions, the head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has called for a Holy Hour for peace as “a moment of renewal for our hearts and for our nation.”
