Catholic Church ‘seeks closer ecumenical ties’ in response to world needs November 3, 2025By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized Catholics are stepping up cooperation with other Christian denominations in the face of current worldwide challenges, according to church delegates at a major ecumenical conference in Egypt marking the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea.
Proclamation of St. Newman as doctor of church signals Catholic revival at Oxford October 31, 2025By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, Saints, World News When St. John Henry Newman is proclaimed a doctor of the church on Nov. 1, staff and students at his old university will be counting on a boost of confidence for Oxford’s once-excluded Catholics.
Madagascar Catholic church leaders urge calm as military seizes power October 17, 2025By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: News, World News Catholic Church leaders in Madagascar have urged a return to dialogue after the Indian Ocean island’s president was forced into exile by an Oct. 14 military takeover.
Key church anniversary sparks reparation calls from English Catholics October 4, 2025By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News As English Catholics commemorate their church’s Victorian-era restitution, some are asking whether their country should also atone for past anti-Catholic cruelties.
Jailed Catholic priests ‘used as hostages’ in Belarus September 18, 2025By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News Human rights campaigners have accused the Belarus government of using imprisoned Catholic priests as “hostages,” as a Polish Carmelite became the latest detained for alleged espionage.
Wife of Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski urges Pope Leo to back jailed Catholic leader September 5, 2025By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Vatican, World News Supporters of a Catholic winner of the Nobel Peace Prize have urged Western church leaders to take up his cause four years after he was detained and jailed in Belarus on trumped-up charges.
Rights experts highlight rising anti-Christian hate crime in Europe August 30, 2025By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News A human rights expert has warned that anti-Christian hate crime is being fueled by “religious illiteracy” among Western officials, as an intergovernmental report confirmed worsening discrimination across Europe.
Ukraine church tensions surface in wake of Alaska summit August 20, 2025By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, War in Ukraine, World News Ukrainian religious leaders have rejected demands for Russia’s Orthodox Church and language to be guaranteed official status in their country, although a Catholic bishop also warned against a threatened crackdown on Orthodox communities.
German bishops face division over same-sex blessings August 15, 2025By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A German Catholic spokesman has defended his church’s approach to blessing same-sex couples, despite evidence of deep disagreement among the country’s bishops.
Longtime head of Polish Catholic news agency resigns, as bishops seek tighter control July 1, 2025By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The veteran head of one of Europe’s largest Catholic news agencies has resigned in protest over proposed church media reforms, accusing his country’s bishops of acting illegally and reviving “solutions known from totalitarian times.”
Traditionalist Catholics see evangelization potential of Latin Mass June 20, 2025By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Traditionalist Catholics have urged Pope Leo XIV to ease his predecessor’s restrictions on the Latin Mass, insisting the move was based on misunderstandings and is hampering a Western church revival.
Polish order appeals for prayers as Catholic priests face draconian sentences in Belarus May 27, 2025By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News A Polish religious order has requested prayers from Christians worldwide for one of its senior priests, Oblate Father Andrzej Juchniewicz, who was sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment on unspecified political charges in Belarus.
