Netflix’s ‘Train Dreams’ captures the beauty of an ordinary life December 3, 2025By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews “Train Dreams” presents the ordinary, little life of its protagonist as quiet, quick, easy to miss, and yet extraordinary. Based on a novella with the same name by Denis Johnson, “Train Dreams” follows Grainier (Joel Edgerton), a taciturn logger and railroad worker in the Pacific Northwest, as he experiences love and loss.
8 ways to love and serve the poor following Pope Leo’s ‘Dilexi Te’ November 13, 2025By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Catholic Social Teaching, Feature, News, World News Everyday Catholics can love and accompany those in need, according to experts that directly serve or advocate for those struggling with poverty.
New ‘Nuremberg’ thriller examines capacity of ordinary men to commit extraordinary evil November 8, 2025By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News A new thriller about the Nuremberg trials held to prosecute high-ranking Nazi Germany officials following World War II wrestles with the capacity of ordinary men to commit extraordinary evil.
Drawing on own experience, families say homeschooling cultivates priestly vocations November 6, 2025By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: News, Vocations, World News Drawing from their own experiences, the homeschooling families who spoke with OSV News agreed that homeschooling cultivates priestly vocations.
‘A gift from God’: Parishes encouraged to start Liturgy of Hours ahead of new edition November 2, 2025By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Divine Worship, Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments Ahead of a new English edition of the Liturgy of the Hours for the Latin Church, Father Ernest and other liturgical experts are encouraging parishes and other Catholic communities to embrace this prayer, which is said at different points throughout the day.
What is incorruptibility? Here’s what faith and science have to say November 1, 2025By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Michael S. Carter and other experts in philosophy, science and theology spoke with OSV News about incorruptibility, addressing everything from incorrupt saints and their significance in the Catholic Church to the relationship of faith and science.
Catholic leaders challenge antisemitism on ‘Nostra Aetate’ anniversary October 29, 2025By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, World News Influential religious leaders reminded Catholics of their responsibility to combat antisemitism while celebrating the 60th anniversary of “Nostra Aetate,” a transformative church document in Catholic-Jewish relations, in the nation’s capital.
Catholic coffee shops serve up God’s love nationwide October 24, 2025By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, World News Coffee shops associated with Catholic churches and organizations are opening around the country in order to build community and share God’s love.
Abortion is never medically necessary, ‘even in an emergency,’ experts say September 3, 2025By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News Abortion — an act performed with the sole or primary intent of ending human life in the womb — is never medically necessary, according to medical doctors and Catholic experts on the issue.
Experts share 6 ways to help prevent suicide ahead of Suicide Prevention Month August 29, 2025By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, World News Ahead of National Suicide Prevention Month in September, ministry leaders and crisis experts are listing practical steps that individuals, families and churches can take to help prevent suicide.
Priest’s St. Monica Project helps accompany parents whose children leave the faith August 27, 2025By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News The devotion created by Father Buhman, pastor of All Saints in Holdrege and St. John in Smithfield, Neb., centers around an image of St. Monica by a local artist, a prayer asking for the intercession of St. Monica by Father Buhman, and Masses offered for loved ones who have left the Catholic Church.
Catholic family experts tie marriage to dropping U.S. fertility rate August 7, 2025By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Respect Life, World News To explain the dropping U.S. fertility rate, Catholic fertility and family policy experts are pointing to marriage.
