Further drop in U.S. married households spurs call to action for Church leaders February 9, 2026By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, World News Approaching the twin annual observances of World Marriage Day (Feb. 8) and National Marriage Week (Feb. 7-14), America finds itself at a proverbial sociological crossroads, confronting a disconcerting question about a millennia-old institution: Does marriage matter anymore?
Chesterton Schools Network aims to add 22 schools worldwide this year January 31, 2026By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: News, Schools, World News At the beginning of 2026, there were Chesterton schools in 30 states and 76 dioceses, with more than 3,000 students enrolled. The list of schools on the Network’s website includes anticipated openings both domestic and overseas. It notes 22 schools slated to open this year, including those in as diverse locations as Tokyo; Barcelona, Spain; and Lagos, Nigeria.
Church has opposed artificial reproduction for nearly century, says author of ‘IVF is Not the Way’ January 31, 2026By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Marriage & Family Life, News, Respect Life, World News Stacy Trasancos is a chemist and author of “IVF is Not the Way: The False Promises of Artificial Procreation” (Sophia Institute Press) — provided attendees with an overview of IVF, characterizing it as “actually a quite violent process.”
Labor standoff at LA’s Loyola Marymount University a battle over Catholic teaching January 30, 2026By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Colleges, News, World News At Jesuit-run Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, a group of non-tenure track professors currently accuse its administration of union busting in violation of Catholic social teaching, while the administration charges it has the right to invoke a religious exemption to bargaining with a “third party” labor union in order to protect the school’s “distinctive Catholic mission” and ensure the school can financially continue to serve students for generations to come.
Affording Catholic schools: School choice programs, other options can help numbers add up January 29, 2026By Kimberly Heatherington Filed Under: News, Schools, World News In a nation fixated on affordability, a Catholic school K-12 education can easily become a contested line in the family budget.
School smartphone, social media bans gain momentum across U.S. January 25, 2026By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: 2026 Catholic Schools Week, News, Schools, World News Nationwide, 26 states have mandated complete bans on smartphones in K-12 public schools, while others allow usage with on-campus restrictions. According to Education Week, “31 states either already limit or ban students from using their personal devices in school or plan to do so for the 2025-26 or 2026-27 school years.”
Notre Dame’s $50M grant aims to bring faith-based ethics to AI future in big way January 17, 2026By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, World News The University of Notre Dame recently received from the Lilly Endowment a $50.8 million grant — the largest given by a private foundation in the school’s history — to support the DELTA Network, a faith-based approach to AI ethics launched in September 2025.
Notre Dame reports success of guaranteed basic income program — will it go national? January 17, 2026By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, Social Justice, World News Guaranteed basic income, also known as universal basic income, is one of the more contested threads in America’s social safety net — the network of state and federal government programs designed to insulate citizens from economic hardship.
Trump’s order and Pope Leo’s vision for regulating AI: Can they converge? January 10, 2026By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: News, World News Since the explosion of generative artificial intelligence began in the 2020s — with its ability to generate human-like text, realistic images, and convincing film — users and developers of AI have warned consistent regulatory guardrails are necessary to protect against documented harms, an issue of particular concern to Pope Leo XIV.
Shrine prepares to share Mother Seton’s ‘Revolutionary’ impact as America turns 250 January 7, 2026By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints In a revolutionary year, the spirited celebration of America’s 250th anniversary throughout 2026, the national shrine dedicated to the first U.S.-born saint is aiming to help patriotic revelers discover the place of “Mother Seton” among the pantheon of iconic nation-builders.
2025 spans life spectrum, from abortion and family programs to immigration and death penalty December 27, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Respect Life, World News Life issues are perennially critical to the robust public witness of the Catholic Church, but 2025 nonetheless proved a particularly eventful year across a wide spectrum of related concerns.
Trending: A (young) revival in the faith? December 25, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, World News, Youth Ministry An interesting trend is bubbling up within the church: a revival of sorts that is leading to large numbers of people either entering the church or coming into full Catholic communion. Many of them are young people.
