Over 12 years, Pope Francis made a significant impact on the church’s liturgical life May 5, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments While the liturgical legacy of Pope Francis, who died April 21 at age 88, may have flown under the radar for many, several experts told OSV News his 12-year papacy made a definite impact.
Catholic mental health therapists integrate faith, spirituality into treatment plans May 5, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, World News Mental illness in America has been declared an official social health care emergency — especially since the COVID-19 pandemic and as community-fragmenting forms of social media continue to multiply.
May 1 marks 5th anniversary of consecrating U.S. to Mary as COVID declared a pandemic May 1, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Coronavirus, Health Care, News, World News Indeed, “in times of trouble” it’s only natural for Catholics to resort to petitioning their own Mother Mary. And five years ago — on May 1, 2020, during the first terrifying stages of the COVID-19 pandemic — the bishops of the United States did just that.
Catholic Labor Network urges Trump to rescind order limiting collective bargaining April 29, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Feature, News, Social Justice, World News The Trump administration has collided with a legal roadblock in its quest to limit the collective bargaining rights of almost 160,000 federal government employees belonging to the National Treasury Employees Union, or NTEU.
Pope Francis remembered for lasting mark on church’s marriage and family ministry April 24, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Marriage & Family Life, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News The impact of Pope Francis’ papacy upon Catholic marriage and family life will be extensively studied, debated and commentated upon in the weeks following his death on April 21.
Complexities of U.S. immigration visa system impact the church’s pastoral mission April 21, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Vocations America’s tumultuous immigration system is again impacting nonordained religious workers from other countries — including Catholic religious sisters and brothers.
In historic move, burgeoning Phoenix Diocese opens new Nazareth Seminary April 19, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, Vocations, World News In an era of vocations undeniably impacted by a statistically declining priesthood, it’s perhaps among the rarest of Catholic news headlines: Seminary opens.
‘Waking up to God’: Desire for community, renewed faith interest may explain U.S. boost in numbers of new Catholics April 17, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Easter, Evangelization, Feature, News, World News At the April 19 Easter Vigil at parishes across America, the church will welcome many new Catholics.
As ‘Laudato Si” turns 10, experts urge greater response to pope’s urgent message on climate April 14, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Writing in “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home,” Pope Francis said the Earth “cries out to us because of the harm we have inflicted on her by our irresponsible use and abuse of the goods with which God has endowed her.”
U.S. bishops ask Trump in joint letter to pursue global debt relief in the Jubilee Year April 10, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, World News In a world economy rocked by the whiplash of American trade tariffs that has spared few countries, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Jubilee USA Network, an interfaith development group, have a proposition for President Donald J. Trump: Forgive some debts.
Health care access and the common good: What should Americans expect? April 4, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Health Care, News, World News In a system not impervious to market forces, the health outcomes Americans expect and what they actually receive may seem like two different things — and may also lead Catholics to wonder what’s morally required from networks forced to consider both care delivery and the bottom line.
Expanding child tax credits seen as a pro-life, anti-poverty lifeline for families March 15, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Social Justice, World News After 2025, the federal tax credit is scheduled to drop to just $1,000 per qualifying child.
