Will Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ impact charitable giving? Experts weigh in September 12, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Giving, News, World News It’s a source of perpetual anxiety for anyone in the Catholic Church concerned or tasked with the sources of support that enable its mission: Will the faithful keep giving what they give?
Analysis: With school choice tax credit, Catholic schools could rise, but challenges remain September 4, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Schools, World News Effective school choice programs require — at a minimum — a combination of access, availability, leadership and communication.
‘Rerum Novarum’ 2.0? Catholic labor advocates heartened by Pope Leo’s direction August 10, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News He believes the church should be a primary witness of workplace fairness; more than a million American workers are employed by Catholic hospitals, schools and other institutions — but unions are not universal.
Catholic MBA programs see business as force for good, blending doctrine, commerce August 9, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, World News For scholars seeking an MBA rooted in Catholic ethics and social teaching, there are now more choices, as Catholic colleges both launch and expand their degree offerings.
Black Catholics reflect on 60 years of the Voting Rights Act, challenges August 6, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, News, Racial Justice, World News On a national scale, Father Boxie expressed concern about the Trump administration’s efforts to eliminate what are known as DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) initiatives in America through executive orders.
Wenski: Pivot to immigration reform, not ‘Alcatraz’ camps, now the border is secure August 6, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Archbishop Wenski argued that the border is now secure, and for the sake of the common good, Congress and President Donald Trump should pursue immigration reform and turn aside from a course of mass detention and deportation that violates human dignity.
Brave new classroom: Catholic schools nationwide integrate AI into teaching plans August 3, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: News, Scouting, World News The modern educational toolkit, of both teachers and students, now includes the use of artificial intelligence. Experts and teachers from coast-to-coast told OSV News AI is poised to transform Catholic education.
Report on alleged conditions at ICE’s Florida detention sites prompts Catholic leaders’ call for change July 29, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News A new report alleges that three Florida immigration detention sites deny timely medical care, potentially resulting in deaths, and have freezing and overcrowded cells with no bedding or hygiene access.
Can’t afford a Catholic college? Think again. Many offer full tuition options July 26, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, Schools, World News For high school students yearning to attend a Catholic college, there is an encouraging development: Many Catholic institutions of higher learning are increasingly committed to making academia accessible through free, full tuition programs.
ANALYSIS: ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ gives school-choice advocates partial victory with more to do July 9, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: News, Schools, World News The approved version creates a new federal tax credit for individuals who make donations to 501(c)(3) public charities providing scholarships to elementary or secondary school pupils.
ANALYSIS: ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ cuts expected to outweigh benefits for low-income families July 8, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, News, World News It’s a question with profound implications for millions of Americans: With the Trump administration’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” signed into law July 4, will families thrive or languish? Will poverty increase, or decrease? Will more go hungry, or will more be fed?
As revival’s Year of Mission draws to close, organizers look back — and ahead June 13, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News In the same way that a relationship with Christ is not about something but someone, the organizers of the National Eucharistic Revival will tell you that their movement is not just something faithful Catholics do, but something that they are — a grace from God, stirring up the hearts of his people.
