Bishops’ new pro-life chair: Project Rachel ministries ‘key to our pro-life efforts’ November 18, 2025By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, Respect Life, World News During the U.S. bishops’ annual fall meeting in Baltimore, Bishop Daniel E. Thomas of Toledo, Ohio, chair of the bishops’ pro-life committee, spoke with OSV News about its priorities and the importance of offering “healing and the tender mercy of God” to those hurt by abortion.
Vatican gives final approval to new Liturgy of the Hours edition coming in 2027 November 12, 2025By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Divine Worship, News, Vatican, World News The faithful can expect a new edition of the Liturgy of the Hours by Easter 2027, according to Bishop Steven J. Lopes, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Divine Worship who made the announcement Nov. 11, during the bishops’ fall meeting.
USCCB president warns against partisanship; nuncio urges bishops to follow pope’s ‘maps of hope’ November 11, 2025By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, World News In his farewell address to his brother bishops, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, outgoing president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, emphasized the need to “convince people to listen to each other” amid polarization.
Father Mike Schmitz invites listeners to enter ‘The Imitation of Christ’ with new podcast October 26, 2025By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Evangelization, News, Scouting, World News A centuries-old devotional book, said to be the second most circulated in the history of Christianity after the Bible, is, perhaps fittingly, the work that Father Mike Schmitz of “The Bible in a Year” fame had long hoped to focus on in a podcast.
U.S. bishops’ pro-life chair discusses ‘moral hierarchy,’ Durbin award and worrisome celebration of political violence October 2, 2025By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, Respect Life, World News Bishop Daniel E. Thomas of Toledo, Ohio, chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-life Activities, spoke with OSV News Oct. 1, the first day of Respect Life Month, about maintaining hope in a culture with a widespread disregard for human life and why abortion remains the preeminent issue in the “moral hierarchy” of life.
Friar behind ‘Rosary in a Year’ explores Jesus Christ’s ‘blueprint’ in the beatitudes September 1, 2025By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News After climbing the podcast charts with “Rosary in a Year,” Father Mark-Mary Ames of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal recently released “Eight Promises of God: Discovering Hope Through the Beatitudes,” a book that he hopes will encourage people to see “the beauty and the gift that the Lord offers us in the beatitudes.” Father […]
Catholic singer’s Marian journey through psalms brought award-winning song, joy after infertility September 1, 2025By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News Francesca LaRosa, who recently took home a Catholic Music Award for Best New Singer in Rome for her song “My Soul Proclaims,” made her own unique journey through the psalms that brought new life and a song honoring the joyful words of Mary in the “Magnificat.”
Brian Burch confirmed as U.S. ambassador to the Holy See August 3, 2025By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News In a rare Saturday session, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Brian Burch, President Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, in a vote of 49-44 along party lines Aug. 2.
Court dismisses case against prominent exorcist priest August 1, 2025By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A criminal case against a popular evangelist and exorcist was dismissed July 30.
Detroit archbishop fires theologians Ralph Martin, Eduardo Echeverría from seminary July 25, 2025By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Archbishop Edward J. Weisenburger of Detroit fired two prominent theologians from their longstanding roles at Sacred Heart Major Seminary July 23.
Catholics mourn, offer support, as Texas flood’s catastrophic death toll rises July 7, 2025By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott declared Sunday, July 6 a day of prayer throughout the state, as the death toll from catastrophic flooding July 4 has now risen to at least 82 people as of July 7, including 28 children in Kerr County. More than 40 people remain missing.
Snow White and the significance of fairy tales April 9, 2025By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Movie & Television Reviews In retelling the fairy tales of bygone eras, filmmakers would do well to allow Snow White’s prince to come, Belle’s Beast to transform and Cinderella’s slipper to fit.
