Bishops hail Scottish lawmakers for rejecting assisted dying; UK faces pivotal abortion vote March 18, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Scottish Catholic bishops welcomed Parliament’s decision to reject the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill March 17 — a move shelving a measure that would have allowed eligible adults “to lawfully request, and be provided with, assistance by health professionals to end their own life.”
Archbishop Hicks celebrates his first St. Patrick’s Day Parade Mass at namesake cathedral March 18, 2026By OSV News The Good Newsroom Filed Under: News, Saints, World News With standing-room only at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Archbishop Ronald A. Hicks of New York noted it was his first time presiding over the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade Mass, which kicks off the city’s celebration.
As Iditarod kicks off, pilgrims find missionary spirit is the Church in Alaska’s North Star March 17, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized A group of pilgrims with the Napa Institute attended presentations, dined with bishops, flew over the mountain Alaskans call Denali and attended the Iditarod start in Anchorage to discover Alaska’s missionary spirit.
In a return to tradition, Pope Leo moves into new home in the Apostolic Palace March 16, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV moved into his new apartments at the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace March 14, the Holy See Press Office announced that afternoon in Rome.
St. Patrick wasn’t actually born Irish, but here are 11 early saints who were March 15, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Saints While that great evangelizer of Ireland gets a great deal of attention, here are 11 Irish-born saints who continued St. Patrick’s efforts to spread the Gospel, and who also deserve a pint raised in their name. Sláinte!
Bishops’ annual CRS Collection ‘more vital than ever’ amid wars and disasters overseas March 13, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Giving, News, World News The U.S. bishops’ annual Catholic Relief Services Collection, which helps some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in need in the United States and worldwide, will be taken in most U.S. dioceses at Masses the weekend of March 14-15.
Pope Leo bestows title of ‘monsignor’ on USCCB’s general secretary March 10, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV has bestowed the title of “monsignor” on Father Michael J.K. Fuller, general secretary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, with the distinction of “Chaplain to His Holiness.”
Filmmaker explores shifts in U.S. religious landscape through lens of Ursuline sister March 6, 2026By OSV News The Record Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Movie & Television Reviews Morgan Atkinson’s newest documentary — “In the Company of Change,” released in September — is his second film on the Ursuline Sisters of Louisville. His first, “A Change in Order,” released in 1987, reflected on how the Ursuline Sisters were affected by the cultural shifts of the 1980s.
Lebanon’s Eastern Catholic patriarchs, bishops call for ‘spiral of violence’ to end March 5, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News The Assembly of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops in Lebanon issued a statement March 5 in which they called “for an immediate halt to the spiral of violence” currently taking place in the Middle East and urged “a return to constructive dialogue and responsible diplomatic action, grounded in the pursuit of the common good of peoples who long for a peaceful life founded on justice and dignity.”
9 ‘perpetual pilgrims’ to travel patriotic East Coast route in 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage March 4, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, News, World News Nine young adults have been selected as “perpetual pilgrims” to travel with the Eucharist along the East Coast this summer in the third National Eucharistic Pilgrimage. The pilgrims — five men and four women — will participate in the pilgrimage’s full route, which begins May 24 in Florida and reaches Maine before ending in Philadelphia July 5 for U.S. semiquincentennial celebrations.
Pope Leo’s prayer to St. Francis: a call to peace in a divided world March 2, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Conflict in the Middle East, Vatican As tensions escalate following the Feb. 28 U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran, we share this prayer to St. Francis of Assisi — a timeless intercessor for peace — which Pope Leo XIV shared with leaders of the Franciscan order on the beginning of the 800th anniversary of St. Francis’ death in January 2026.
Pope Leo’s visit to Spain could spark a much-needed ‘spiritual revival’ March 1, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News With the Vatican confirming Pope Leo XIV’s trip to Spain in June, plans for the upcoming visit are full steam ahead, the organizer of the visit said.
