Capuchin-run music school changes the region through culture in the Central African Republic October 4, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized The Central African Republic is one of the poorest and most unstable countries in the world. For years, it has been ravaged by civil war, tribal conflicts, and a lack of prospects for young people. It was here that a Capuchin priest decided to start something that might have sounded too crazy to many — a music school.
British cardinal shocked by Manchester synagogue attack; prayers pour in for victims October 3, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, World News As England mourned after an Oct. 2 terror attack on a Manchester synagogue, Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster, president of England and Wales bishops’ conference, expressed his shock, assuring the Jewish community of his prayers.
Cardinal Cupich: Sen. Durbin ‘has decided not to receive’ controversial lifetime achievement award October 2, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., has decided not to receive a “Lifetime Achievement Award,” scheduled to be presented in November at the archdiocese’s “Keep Hope Alive” celebration, according to a statement by Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich Sept. 30.
Catholics pray for an end to raids at L.A. Immigration Mass October 1, 2025By OSV News Angelus Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Antonio Luna, now a deacon for the Diocese of Orange, Calif., shared his story at this year’s Mass in Recognition of All Immigrants, held Sept. 21 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. Luna’s tale echoed what many immigrants in Los Angeles and around the U.S. are facing today: Fears of deportation, fears of going outside, fears of what may happen to their children and loved ones if they were sent back to their home countries.
Mass and procession in the U.S. capital calls for solidarity with migrants facing mass deportation September 30, 2025By OSV News Catholic Standard Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Nearly 1,000 people joined the procession for the 111th World Day of Migrants and Refugees in the nation’s capital, which had “Migrants, Missionaries of Hope” as its theme.
Late Archbishop Beltran recalled as good shepherd who served ‘faithfully and tirelessly’ September 26, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, Obituaries, World News A funeral Mass was celebrated at the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine in Oklahoma City Sept. 24 for retired Archbishop Eusebius J. Beltran, followed by interment at Resurrection Cemetery. He died Sept. 12 at age 91.
Cardinal Pizzaballa: Situation in Gaza a ‘disaster,’ two-state solution ‘less and less real’ September 25, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News In an interview before the second anniversary of Israel-Hamas war, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem said that “what is happening militarily in Gaza is a disaster,” with the consequences of a “human devastation,” and “brutalization of mutual relations between Israelis and Palestinians.”
Four more bishops speak out against Sen. Durbin lifetime achievement award September 24, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Respect Life, World News Five U.S. bishops have now spoken out against the decision of Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich and the Archdiocese of Chicago to present Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., a “Lifetime Achievement Award” for his work on immigration issues in November due to the senator’s longstanding public position on abortion.
Pope Leo XIV appoints coadjutor archbishop of New Orleans September 24, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, World News Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop James F. Checchio of Metuchen, N.J., as coadjutor archbishop of New Orleans.
Pope Leo XIV shares video message with Chicago ALS event in honor of his friend September 22, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV Sept. 20 told those suffering with ALS and their families, who have been “given a very difficult burden to bear,” that he is praying for them.
For National Migration Week, bishops call for solidarity with immigrants amid ‘fear, anxiety’ September 22, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Ahead of the U.S. Catholic Church’s observance of its annual National Migration Week, taking place this year Sept. 22-28, the U.S. bishops reiterated their longstanding efforts to show solidarity with immigrants amid “fear and anxiety” prompted by current immigration enforcement efforts.
Harrisburg bishop ‘deeply saddened’ by shooting that left 3 officers dead, 2 wounded September 18, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Bishop Timothy C. Senior of Harrisburg said he was “deeply saddened” by a shooting in rural Pennsylvania that claimed the lives of three police officers and injured two others.
