U.S. solicitor general says Colorado should not deny Catholic preschools early education funds February 5, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Schools, Supreme Court, World News A case before the U.S. Supreme Court urging the court to stop Colorado from excluding Catholic preschools and families from the state’s “universal” funding now has federal support.
U.S. bishops commemorate Black History Month: ‘Let us be faithful stewards of memory’ February 4, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, World News Two U.S. bishops Feb. 3 urged Catholics to be “faithful stewards of memory” and “courageous witnesses to truth” during Black History Month, observed in February.
‘Radical’ abortion amendment passes Virginia General Assembly despite pro-life advocacy February 2, 2026By OSV News The Catholic Virginian Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News The Virginia General Assembly has sent a sweeping amendment enshrining a “fundamental right” to abortion in the Constitution of Virginia to a statewide referendum on the November ballot.
‘With joy,’ Dominican fulfills mission to provide religious sister’s presence throughout school January 29, 2026By OSV News The Catholic Spirit Filed Under: News, Schools, World News Sister Amelia Hueller of the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia in Nashville, Tenn., is on a mission at Providence Academy in Plymouth that is unique in the Dominican Sisters’ work in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and around the world.
Cardinal Woelki says he is finished with German Synodal Way, will skip sixth assembly January 28, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Synodality, World News Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne bid his farewell to the German Synodal Way and said he won’t participate in the upcoming sixth assembly, starting Jan. 29.
Pope Leo: Let us raise our voices for peace January 28, 2026By OSV News Vatican News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, World News “I’ll only say that we must pray very much for peace.” Those were the words of Pope Leo XIV given in a brief statement to Italian television as he left Villa Barberini, his residence in Castel Gandolfo, where, as usual, he had spent his Tuesday both resting and working.
Cardinal Tobin: ‘Say no to violence,’ stop funding ‘lawless organization’ after protester killings January 26, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, U.S. Congress, World News Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, joined several religious leaders for a Jan. 25 “National Faith Call to Action,” organized and hosted online by Faith in Action, a global, nonpartisan, faith-based network that counts 1,000 congregations in the U.S., as well as in Haiti, Central America, Africa and Eastern Europe.
Catholic school’s sensory room a calming space that supports students’ learning, well-being January 25, 2026By OSV News The Catholic Light Filed Under: 2026 Catholic Schools Week, News, Schools, World News The calming space is designed to help children relax, refocus, and build coping skills so they can return to class ready to learn.
Former ambassadors seek renewed bipartisanship to fight human trafficking January 25, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Respect Life, World News Efforts to combat human trafficking have languished in the first year of the second Trump administration and their revival requires bipartisan support, according to five former diplomats who served as ambassadors-at-large to combat human trafficking.
Trump administration ends federally funded research with fetal tissue from elective abortions January 22, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News The Trump administration Jan. 22 announced a policy ending the use of fetal tissue from elective abortions in federally funded research.
Indonesian bishop who renounced red hat resigns over ‘conflict’ January 22, 2026By OSV News UCA News Filed Under: Bishops, News, Vatican, World News Indonesian Bishop Paskalis Bruno Syukur of Bogor, who previously declined to become a cardinal, has resigned amid allegations of mismanagement in the diocese.
In a moment of Vatican sweetness, Pope Leo receives lambs in ancient St. Agnes tradition January 21, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News Adding some sweetness to the usual general audience-focused Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV was presented with two lambs Jan. 21 as part of an ancient Roman Catholic tradition marking the feast of St. Agnes of Rome.
