At canonization Mass, two mothers stand out as giants of confidence in God September 8, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News At a packed canonization Mass in Rome, with 80,000 attending, it was the face of the mother that said it all during the canonization Mass — Antonia Salzano was moved beyond words when her son, Carlo Acutis, was officially declared saint of the Catholic Church.
Blessed Frassati through St. John Paul II’s eyes: ‘Faith and charity’ were his ‘driving forces’ September 5, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News On the eve of his canonization, St. John Paul’s homily for Pier Georgio Frassati’s beatification remains a profound testament to the virtues that defined Frassati’s short but luminous life.
On the road to Our Lady: How pilgrimage taught me the power of community August 26, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Jubilee 2025, Marian Devotion This is the church I saw on the pilgrimage: poor, weak, stripped of pretenses, yet strong in suffering and stronger in Christ. This is the church I walked with.
A pending element of tackling the abuse crisis: transparency June 15, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, World News While much was done during Pope Francis’ pontificate to tackle the global abuse crisis — a crisis moving at differing speeds in the church, depending on the country — one significant element is still pending and left for Pope Leo XIV to implement. That element is transparency.
Father Rupnik’s mosaics disappear from Vatican News June 9, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Vatican, World News In a quiet but powerful move, Vatican News has begun removing artwork by Father Marko Rupnik — the once-renowned mosaicist now accused of abusing over two dozen women — from its website. His mosaics, long used to mark major feast days online, were recently replaced or left blank — a shift many survivors say is long overdue.
Angelicum rector: Pope’s election ‘greatest mercy God has ever shown on Catholic Church in America’ May 13, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, Vatican, World News While no one from then-Father Prevost’s time at the Angelicum is still teaching there, Father White is proud that Leo XIV is the second contemporary pope to be an Angelicum graduate in recent decades.
As poor rejoice, cardinal says pope’s electors ‘weren’t dealing with world,’ but ‘with the kingdom of God’ May 12, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News The needy of the Eternal City were glad to have their cardinal back from conclave, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, sharing news about the new pontiff — who was “chosen by the Holy Spirit,” the prelate said.
‘Doctrinal clarity, strong governance, thoughtful appointments’ among Weigel’s hopes for new papacy May 12, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News OSV News asked George Weigel — the American biographer of the pope from Poland, St. John Paul II — about what the first few days of papacy tell us about Pope Leo XIV, how as an American missionary he can influence the world and about his own hopes for the papacy.
Advocates of abuse victims are rooting for a Filipino pope — and it’s not Cardinal Tagle May 8, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Child & Youth Protection, News, Vatican, World News While Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle is topping the list of “papabili” in the world press, it’s another Filipino that would please advocates and victims of clerical sexual abuse. His name is Cardinal Pablo Virgilio Siongco David of Kalookan.
Challenges new pope will face — and qualities experts say he’ll need May 1, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Feature, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News The challenge of leading a Catholic flock of 1.4 billion, from that moment on, will be on his shoulders. From theologians to Vatican insiders, there’s agreement that the next pontiff must balance deep faith with sharp governance.
Gudziak: Pope Francis gave a gift to the world through surprise Trump-Zelenskyy encounter April 28, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, War in Ukraine, World News In a powerful, unexpected moment at the Vatican, U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met inside St. Peter’s Basilica on April 26 — just ahead of Pope Francis’ funeral Mass.
Rome’s needy bid farewell to pope who lifted them up from misery April 25, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News The poor, Cardinal Krajewski confirmed, will also be present on the footsteps of the Basilica of St. Mary Major where Francis will be buried April 26 following the funeral Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica.
