Rhode Island’s Catholic community reeling after deadly shooting during high school hockey game February 19, 2026By Rick Snizek OSV News Filed Under: Gun Violence, News, World News A deadly shooting erupted during a boys hockey game in Rhode Island, involving a co-op with a number of players reported to be from an area Catholic school, and may have been motivated by what law enforcement characterized as a “family dispute.”
Bishop: To welcome immigrants is to follow God’s ‘divine command’ to care for the stranger December 29, 2025By Rick Snizek Rhode Island Catholic Filed Under: Bishop Lewandowski, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski said the Catholic Church’s call to stand in solidarity with migrant communities and a moral urgency compelled the Diocese of Providence to host a regional gathering on immigration at the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul.
For most families with loved ones still held by Hamas, the painful wait continues November 28, 2023By Rick Snizek OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Kalderon spends most days in Tel Aviv now joining other hostage family members in telling their stories to the media in order to keep the focus on those being held captive amid a destructive air and ground campaign being waged that has also killed thousands of innocent Palestinians caught in the crossfire.
Rhode Island Catholic editor recalls his visit last December to Gaza border area of incursion October 13, 2023By Rick Snizek OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Dodging sporadic rocket fire comes with the territory in Israel, especially when you live along the tense border with Gaza in the south.
