National credibly-accused clergy database unveiled as Chicago Archdiocese abuse payouts exceed $400M September 16, 2026By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A St. Paul, Minnesota-based firm announced a new abuse settlement with the Archdiocese of Chicago, which has already paid out more than $400 million to abuse survivors, while also unveiling a national database of clergy it says are credibly accused of sexual abuse.
Illinois diocese puts brakes on eulogies and wakes in church before funeral Mass September 9, 2026By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News An Illinois diocese has done away with eulogies during funeral Masses and also visitation of the deceased in the church immediately before the Mass.
Catholic Charities agencies spend summer responding to floods, tornadoes, wildfires and a typhoon September 5, 2026By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, News, World News Catholic Charities has been responding to various disasters in the United States this summer and although this is not the most disaster-prone season in recent memory, it did have memorable events.
Catholic schools’ new year sees safety, security and budget impacts after school shooting August 25, 2026By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, Schools, World News As the new school year starts in multiple Catholic districts across the country, 2025’s deadly shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis during the parish school’s all-school Mass has kept safety and security on the minds of some Catholic school officials and archdioceses with sizable Catholic school districts.
San Antonio priest laicized, excommunicated after calling Popes Francis and Leo ‘usurpers’ August 18, 2026By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News A priest of the Archdiocese of San Antonio who was “found guilty of schism” has been removed from the clerical state and excommunicated, according to the archbishop of the archdiocese.
Pope Leo night at White Sox baseball park maxes out stadium capacity August 13, 2026By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Sports, Vatican, World News White Sox baseball fans sporting custom-designed, black-and-gold, mitre-style hats celebrated Pope Leo XIV, a fellow diehard Sox fan, at a pope-themed game in Chicago Aug. 11.
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage ‘life-changing,’ created strong community, say pilgrims July 25, 2026By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News Several “perpetual pilgrims” who followed Jesus Christ in the Eucharist across the country’s eastern seaboard this summer said the walk was life-changing.
Catholics offer prayers, express solidarity over 2 ICE shooting deaths in less than a week July 17, 2026By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Catholics and immigrant advocacy groups have expressed solidarity and offered prayers in the aftermath of two fatal shootings by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers within less than a week.
Trial begins in California’s lawsuit against pregnancy resource centers’ abortion pill reversal resources June 30, 2026By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News California’s lawsuit against two pro-life nonprofit organizations that specialize in helping to reverse the immediate effects of abortion pills went to trial June 24.
First-ever pilgrimage celebrates Pope Leo with Mass, visits to papal boyhood landmarks May 12, 2026By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News On the first anniversary of Pope Leo XIV’s election, a group promoting the Catholic faith in Chicago’s south suburbs led an inaugural pilgrimage to his boyhood home and the church he attended as a boy.
Customer service story of ‘relatable’ Pope Leo XIV gone viral resonates with everyday people May 8, 2026By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The incoming provincial superior of the Midwest Augustinians, the order that Pope Leo XIV belongs to and the province he once led, said viral interest in the story of the pope’s customer service call last year has been unexpected.
National shrine planned to honor Venerable Augustus Tolton in western Illinois May 5, 2026By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News The first publicly recognized Black Catholic priest in the United States — who has already had 40 potential miracles through his intercession investigated — is now getting his own national shrine in western Illinois where he grew up and once served.
