Mahmoud v. Taylor: A Supreme Court victory for parents, freedom July 17, 2025By Jason Adkins OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Religious Freedom, Supreme Court In a momentous decision that has far-reaching implications for the future of public education and religious liberty in the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Mahmoud v. Taylor that parents, not the state, hold the primary right to direct the upbringing and education of their children.
Church leaders, faithful in procession to Detroit ICE office call for just immigration policies July 17, 2025By Daniel Meloy OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Clergy, religious and pastors from various denominations led hundreds of lay faithful in making their voices heard in advocating for just immigration policies.
Lay associates journey with the Oblate Sisters of Providence July 17, 2025By Carole Norris Greene Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News Discussions among the Oblate Sisters of Providence regarding starting a lay associates program began in earnest in 1989, according to Oblate Sister of Providence Annette Beecham, director of the program that had its first installation in 1992. She was fresh out of formation at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh when she was assigned to develop it.
How and why to laugh like a saint July 17, 2025By Effie Caldarola OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Saints Hearing that Ignatius’ rooms were full of laughter is a good reminder at a time when so many Americans are feeling anxious. We are, after all, in a Jubilee year of hope. We are Pilgrims of Hope. But I, like many, struggle with hope.
Study: Devotion to Mary has significant impact on discerning, sustaining vocations July 17, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Marian Devotion, News, Vocations, World News Devotion to Mary is a significant factor in discerning and sustaining the call to priestly and religious life, according to a new study.
Videogame Review: ‘Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’ July 17, 2025By Adele Chapline Smith OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Movie & Television Reviews “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33” (Kepler), the debut title from French studio Sandfall Interactive, follows a cohort of citizens desperate to save a large number of people from imminent death. As it does so, the role-playing game also explores themes of grief, family and community.
Church of England weighs proposal to place St. Thomas More’s skull in shrine for veneration July 16, 2025By Simon Caldwell OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News The Church of England is weighing plans to exhume and enshrine the head of St. Thomas More , the patron saint of statesmen and politicians, in time for the 500th anniversary of his 1535 martyrdom.
Father Robert Wojsław dies at 52 July 16, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Society of Christ Father Robert Wojsław will be offered at 11 a.m. on July 18 at Holy Rosary in Fells Point. Father Wojsław died suddenly July 14. He was 52.
Stop the hatred; humanity is at stake, Pope Leo says in video message July 16, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Sports, Vatican, World News Politics can unite instead of divide as long as it refuses to settle for propaganda that feeds on creating enemies, Pope Leo XIV said.
As excavation begins at Irish maternity home, Catholic experts urge fact-based news reporting July 16, 2025By Michael Kelly OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Journalism, News, World News A full excavation began July 14 at a site near a former mother-and-baby home in the west of Ireland, believed to be the final resting place of up to 800 infants.
Question Corner: Can we bring the Precious Blood to the sick? July 16, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist, Question Corner The church does in fact allow Holy Communion under the form of wine to be taken to the sick in some cases.
Impact of DOGE cuts on migrants, refugees July 16, 2025By Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, DOGE cuts, Immigration and Migration As a former director of the U.S. Bishops’ resettlement program from 1985 to 1992, I can state that cuts are endangering the lives and welfare of some migrants and refugees.
