A month after his election, most U.S. Catholics view Pope Leo XIV favorably June 18, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Just over a month after his election, Pope Leo XIV is enjoying positive reviews from most of the nation’s Catholics, according to a new poll.
The truth about transitions June 18, 2025By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Life asks us to say yes through the pain. Jesus asks us to follow where we do not want to go.
Supreme Court takes up appeal from N.J. faith-based pregnancy centers June 18, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News The Supreme Court said June 16 it will hear an appeal from a group of faith-based pregnancy centers in New Jersey challenging an investigation by that state’s attorney general alleging they misled people about their services and seeking information about their donors.
Fox Nation announces second season for ‘Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints’ June 18, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, Saints Fox Nation announced June 11 that an eight-episode second season of the docudrama series “Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints” will become available for streaming beginning in November and continuing through the spring of next year.
N.J. top court ruling allows grand injury investigations for clerical abuse June 18, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News New Jersey’s top court ruled June 16 that grand juries can be empaneled to investigate clerical sex abuse allegations in that state.
Movie Review: ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ June 18, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Faith is put under the spotlight to a much greater degree in the auteur’s latest quirky work, “The Phoenician Scheme” (Focus), and the results are far more negative.
For Deacon Shiadrik Mokum, the priesthood is all about community June 18, 2025By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, New Priests 2025, News, Vocations Deacon Shiadrik Mokum says all his life “community” has been his major focus. The Cameroon native sees his journey to the priesthood, which he will complete with his ordination in June at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland, as a natural progression of his devotion to community life.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon June 18, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Capsule reviews of theatrical movies available now for streaming or scheduled for broadcast on network or cable television as well as notes on TV programming for the same week.
A cry for unity June 18, 2025By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Vatican Pope Leo has assumed the Petrine ministry as old ecclesial divisions have reared up anew and as heightened polarization has weakened the church’s unity and mission.
‘Public’ does not equal ‘state’ or ‘government’ June 18, 2025By George Weigel Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: Commentary, Supreme Court, The Catholic Difference The U.S. Supremes kicked the can down the road in St. Isidore. But the cause of school choice continues. And it will ultimately prevail, because it’s the will of “We, the People.”
High court sends Catholic groups’ challenge to N.Y. abortion-coverage mandate back to state courts June 17, 2025By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News The fight by religious groups against New York state’s abortion mandate requiring most private insurance plans to cover abortion has renewed life.
Religious Liberty Commission examines imperiled Native American sacred site, mandatory reporter law June 17, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News Key religious liberty challenges facing Americans include the threat of the destruction to an Apache sacred site by a copper mining giant, as well as a new law in Washington state requiring clergy to report child abuse or neglect without exceptions for clergy-penitent privilege, said witnesses at the inaugural meeting of the Department of Justice’s Religious Liberty Commission on June 16.
