With reverence, contagious smile, volunteer with Down syndrome inspires Michigan parish October 24, 2025By Gabriella Patti OSV News Filed Under: Disabilities Ministry, News, Respect Life, World News Where Robby Heil, who has Down syndrome, is perhaps most known and has the biggest impact is at St. James Parish, where he serves as an extraordinary minister of holy Communion three times a week on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
What does the church say about brain death and the ethics of organ donation? October 24, 2025By Charlie Camosy OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Father Anthony Stoeppel, a diocesan priest of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas and professor of church management at the Catholic University of America’s Busch School of Busine
Vatican II vision for Christian education still inspires Catholic school renewal at 60 October 24, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Schools, World News “Gravissimum Educationis,” the Declaration on Christian Education, marks its 60th anniversary Oct. 28.
San Antonio Archdiocese, Catholic groups push back at auto-generated GoFundMe pages October 24, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Giving, News, World News The Archdiocese of San Antonio is speaking out after the GoFundMe company — which provides a digital platform for online fundraising — created donation pages on its behalf without the archdiocese’s approval.
In first visit with Pope Leo, Archbishop Hebda delivers Annunciation letters to pontiff October 24, 2025By OSV News The Catholic Spirit Filed Under: Gun Violence, News, Vatican, World News Letters from Annunciation students and their families in Minneapolis made it to Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican Oct. 1 — via Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis as he visited with Pope Leo for the first time.
Catholic coffee shops serve up God’s love nationwide October 24, 2025By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, World News Coffee shops associated with Catholic churches and organizations are opening around the country in order to build community and share God’s love.
Movie Review: ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’ October 23, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews A surprisingly substantive film, “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere” (20th Century) is more a psychological study than a musical biography. As such, it invites those older viewers for whom it’s appropriate to engage with its sometimes troubling story intellectually and emotionally rather than be passively entertained.
Pope: Opioid crisis, cruelty toward migrants are new social ills October 23, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News The current abuse of vulnerable migrants is not the legitimate exercise of national sovereignty, Pope Leo XIV said, but rather it represents a serious crime being committed or tolerated by the government.
Young adults invited to attend Lumen Ecclesiae October 23, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News, Young Adult Ministry Inspired by Archbishop William E. Lori’s Seek the City to Come pastoral planning initiative and his pastoral letters, “A Light Brightly Visible,” which call for evangelization and missionary discipleship, the Dominican Friars of Baltimore are launching a new Catholic event for young adults: “Lumen Ecclesiae – Light of the Church.”
Gudziak: Russian drone attack on Ukrainian kindergarten shows ‘relentless barbarity’ October 23, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News A U.S. Ukrainian Catholic archbishop is speaking out after Russian forces struck a kindergarten in Ukraine’s second largest city, while killing two children — including an infant — near that nation’s capital.
Imprisoned Belarusian Catholic opposition journalist Poczobut receives Sakharov prize October 23, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News Two imprisoned journalists, Belarusian Catholic Andrzej Poczobut and Georgian Mzia Amaglobeli, have been named laureates of the 2025 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, to be awarded by the European Parliament Dec. 16.
Archbishop Lori urges legal professionals to ‘rebuild a culture damaged by toxic politics’ October 23, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, From the Archbishop, Local News, News Archbishop William E. Lori urged legal professionals at the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s annual Red Mass to “rebuild a culture damaged by toxic politics.”
