Pope calls for unity among world’s religions to promote peace, justice, ethical AI October 29, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News At a time when so many people and the planet are suffering, the world’s religions need to come together to promote truth, compassion, reconciliation, justice and peace, Pope Leo XIV said.
‘Nostra Aetate’, a document that revolutionized Catholic-Jewish relations, turns 60 October 29, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News A landmark Catholic document, credited with igniting a revolution in Catholic-Jewish relations over the decades, has turned 60.
No absolute certainty October 29, 2025By Sister Nancy Usslemann OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Journalism, Vocations There is no absolute certainty in discerning a vocational call. If we have certainty, we wouldn’t keep pursuing the mystery of God present in the silence and stillness. That is where the will of God is found.
Globe-trotting Maryland pilot says flying over 100 fellow Catholics to Rome a career highlight October 29, 2025By OSV News The Dialog Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News As a dedicated Catholic and parishioner of St. Jude’s Church in North East, Md., airline pilot Carol Stone has been to shrines, basilicas and so many religious destinations across the world.
A timely anniversary October 29, 2025By George Weigel Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: Commentary, Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, The Catholic Difference Antisemitism is a malignancy in society. Throughout modern political history, rising antisemitism has been an unmistakable marker of cultural decay.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon October 29, 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.
Question Corner: What do we mean when we talk about reducing specific amounts of time in purgatory? October 29, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner Purgatory is indeed a state that exists apart from the linear time we experience in our lives on earth, and therefore we cannot truly speak about how long a soul spends in purgatory according to a literal measure of days, months or years.
Catholic Media Association releases new AI guidelines to keep ‘human dignity’ central October 29, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: AI, Journalism, News, World News As the use of artificial intelligence accelerates, the Catholic Media Association is calling for its members to adopt a holistic, moral approach — one rooted in Catholic teaching — regarding AI.
Interreligious dialogue is ‘way of life’ for Catholic Church, pope says October 29, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News For the Catholic Church, interreligious dialogue “is not a tactic or a tool, but a way of life — a journey of the heart that transforms everyone involved, the one who listens and the one who speaks,” Pope Leo XIV said.
Movie Review: ‘After the Hunt” October 28, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Despite the occasional push-back against political correctness in Nora Garrett’s script, viewers committed to traditional values will find themselves adrift in director Luca Guadagnino’s psychological thriller “After the Hunt” (Amazon MGM). Considered from an artistic point of view, moreover, the film is talky, pretentious and tiresome.
Political leaders have duty before God to end war, pope says at peace meeting October 28, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, World News The world is thirsting for peace and for an end to abuses of power and indifference to the rule of law, Pope Leo XIV said at an international gathering for peace.
Bishop: Jamaicans trust ‘God is with us’ through planet’s worst storm of 2025 October 28, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, World News As Hurricane Melissa approached Jamaica Oct. 27, OSV News spoke with Bishop John Persaud, who shepherds the Diocese of Mandeville and is also apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Montego Bay, which together with the Archdiocese of Kingston serve the faithful on the Caribbean island nation.
