Wife of Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski urges Pope Leo to back jailed Catholic leader September 5, 2025By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Vatican, World News Supporters of a Catholic winner of the Nobel Peace Prize have urged Western church leaders to take up his cause four years after he was detained and jailed in Belarus on trumped-up charges.
Peace comes from dialogue, not ‘walls and barbed wire,’ pope says September 5, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News, Young Adult Ministry The future Christians hope for and must build “is not one of walls and barbed wire, but one of mutual acceptance,” Pope Leo XIV told young adult Catholics from more than a dozen Mediterranean countries.
Congress faces shutdown deadline as Catholic groups warn nation’s poor at risk September 5, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, News, U.S. Congress, World News After lawmakers returned to Washington from their August recess, they faced a familiar deadline: Passing legislation to fund the federal government and avert a shutdown at the end of September.
Movie Review: ‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ September 5, 2025By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The knockabout mix of demonology and Catholic vaudeville that has characterized a popular franchise gets what’s billed as its final outing in “The Conjuring: Last Rites” (Warner Bros.). As though to bring things full circle, though, this adieu is linked to one of the two main characters’ very first encounter with the forces of darkness.
Blessed Frassati through St. John Paul II’s eyes: ‘Faith and charity’ were his ‘driving forces’ September 5, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News On the eve of his canonization, St. John Paul’s homily for Pier Georgio Frassati’s beatification remains a profound testament to the virtues that defined Frassati’s short but luminous life.
Movie Review: ‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale’ September 5, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Both the upstairs and downstairs inhabitants of the titular stately home get a splendid send-off in “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale” (Focus). A couple of subplots interwoven into this third big-screen iteration of the franchise, however, suggest the abundant elegance it offers is best reserved for grown-ups.
Cardinal Roche coming to Baltimore for opening Mass of major liturgical gathering September 5, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Divine Worship, Feature, Local News, News Baltimore-area faithful will have a rare opportunity to worship alongside one of the Vatican’s most influential liturgical leaders when Cardinal Arthur Roche is present for the opening Mass of a major national conference at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland Sept. 30.
The sounds of silence September 5, 2025By Greg Erlandson OSV News Filed Under: Commentary People like us who come to visit the properties have the same quiet demeanor one finds in a cemetery. We walk among ghosts.
Lawmakers grapple with potential public policy responses after church shooting during school Mass September 4, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, Schools, World News After the deadly Aug. 27 mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis during a liturgy marking the start of the school year, lawmakers are weighing what — if any — legislative response may follow.
Pope saddened by loss of life in streetcar derailment in Portugal that killed 17 September 4, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV expressed condolences to victims and their families after the derailment of Lisbon’s historic funicular streetcar Elevador da Glória, which caused the death of over a dozen people.
Pope meets Israeli president, discusses ‘tragic’ situation in Gaza September 4, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, World News As Israeli military operations in Gaza continued, Pope Leo XIV met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the Vatican.
Question Corner: What is church teaching on openness to kids in marriages between older adults? September 4, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Marriage & Family Life, Question Corner In order to marry in the Catholic Church, a couple does need to be at least open to life in principle — but it is not a requirement that children necessarily be foreseen as a realistic possibility in the intended union.
