Celebrating the holiness of St. Teresa of Avila October 1, 2025By J.J. Ziegler OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Saints More than five centuries after her birth, we can ask this Carmelite reformer to help us travel the paths of joy, prayer, fraternity and time in our own pilgrimage to God.
March for Life reveals 2026 theme in ‘critical moment’ for the pro-life cause October 1, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The 2026 National March for Life theme is “Life is a Gift,” The March for Life Education and Defense Fund announced Sept. 30.
World must recommit to peace, justice, truth, Vatican diplomat tells UN October 1, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News As the world grapples with “mounting challenges,” the global community must “recommit to the foundational pillars” of peace, justice and truth, learning from history and building a more equitable future, a top Vatican diplomat told the United Nations.
Pope asks for respect in debate about archdiocese honoring Sen. Durbin October 1, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, Vatican, World News Asked about some Catholics’ criticism of the Archdiocese of Chicago giving an award to Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, Pope Leo XIV said, “I would ask first and foremost that there be greater respect for one another.”
Seventh-Day Adventist book distribution in Baltimore generates controversy October 1, 2025By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, Feature, Local News, News A book that espouses the theology of the Seventh-Day Adventist religion and contains anti-Catholic messaging is causing a bit of stir in some circles in the Baltimore area.
Question Corner: Why won’t the church grant me an annulment after my husband had an affair? October 1, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner The goal of the church’s nullity process is to determine whether there was some problem or issue at the time of the wedding that was serious enough and of such a nature so as to prevent a true marriage from ever being contracted in the first place.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon October 1, 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.
Catholics pray for an end to raids at L.A. Immigration Mass October 1, 2025By OSV News Angelus Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Antonio Luna, now a deacon for the Diocese of Orange, Calif., shared his story at this year’s Mass in Recognition of All Immigrants, held Sept. 21 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. Luna’s tale echoed what many immigrants in Los Angeles and around the U.S. are facing today: Fears of deportation, fears of going outside, fears of what may happen to their children and loved ones if they were sent back to their home countries.
Maryland Blue Ribbon Schools Program reinstated, St. Louis School ready to celebrate September 30, 2025By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Archdiocese of Baltimore schools will participate in a newly reinstated Maryland Blue Ribbon Schools Program, and the principal of the first local Catholic school to be recognized by the initiative couldn’t be more thrilled.
Mass and procession in the U.S. capital calls for solidarity with migrants facing mass deportation September 30, 2025By OSV News Catholic Standard Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Nearly 1,000 people joined the procession for the 111th World Day of Migrants and Refugees in the nation’s capital, which had “Migrants, Missionaries of Hope” as its theme.
Schwarzenegger says joint action needed to ‘terminate’ pollution September 30, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, News, Vatican, World News Arnold Schwarzenegger told reporters he knows that people get “pumped up” spiritually at Mass, but he wishes he could go to Mass at least once and hear a homily on what Catholics can and should do to reduce pollution.
Trump peace plan to end Israel-Hamas war in Gaza met with cautious optimism, skepticism September 30, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News President Donald Trump released a 20-point peace plan to end the Israel-Hamas war Sept. 29, which was met with cautious optimism from some world leaders and skepticism from others as it remained to be seen whether Hamas would accept the agreement amid increasing international concern about humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip.
