Vying for Leo November 19, 2025By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Vatican Six months into his papacy, as Pope Leo’s activities have increased, so has the scrutiny observing his every move. We parse every word, every audience, every movement, and in so doing, we betray our fractured existence.
‘Happy as a priest in France’: Survey shows increased satisfaction, fulfillment among clergy November 19, 2025By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: News, Vocations, World News A new nationwide survey finds most Catholic priests in France are strikingly upbeat about their ministry. A large majority of priests in France say they are “happy,” according to a broad new survey by the “Observatory of Catholicism,” conducted with the French Institute of Public Opinion, or IFOP.
UN vote on Trump’s Gaza plan ‘sends powerful message’ for peace in Holy Land, says Bishop Zaidan November 19, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News The chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace told OSV News he was heartened by a United Nations move to approve President Donald Trump’s plan to end the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip by installing international transitional governance and military forces there.
Dignitatis Humanae changing history November 19, 2025By George Weigel Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: Commentary, Religious Freedom, Social Justice On Dec. 7, 1965, Pope Paul solemnly promulgated the Second Vatican Council’s Declaration on Religious Freedom, known by its Latin incipit (opening words) as Dignitatis Humanae. The Council thereby turbocharged the Catholic Church’s transformation into the world’s premier institutional defender of basic human rights.
Movie Review: ‘The Carpenter’s Son’ November 19, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews It’s hard to imagine the pitch session at which the premise of the would-be psychological thriller “The Carpenter’s Son” (Magnolia) was presented for approval. “Drawing on a 2nd-century apocryphal text,” the summary might have run, “why don’t we turn Jesus’ teenage years into the basis for a horror film?”
Movie Review: ‘The Running Man’ November 19, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Rage is the predominant emotion in “The Running Man” (Paramount), the second screen version of Stephen King’s eponymous 1982 novel. As directed and co-written by Edgar Wright, it’s an anger-fuelled action film that’s bitter in mood as well as morally ambivalent.
Question Corner: Why does the church still have indulgences? November 19, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner Those of us still on earth can actively strive for a deeper sense of conversion and detachment from sin, but the souls in purgatory can no longer help themselves in this way and are dependent on our prayers and penances.
Washington Archdiocese’s project honors those enslaved by Catholic Church in Maryland November 19, 2025By Richard Szczepanowski Catholic Standard Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News During a Nov. 15 commemoration of Black Catholic History Month at Sacred Heart Church in Bowie, the Archdiocese of Washington unveiled a new project that seeks to “honor those enslaved by the Catholic Church in Maryland.”
Catholic scholar quits Heritage over its president’s defense of Tucker Carlson interview November 19, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, World News Prominent Catholic philosophical and legal scholar Robert P. George has resigned from the board of the conservative Heritage Foundation, saying he “could not remain” without its president fully retracting a video defending a controversial interview, platforming a leading white supremacist, that has split conservatives over the issue of antisemitism.
Believers must care for the poor and creation, pope says November 19, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, News, Vatican, World News As the U.N. Climate Conference continued in Brazil, the pope dedicated his weekly general audience talk Nov. 19 to explaining how Jesus’ death and resurrection should lead Christians to “a spirituality of integral ecology,” which seeks the good of the human person and the planet.
Mercy Medical Center program combats preterm deliveries November 19, 2025By Yvonne Wenger Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, Local News, News, Respect Life Mercy’s Centering Pregnancy program opened at its downtown Baltimore campus about three years ago to combine the health care, interactive learning and community building needed to combat low birth weight and pre-term delivery for women at risk, especially Black moms in underserved areas.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon November 19, 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.
