Festival of digital missionaries celebrates faithful witness in the digital age July 30, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News Rome’s historic Risorgimento Square, built in the 19th century in honor of the unification of Italy, has always been a gateway to Vatican City with countless pilgrims, tourists, and locals passing through it on their way to St. Peter’s Basilica.
Sister Miriam Jansen, former director of international programs at Notre Dame of Maryland, dies at 86 July 30, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Beginning in 1992, Sister Miriam served for 19 years as director of international programs at what is now Notre Dame of Maryland University in Baltimore. A former provincial leader for her religious community’s former St. Louis Province and a former superintendent of Catholic schools for the Diocese of Jefferson City, Miss., she held other assignments in in Missouri and Illinois.
How to grow in faith for back-to-school July 30, 2025By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Schools Just as Jesus breathed on his disciples and gave them the gift of the Holy Spirit — as you kiss or hug your kids when they head off to school or daycare — the Holy Spirit remains with you, to inspire your daily labors.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon July 30, 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.
New law will help families access America’s Catholic schools July 30, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Schools The groundbreaking new law deserves accolades for its recognition of the rights of parents, but there are significant questions about how it will be implemented at the federal and state levels
Movie Review: ‘Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight’ July 30, 2025By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight” is writer-director Embeth Davidtz’s adaptation of Alexandra Fuller’s 2001 memoir of her childhood in Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia). The respectful and evocative drama recounts its protagonist’s slowly dawning recognition of racial inequality in her homeland.
US prelates head to Japan on ‘Pilgrimage of Peace’ amid nuclear fears old and new July 30, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki — and as renewed nuclear threats emerge in current conflicts — several U.S. Catholic bishops will travel to Japan on a “Pilgrimage of Peace.”
World will hear young people’s joy, shouting for peace on earth, pope says July 30, 2025By Carol Glatz OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News The enthusiastic joy of young people, who love Jesus and want all wars to stop, will be heard to the ends of the earth, Pope Leo XIV said, welcoming tens of thousands of cheering young men and women to Rome for their Jubilee.
Report on alleged conditions at ICE’s Florida detention sites prompts Catholic leaders’ call for change July 29, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News A new report alleges that three Florida immigration detention sites deny timely medical care, potentially resulting in deaths, and have freezing and overcrowded cells with no bedding or hygiene access.
Pope Leo meets with top Russian Orthodox cleric amid war, strained relations July 29, 2025By Gina Christian Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV met with a top Russian Orthodox cleric, the first such visit from Moscow since the papal election, and one that comes amid strained relations with Rome due to Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine.
‘Never get used to violence,’ says NY cardinal after mass shooting in building near St. Patrick’s July 29, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News “We should never get used to violence or lose our respect for the sacredness of human life,” said Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, following a deadly mass shooting in that city that claimed four lives, including that of a New York City police officer.
Men’s religious leaders confront change with fraternity and faith July 29, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News The question was simple and familiar to many in religious life: How does one deal with a curmudgeon – someone who is set in his ways, resistant to change and vocal about it?
