William McCarthy lauded with evening of accolades as he prepares to retire as Catholic Charities director May 15, 2025By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News Mary Anne O’Donnell was one of many providing an evening of accolades for William J. McCarthy Jr., who has worked seamlessly with the agency’s 2,000 employees, 8,000 volunteers and more than 10,000 donors. Established in 1923, Catholic Charities is the state’s largest private provider of human services with more than 80 programs in 200 locations.
Pope encourages Christian Brothers to evangelize through education May 15, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, News, Vatican, World News Teaching should be lived as ministry and mission, Pope Leo XIV told the Brothers of the Christian Schools, also known as the De La Salle Brothers or the Christian Brothers.
Tennessee diocese clarifies Mass obligations as immigration crackdown empties pews May 15, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Amid an immigration enforcement operation in Nashville, Tenn., that has emptied the pews at several Spanish-speaking parishes, the Diocese of Nashville is reminding faithful that they are not required to attend Sunday Mass if they fear for their well-being according to the church’s own teaching and canon law.
Catholic school academic honorees return to lead alma maters at Bishop Walsh, Archbishop Curley May 15, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools For two Archdiocese of Baltimore Distinctive Scholars, their alma maters were more than just a chapter in their past – they became the foundation of their future.
Question Corner: Does a married person need their marriage blessed or ‘convalidated’ once they become Catholic? May 15, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner A person does not need to be Catholic or even Christian to have a valid marriage, provided that in their matrimonial consent they committed themselves to a union that would broadly match our Catholic understanding of marriage: namely, as a permanent, faithful, and exclusive union ordered fundamentally towards children and family life.
U.S. bishops release updated pastoral letter on pornography amid rise in sexual exploitation May 14, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Child & Youth Protection, News, social media, World News The U.S. bishops recently released an updated version of their 2015 pastoral letter on the dangers of pornography, a document they said is “still needed today” amid increased social acceptance of — and addiction to — such material.
New pope, a tennis fan, meets world’s No. 1 player May 14, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Sports, Vatican, World News While in Rome for the tournament May 14, the world’s highest-ranked tennis player walked into the halls of the Vatican and met with Pope Leo XIV, who proved to be a well-informed spectator of the young champion.
Meeting Eastern Catholics, pope pledges to be peacemaker May 14, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News During a meeting with Eastern Catholics, many of whom come from war-torn regions of the world, Pope Leo XIV pledged the Vatican’s full commitment to promoting peace and reconciliation.
Jerusalem patriarch, back in Holy Land, reflects on conclave, ‘inconceivable’ Gaza situation May 14, 2025By Judith Sudilovsky OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, World News The importance of continuity and diversity as well as the issues of war and peace were a main topic of conversation for the 133 cardinals as they gathered to vote in the conclave May 7-8, said Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem.
House GOP budget proposal includes cuts to Medicaid, groups that perform abortions May 14, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News A proposed House budget is drawing fire from some critics over its cuts to Medicaid, while drawing praise from others for promises to eliminate funds to health providers who also perform abortions.
With jobs disappearing, cardinal says he ‘rejoiced’ at pope’s name choice May 14, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News Cardinal Michael Czerny said that when Cardinal Robert F. Prevost was elected pope and chose the name Leo XIV, “I rejoiced, I really rejoiced.”
New pope’s Black, Creole roots illuminate rich multiracial history of U.S. May 14, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, News, Vatican, World News A New Orleans genealogist has found that the first U.S.-born pope has Black and Creole roots — and the discovery illuminates the nation’s rich multiracial history, the experience of Black Catholics and the importance of the church’s sacramental records.
