Exploring the principles of natural law and what they mean for human flourishing today April 7, 2025By Charlie Camosy OSV News Filed Under: Commentary OSV News’ Charlie Camosy recently spoke with Melissa Moschella, professor of the practice in philosophy at the University of Notre Dame’s McGrath Institute for Church Life and author of “Ethics, Politics, and Natural Law: Principles for Human Flourishing,” about the Catholic tradition surrounding this concept and its special importance and relevance in society today.
Ailing Pope Francis surprises pilgrims during Jubilee of the sick April 6, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News With thousands of infirmed people and those who care for them gathered in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis, seated in a wheelchair and wearing a nasal cannula, made an unexpected appearance to greet the crowd.
2025 Christopher Awards celebrate new ‘lights in the darkness’ April 6, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Books, Movie & Television Reviews A saint, the mother of a slain journalist, a young girl with autism and a tiny mouse are all among the stories celebrated by an annual award that lifts up “lights in the darkness.”
Polish talent foundation ‘best living monument’ to St. John Paul II 20 years after his death April 6, 2025By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News, Youth Ministry The Polish bishops’ conference established the “Dzielo Nowego Tysiaclecia” (“The Work of a New Millenium”) foundation in the Jubilee Year 2000. Today, 20 years after John Paul’s death on April 2, 2005, it’s called the “best living monument” of the pope, granting scholarships to talented youth, who are everything from musicians to doctors, and inventors to sportsmen.
Young people, tech lovers connect with soon-to-be-St. Carlo Acutis April 6, 2025By Zoey Maraist OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, social media, World News Young people are especially drawn to Blessed Carlo, who will be canonized April 27.
Ukrainian Catholic University student killed by Russia honored with memorial scholarship April 6, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, War in Ukraine, World News The Ukrainian Catholic University Foundation announced that an endowed scholarship fund honoring Daryna Bazylevych and her family had collected $163,441 to date.
Attendees of Sister Thea Bowman Conference encouraged to bring ‘whole self’ to church April 5, 2025By Nicole Olea OSV News Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Saints, World News Thirty-five years after her death, the witness of Sister Thea Bowman — a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, scholar, cultural advocate and joyful daughter of the church — continues to inspire a growing movement calling for her canonization.
St. Josemaría Escrivá tops the charts, a century after his priestly ordination April 5, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, Saints, World News On the 100th anniversary of his priestly ordination, St. Josemaría Escrivá is topping the Amazon charts.
Monk Manual collaboration with CFRs fosters sensitivity to God’s voice April 5, 2025By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News The journal, “Mysteries and Medicines,” was created in collaboration between the planning and journaling tool Monk Manual and the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, a religious order widely known by their Latin-based religious initials “CFR.” It shares its name with an album released in October by Brother Isaiah, a friar and popular Catholic musician.
A saint with a song: Blessed Carlo Acutis honored in ‘Corpus Christi’ single, video April 5, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Saints, World News Blessed Carlo Acutis, the Italian teen set to be canonized April 27, has been hailed as a model for modern youth — and now, the soon-to-be-saint and his devotion to the Eucharist have been honored in a new single and video.
Disgraced former cardinal McCarrick dies at 94 April 4, 2025By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, Obituaries, World News The disgraced former cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, removed from the clerical state in 2019 after revelations of credible allegations of sexual abuse of minors and misconduct against adults, has died in Missouri. He was 94.
Stocks tumble after Trump tariff announcement April 4, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: DOGE cuts, Feature, News, World News Stock markets around the world and in the U.S. dropped in the days after President Donald Trump imposed a sweeping “reciprocal tariff” policy starting with a 10 percent baseline tariff on almost every country in the world.
