Washington bishops sue over mandatory reporter law’s lack of Catholic confession protections May 29, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized Washington state’s bishops filed a lawsuit May 29 over a new law requiring clergy to report child abuse or neglect without exceptions for clergy-penitent privilege.
Bishops speak up after two Catholic priests killed in Kenya May 29, 2025By Fredrick Nzwili OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News Catholic bishops in Kenya are demanding a full investigation into the suspicious deaths of two priests within days of each other, calling the incidents deeply disturbing.
Recent East Africa deportations violates court order and human dignity, say advocates May 29, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Catholic immigration advocates are expressing their concern after the Trump administration apparently deported several immigrants without permanent legal status to East Africa — despite a court order restricting the government from deporting people to nations that are not their countries of origin.
Abortions of unborn babies diagnosed with Down syndrome up 82 percent in Scotland May 29, 2025By Simon Caldwell OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Scotland has seen a dramatic rise in abortions involving Down syndrome diagnoses, with government figures showing an 82 percent increase since 2021.
Pope visits papal villa, former summer residence in Castel Gandolfo May 29, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV spent several hours May 29 visiting the Borgo Laudato Si’ ecology project set up at the papal villa and farm in Castel Gandolfo, as well as the former papal summer residence there.
Archdiocese continues focus on mental health with aim to take away stigma May 29, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, Local News, News The Archdiocese of Baltimore launched its Mental Health Ministry plan in 2021. During its first phase, nearly 1,000 people were trained in mental health first aid, according to Melissa Freymann, a mental wellness consultant for the archdiocese and a therapist with St. Lucia Counseling.
Holy See calls for respect for human dignity, international law as civilian deaths soar May 29, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News As civilian casualties from multiple conflicts have soared, the Holy See’s diplomat to the United Nations has called for a renewed respect for human dignity and international law, along with restrictions in armaments and a commitment to end the scourge of war.
Future pope helped found Villanovans for Life, marched against Roe v. Wade May 29, 2025By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News The four years Robert F. Prevost spent at Villanova University in Philadelphia — from the fall of 1973 until May 1977, when he graduated with a degree in mathematics and began his novitiate with the Augustinian order — included the opening salvos of the pro-life movement.
Question Corner: When is it appropriate to say the St. Michael Prayer following the Mass? May 29, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner Though the St. Michael prayer is no longer mandated in our post-Vatican II Mass, it can still be a beautiful and spiritually beneficial custom to pray it after the final blessing as a community.
The Pride of Chicago May 29, 2025By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Amen, Amen Gunty Commentary, Commentary Pope Leo grew up with remarkably the same kind of life I did. Who would ever have thought such a thing would be possible? Certainly not me.
Five ways to prepare for Mass May 29, 2025By Father Ralph W. Talbot Jr. OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Worship & Sacraments Here are five simple things you can do to prepare for Mass. They aren’t difficult or time-consuming. But they are guaranteed to help you enter more deeply into the celebration of the Mass and achieve a more intimate union with Christ and the other members of the worshiping community.
Missouri Supreme Court leaves abortion ban in place, for now May 29, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News The Missouri Supreme Court on May 27 overturned a pair of lower court rulings that had blocked the state’s abortion restrictions, effectively leaving its ban in place — for now.
