Although pope is improving, he will not lead Ash Wednesday services February 28, 2025By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News While Pope Francis’ condition has continued to improve, the Vatican announced that he will not lead his traditional Ash Wednesday services in Rome March 5.
Catholic NGO warns foreign aid pause could harm efforts combating Christian persecution February 28, 2025By Kate Scanlon Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News A pause on U.S. foreign aid could harm efforts to combat Christian persecution around the globe, a Catholic NGO told OSV News.
Pew: Pope Francis ‘broadly popular’ among US Catholics throughout his papacy February 28, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis, now hospitalized with severe respiratory issues, has been “broadly popular among the nation’s Catholics throughout his tenure,” according to multiple surveys conducted by Pew Research over the past 12 years.
Pope continues to improve, is doing respiratory therapy February 27, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis’ clinical condition continued to improve Feb. 27, the Vatican said, and he had respiratory physiotherapy in the morning and the afternoon.
Supreme Court allows pause to payments on already completed foreign aid work, for now February 27, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Supreme Court, World News Chief Justice John Roberts granted the Trump administration’s request late Feb. 26 to pause a lower court’s midnight deadline for the government to resume more than $1.5 billion in foreign aid payments for already completed aid work that have been suspended for several weeks, a pause impacting some Catholic entities.
Catholic analysts express concern for safety net programs in budget process February 27, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News House Republicans Feb. 25 narrowly passed a budget resolution calling for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and a $2 trillion reduction in federal spending over a decade, clearing a first hurdle for key parts of President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda.
Pope gives Sister Petrini two assistants for running Vatican City February 27, 2025By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The office governing Vatican City State was set to have a new president March 1 and, while in the hospital, Pope Francis changed the office’s statutes to give the new president two top-level assistants.
Former longtime pastor of Holy Spirit in Joppa dies February 27, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Father Joseph C. Simmons, the former longtime pastor of Holy Spirit in Joppa, who led major construction projects and was remembered for his presence to parishioners, died Feb. 25 after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. He had just turned 89 Feb. 19.
Supreme Court throws out death penalty conviction over dubious testimony February 27, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News The Supreme Court on Feb. 25 threw out the murder conviction and death penalty for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma man who has been on death row for a quarter century.
Biblical tales old and new abound during Lent February 27, 2025By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Vintage biblical epics sprout like daffodils during Lent, which begins with Ash Wednesday on March 5.
Pew: U.S. Christianity downturn leveling, but Catholics suffer ‘greatest net losses’ February 27, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A multiyear decline in Christianity in the U.S. may have leveled off, according to a new survey by Pew Research Center. However, the Catholic Church, the survey found, is seeing the greatest net losses of believers compared to other religions in the U.S.
Mexico’s bishops urge unity as church struggles to assist those deported under Trump policies February 27, 2025By Eduardo Campos Lima OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News U.S. President Donald Trump’s new policies concerning unauthorized immigrants and mass deportation operations have caught some Latin American countries off guard, prompting them to improvise ways to deal with the unexpected arrival of high numbers of those being deported.
