After Easter surge in confirmations, college students look forward in faith April 29, 2026By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, World News, Young Adult Ministry Universities across the country are experiencing a surge in students seeking the sacrament of confirmation this academic year. While these students — many of whom were confirmed this Easter Vigil — describe unique journeys of faith, all of them exhibited a newfound joy.
King Charles invokes faith, ‘shared values’ as he calls for peace in address to Congress April 28, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News King Charles III appealed to the Christian faith and invoked “shared values” between the United Kingdom and the United States as he called for peace around the globe during an address to a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress April 28.
Brother Joseph Keough, F.S.C., dies at 79 April 28, 2026By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for De La Salle Christian Brother Joseph Keough will be offered at 2 p.m. on May 2 at Calvert Hall College High School’s Marion Burk Knott Center for the Performing Arts in Towson.
Crews restore cross that stood at Oriole Park during Pope John Paul II’s 1995 Baltimore Mass April 28, 2026By Kevin J. Parks Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Youth Ministry The boom lifts arrived at dawn more than a month ago. By the time the sun had fully cleared the horizon east of the O’Dwyer Retreat Center along York Road, workers from Whiting-Turner were already 30 feet in the air – beginning a restoration project that traces its roots to one of the most memorable days in Baltimore Catholic history.
What the Easter Scriptures teach us about how to live as family April 28, 2026By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Marriage & Family Life What goodness of God, to give the gifts we need: extra time, real companions, rich stories and relentless grace. In the family of faith, even in our hardest days, we are never alone on the road.
Question Corner: Am I obligated to do my penance right away for my confession to be valid? April 28, 2026By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner Now it occurs to me that since I didn’t say my penance right away, my confession was invalid and I shouldn’t have received Communion at Mass. Is this a new sin I need to confess?
Catholic maritime ministries urge prayer for seafarers trapped amid Hormuz blockade April 27, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News As the U.S. and Iran face off over the Strait of Hormuz, Catholic maritime ministry leaders are calling for prayer and support for the thousands of souls trapped at sea amid the war.
ANALYSIS: Will President Donald Trump’s criticism of Pope Leo XIV have electoral implications? April 27, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News President Donald Trump’s social media and verbal attacks on Pope Leo XIV could add to challenges facing Republican candidates in the midterm elections later this year, analysts told OSV News.
Anglicans, Catholics must work to overcome differences, pope tells archbishop of Canterbury April 27, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Although the path to full communion has become “more difficult to discern,” Catholics and Anglicans must continue on the path of dialogue and “proclaim Christ to the world,” Pope Leo XIV said in his first meeting with Anglican Archbishop Sarah Mullally of Canterbury.
Pope Leo XIV advances sainthood causes, including Dutch nun who served in Missouri April 27, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV issued decrees advancing the sainthood causes of five candidates, including a Dutch nun who served in St. Louis in the early 20th century.
Pope Leo’s October meeting on marriage, family gains urgency amid declining birth rates in West April 27, 2026By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, World News As declining birth rates reshape the West, a global conversation on marriage and family is gaining urgency ahead of an October gathering in Rome convened by Pope Leo XIV.
Radio Interview: Pope Leo XIV’s biographer shares insights on the Augustinian who became pope April 27, 2026By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Vatican George Matysek talks with Elise Ann Allen about her new biography of Pope Leo XIV, published this April in English. She traces how his years as an Augustinian missionary in crisis-torn Peru shaped his pastoral vision, his instinct for synodality and his quiet but effective leadership style.
