Archbishop calls for prayer, solidarity after twin earthquakes devastate Venezuela June 26, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The archbishop of Caracas called for prayers and solidarity after back-to-back earthquakes struck Venezuela, killing at least 188 people and injuring hundreds more.
Notre Dame of Maryland receives $4.9 million state grant to help address teacher shortage June 26, 2026By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News Notre Dame of Maryland University’s School of Education will partner with three public school districts on a $4.9 million state-funded initiative designed to reduce teacher vacancies and help develop fully licensed teachers, according to a university news release.
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage reaches Maine before turning toward Philadelphia June 26, 2026By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News Catholics of all ages walked through downtown Manchester, New Hampshire, June 21, following the Eucharist in a monstrance sheltered by an embroidered baldichino raised on four poles.
Bishops plan Mass on pilgrimage mountain Trump administration seeks to seize June 25, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News As the Trump administration moves to seize a diocesan pilgrimage site for the border wall, bishops from New Mexico and Texas are calling on the faithful to join them for Mass on the mountain.
ICJS names Meghan Casey board president, welcomes four new trustees June 25, 2026By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, Local News, News The Institute for Islamic, Christian and Jewish Studies (ICJS) has named Meghan Casey, a partner at Gallagher LLP and parishioner of St. Ignatius in Baltimore, as president of its Board of Trustees effective July 1.
Pope Leo hosts Pulitzer Prize-winning authors at Vatican for discussion on power of written word June 25, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pulitzer Prize winners, a Nobel laureate, celebrated novelists and authors from nearly a dozen countries met at the Vatican June 24 for an audience with Pope Leo XIV, who reflected on the importance of books to reveal who we are and “our inner dialogue with God.”
SSPX doubles down on defiance of Vatican II in open letter June 25, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News (OSV News) — The traditionalist Society of St. Pius X issued an open letter to Pope Leo XIV and the College of Cardinals asserting its adherence to Catholic tradition while proceeding with plans to consecrate four new bishops without a papal mandate. In a statement that included a 28-page “Profession of Faith” published June 24, […]
Relishing a 7th Birthday with Mustard June 24, 2026By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window Did she like mustard? We didn’t know. Did she want a stuffed mustard? Maybe not. But we had a feeling this was the right gift.
Trump cancels plans to sign housing bill, demanding Congress pass voter ID bill June 24, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News President Donald Trump on June 24 canceled his plans to sign bipartisan legislation aimed at addressing the rising cost of housing, demanding that Congress pass a voter ID bill that lacks a clear path to passage in the Senate.
Question Corner: Should a priest do a Mass intention ‘for the people of the parish’ when there are more specific intentions waiting? June 24, 2026By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner The short answer is that your priest isn’t offering Mass for the people of the parish because he personally wanted to or because he thought it was a good idea (although he probably is happy to do this and praying for the people of the parish is indeed a good idea)! Rather, he was offering this specific Mass intention because the Church’s canon law specifically requires him to do so.
Eucharist transforms believers into Christ’s body and counters division, pope says June 24, 2026By Josephine Peterson OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Participation in the Eucharist transforms believers into the Body of Christ and offers a remedy to the divisions affecting families and communities, Pope Leo XIV said during his weekly general audience June 24.
When the White House hosted a Catholic wedding, and then a baptism June 24, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: America's 250th anniversary, Feature, News, World News U.S. President Andrew Jackson had a reputation as a violent man: While still a teenager he fought the British during the American Revolution; as an adult he became a skillful Indian-fighter in the South; and he became famous as a military commander after his bloody victory over the British outside New Orleans at the end of the War of 1812.
