9 ‘perpetual pilgrims’ to travel patriotic East Coast route in 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage March 4, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, News, World News Nine young adults have been selected as “perpetual pilgrims” to travel with the Eucharist along the East Coast this summer in the third National Eucharistic Pilgrimage. The pilgrims — five men and four women — will participate in the pilgrimage’s full route, which begins May 24 in Florida and reaches Maine before ending in Philadelphia July 5 for U.S. semiquincentennial celebrations.
Prayer, unity essential as conflict spreads to Gulf States, says apostolic vicar of region March 4, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News The apostolic vicar of Southern Arabia warned that the current military escalation in the Persian Gulf amid the U.S. and Israel-Iran war is a conflict with “ancient roots” that poses a serious threat to the Middle East and the wider world.
Amid U.S. and Israel-Iran war, Palestinian sisters find refuge in prayer at Jerusalem hospital March 4, 2026By Judith Sudilovsky OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News Among the belongings Asma Isyed, 68, brought from her West Bank village of Zababdeh in October were a small Bible and a booklet of prayers by St. Mariam Baouardy, a Palestinian saint.
Church is holy by Christ’s presence, not human perfection, pope says March 4, 2026By Josephine Peterson Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church is both a community made up of fragile and limited human beings and a divine reality, Pope Leo XIV said at his weekly general audience.
Redemptor Hominis: more important than ever March 4, 2026By George Weigel Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: Commentary, The Catholic Difference Today, in a global culture dominated by the notion that everything in the human condition is plastic, malleable, and changeable by acts of human will — the insistence that nothing is given — the question on which the future of Christian mission and service to the world depends is, “Who are we?” Are we simply congealed stardust, the happy but accidental byproduct of billions of years of random cosmic biochemical forces?
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon March 4, 2026By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Capsule reviews of theatrical movies available now for streaming or scheduled for broadcast on network or cable television as well as notes on TV programming for the same week.
Archbishop Lori announces clergy appointments, including associate pastors March 4, 2026By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Appointments, Feature, Local News, News See new clergy appointments including pastors, associate pastors, deacons, and more.
St. Frances Academy coach praises players, Lord after remarkable football season March 4, 2026By Gary Lambrecht Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports As time ran out Dec. 10 on its home field at Baltimore’s Under Armour Stadium and St. Frances Academy finished its 37-20 rout of Corner Canyon of Utah to win the inaugural Overtime Nationals high school football title game, Panthers head coach Messay Hailermariam felt waves of joy, relief and gratitude for his players, assistants, family, school administrators and, of course, his beloved Lord.
Vatican synod study group proposes creation of pontifical commission for new technologies March 4, 2026By Courtney Mares Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Synodality, Vatican, World News A Synod on Synodality study group has recommended the creation of a new “Pontifical Commission for Digital Culture and New Technologies” in the first of 15 synod study group reports expected in the coming weeks.
Supreme Court temporarily blocks California policy against parental notification of gender identity March 3, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court on March 2 temporarily blocked California from enforcing policies that generally prohibit public school teachers from notifying parents about a student’s sexual orientation or gender identity, as litigation over that policy proceeds.
Young Catholics want doctrinal clarity, not adaptability, Irish bishop says March 3, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: News, World News, Youth Ministry The next generation of young Catholics is less interested in a Church that adapts to modern culture and more drawn to one with a solid doctrinal foundation that is firmly anchored against a fragmented world, an Irish bishop said.
Church can teach what’s at stake when nations choose war, not peace, cardinal says March 3, 2026By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News In a fractured world threatened by war, Christians can strengthen their bonds of unity to show the world that peace is possible, Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago said.
