Family’s role in church, society needs support, pope says September 19, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, World News The strength of families and their ability to thrive and witness as a “domestic church” require support from the wider church and from governments, particularly in the face of poverty, Pope Leo XIV said.
Where is God when we’re grieving at home? September 19, 2025By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Gun Violence The Psalms remind us that we can bring all our human emotions and experiences to God, holding nothing back.
Catholic University launches new AI institute led by Microsoft’s Taylor Black September 19, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, World News The Catholic University of America, the national university founded by the U.S. bishops, announced that Taylor Black, director of AI & Venture Ecosystems in the Office of the Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft, has been named founding director of a new interdisciplinary institute on artificial intelligence and emerging technologies.
Rebuilding the domestic church: Why housing affordability is a pro-family cause September 19, 2025By Jason Adkins OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Social Justice If, as the church teaches, the family is the fundamental building block of a healthy society, then we cannot ignore how economic structures, especially the cost of housing, influence family life.
Pronatalism: Beyond the buzz, some proponents just think it would be nice to have more babies September 19, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Marriage & Family Life, News, World News Depending on the context, the concept of pronatalism — encouraging people to have children, or the promotion of childbearing — can either be cause to celebrate the critical role of the family in society; a techno-elitist vision of a future populated by humans engineered for specific traits; or a cringe-worthy expression of anti-immigrant nativism.
Religious obedience is ‘act of love’ that builds community, pope says September 19, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Consecrated Life, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News For members of religious orders, obedience is “an act of love” and a powerful witness to the world of how gestures of selflessness are needed to build true community, Pope Leo said.
Harrisburg bishop ‘deeply saddened’ by shooting that left 3 officers dead, 2 wounded September 18, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Bishop Timothy C. Senior of Harrisburg said he was “deeply saddened” by a shooting in rural Pennsylvania that claimed the lives of three police officers and injured two others.
UN’s genocide finding in Gaza seen hampered by ‘serious weakness’ in Security Council September 18, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News An independent United Nations inquiry commission has concluded Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, but a “serious weakness” in the U.N.’s Security Council could prevent taking action in accord with the Genocide Convention, said Father Elias D. Mallon, special assistant to the president of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association-Pontifical Mission.
French Christians shocked by murder of Chaldean Catholic influencer from Iraq September 18, 2025By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News French Christians are reeling after the brutal murder of Ashur Sarnaya, a 45-year-old disabled Iraqi Chaldean Catholic, stabbed in the throat outside his Lyon apartment.
Spiritual bouquet gathers more than 2 million offerings from 72 countries for pope’s birthday September 18, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV turned 70 on Sept. 14, and more than 2 million prayers and works from 72 countries around the world were offered for him for the occasion through an OSV News-organized initiative, making up one very special “spiritual birthday bouquet” of prayer, love and support.
Jailed Catholic priests ‘used as hostages’ in Belarus September 18, 2025By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News Human rights campaigners have accused the Belarus government of using imprisoned Catholic priests as “hostages,” as a Polish Carmelite became the latest detained for alleged espionage.
Pope nixes ‘virtual pope’ idea, explains concerns about AI September 18, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV said a proposal to create an AI-version of him so people could have a virtual audience with the pope pretty much horrified him.
