Catholic leaders acknowledge tension between Trump immigration policy and religious liberty September 16, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Religious Freedom, World News The same week President Donald Trump spoke at a hearing of the Department of Justice’s Religious Liberty Commission in Washington, a key Catholic bishop said some of his immigration policies risk presenting the church with religious liberty challenges.
Honesty, vigilance, faith all key to kids’ healing from trauma, say Catholic psychologists September 16, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News, Youth Ministry Vigilance, honesty, emotional intelligence and faith all play critical roles in healing from the long-term trauma of violent attacks, two Catholic psychologists told OSV News.
Pilgrims celebrate 50th anniversary of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s canonization September 16, 2025By Carole Norris Greene Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints The National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg overflowed Sept. 14 with hundreds of visitors who filled the basilica and surrounding grounds to honor the first native-born American canonized by the Catholic Church.
Dragons race, crowds cheer at Catholic Charities fundraiser September 15, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News, Sports With the blast of a horn, the dragon boat races paddled off Sept. 13 in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. A fundraiser for Catholic Charities, the biennial race featured local businesses, nonprofits and college teams competing for the coveted dragon trophy while raising money for the nonprofit and its many programs.
Pope urges church to listen to sorrows of abuse victims, walk together September 15, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Vatican, World News Pain must never give rise to violence, and every Catholic needs to learn to safeguard with tenderness those who are vulnerable, Pope Leo XIV said during a prayer vigil dedicated to people experiencing pain and affliction due to illness, bereavement, violence or abuse.
Oldest organ in Christendom sounded for first time in 800 years, leaving organist speechless September 15, 2025By Judith Sudilovsky OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News After 800 years of silence, the pipes from the oldest organ in Christendom played again, filling the reception hall of Jerusalem’s Franciscan Monastery of St. Saviour with the unique sound of the 11th-century liturgical chant, Benedicamus Domino Flos Filius.
Ecumenical festival in Iraq proves strong faith of Christians once under Islamic persecution September 15, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, World News From Sept. 9-13, believers from the Chaldean, Assyrian, Syriac Catholic and Syriac Orthodox churches joined together in Erbil for the Festival of the Cross.
Theology must address climate change, AI, other real concerns, pope says September 15, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, News, Vatican, World News Because “true knowledge of God is realized in a life transformed by love,” the Catholic Church needs theologians whose pursuit of understanding is framed by care for the real concerns of modern men and women, Pope Leo XIV said.
Pope says his biggest challenge since election is being a world leader September 15, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, Vatican, World News A series of excerpts was published Sept. 14, the pope’s 70th birthday, by the Catholic online news outlet, Crux, ahead of the Sept. 18 publication of the book, “Leo XIV: Citizen of the World, Missionary of the XXI Century,” in Spanish by Penguin Peru. English and Portuguese editions of the book will be released in early 2026.
Modern Christian martyrs show power of love in face of hatred, pope says September 15, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News The prayer service Sept. 14, the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, commemorated 1,624 Catholics, Orthodox, Anglicans and Protestants who died for their faith between 2000 and 2025
Sunflowers grace Miami shrine as Cuban Americans celebrate feast of Our Lady of Charity September 15, 2025By Tom Tracy OSV News Filed Under: Marian Devotion, News, World News Dressed in the customary yellow colors of the event and with umbrellas in hand, elementary school student Aniela Alejandra Garcia and her mother, Yeily Garcia, didn’t let the weather stop them from approaching the statue of the Cuban Virgin of Our Lady of Charity.
Radio Interview: Catholic movie director Sean McNamara and ‘Bau: Artist at War’ September 15, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: CR Radio, Feature, Local News, Movie & Television Reviews, News, Radio Interview Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talked with writer and director Sean McNamara about these topics, and about his new movie, due in theaters Sept. 26, “Bau: Artist at War.”
