Minnesota bishop leads prayer service after ICE detention of parent of Catholic school student December 15, 2025By Josh McGovern OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Across the street from the B.H. Whipple Federal Building at Fort Snelling along the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, people gathered with paintings of Our Lady of Guadalupe on her feast day, Dec. 12, for a special prayer service for those detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Then and now December 15, 2025By Carole Norris Greene Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Amen, Commentary, Immigration and Migration, Racial Justice Slavery that was legal centuries ago is considered an abomination today. All the more reason not to categorize all situations regarding immigrants as either black or white. There are complicated areas in between, areas as gray as that early morn in Bethlehem when hope was born, giving way to a brighter dawn for all who tenaciously cling to hope for peace.
Radio Interview: Black and Native American heritage and mission December 15, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Radio Interview George Matysek talks with Father Maurice Henry Sands, executive director of the U.S. Bishops’ Black and Indian Mission Office in Washington, D.C. A priest of the Archdiocese of Detroit and a member of the Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi tribes, Father Sands brings a deeply personal perspective to the Church’s long history with Native and African American communities.
Trappist bishop in Norway says Advent calls Catholics to hope in the darkness December 14, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Advent, News, World News As Advent unfolds in the far north, Bishop Erik Varden says the season’s power lies not in cheerfulness but in hope—”light shining at the darkest point of the night.”
Sainthood effort begins for Mother Antonia, the nun who chose to bring Gospel behind bars December 14, 2025By Sandra Dibble OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Social Justice, World News The onetime Beverly Hills resident became a nun at age 50, and for more than three decades devoted her life to serving not only those behind bars, but also others on the outside who were poor, sick, and vulnerable.
Catholic leaders analyze the impact of stricter immigration policies on Hispanic communities December 13, 2025By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News The impact of immigration enforcement — including the ongoing nationwide deportation efforts — is “making life unbearable” for many Catholic families and communities, said a group of panelists gathered at Georgetown University for a recent Latino Leader Gathering, hosted by Georgetown’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life in Washington.
From Chicago to Peru to Rome, Pope Leo remains ‘one of us,’ say US Catholics December 13, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Vatican PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) — A day before Pope Leo XIV spoke by livestream to teens at the 2025 National Catholic Youth Conference, Kristie Hughes Dugan — president of Little Flower Catholic High School in Philadelphia — summed up the excitement her students felt ahead of the pope’s Nov. 21 “digital encounter” with the nation’s next generation. “Having Pope Leo […]
Historic church restored in Frederick County December 12, 2025By Katie V. Jones Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Western Vicariate When Father John Williamson arrived as pastor of St. John the Evangelist in Frederick and St. Joseph on Carrollton Manor in Buckeystown five years ago, the roof of St. Joseph’s historic church was leaking and the steeple was “ready to fall off.”
On Guadalupe feast day, pope prays leaders shun lies, hatred, division, disrespect for life December 12, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Marian Devotion, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV prayed for Mary’s maternal intercession so that she would help nations avoid lies and hatred and instruct leaders to protect the dignity of all human life.
Meet the Catholic priest who helped make the new ‘Knives Out’ Netflix movie December 12, 2025By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News When Rian Johnson was still writing the script for his new “Knives Out” movie, he turned to his aunt and uncle for help. They are Catholic, and his latest murder mystery would take place in a Catholic church.
Christian archaeology can serve evangelization, pope says in document December 12, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Christian archaeology seeks to see, hear and touch the Word made flesh, Pope Leo XIV said, inviting the world’s bishops and others to encourage young people, lay people and priests to study archaeology.
Vatican publishes summary of 60 years of Catholic-Methodist dialogue December 12, 2025By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Books, Vatican Celebrating almost six decades of Catholic-Methodist theological dialogue, the Vatican publishing house has released a book summarizing the issues dialogue members have agreed on and briefly outlined the issues where work is ongoing.
