Hope is knowing God is near and love will win, pope says August 27, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Christian hope is not about avoiding pain and suffering but about knowing that God gives people the strength to persevere and to love even when things go wrong, Pope Leo XIV said.
Catholic scholar recalls ministry, impact of late founder of Focus on the Family August 27, 2025By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: News, Obituaries, Respect Life, World News In 2014, James Dobson, the founder of Focus on the Family and a longtime broadcaster, became one of the first evangelical Christian leaders invited to speak at the national March for Life, joining a group of speakers that in past years had been dominated by Catholic clergy and Catholic members of Congress.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon August 27, 2025By 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.
Pope to inaugurate Borgo Laudato Si’ during Season of Creation August 27, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, News, Vatican, World News Two months after celebrating a new Mass “for the care of creation,” Pope Leo XIV will return to Castel Gandolfo to formally inaugurate Borgo Laudato Si’, a place of education, ecology and spirituality in the papal summer estate.
Question Corner: Does the church ever use the word ‘divorce’ or does it only talk about ‘annulment?’ August 27, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner Sometimes people have the mistaken idea that “annulments” are some kind of Catholic-approved divorce, but this is not at all accurate.
Priest’s St. Monica Project helps accompany parents whose children leave the faith August 27, 2025By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News The devotion created by Father Buhman, pastor of All Saints in Holdrege and St. John in Smithfield, Neb., centers around an image of St. Monica by a local artist, a prayer asking for the intercession of St. Monica by Father Buhman, and Masses offered for loved ones who have left the Catholic Church.
Trump says his administration will pursue capital punishment for all murders in D.C. August 26, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News President Donald Trump said at an Aug. 26 Cabinet meeting that capital punishment will be sought for all murders in Washington, D.C.
Archdiocese of Baltimore schools celebrate first day of school August 26, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Cheers and applause filled the parking lot of Our Lady of Mount Carmel School on the first day of school as students were dropped off and greeted by staff and the school’s mascots, cougars Max and Cocoa, Aug. 25.
Federal judge rules Maine abortion clinic network can lose Medicaid funding August 26, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News A federal judge in Maine declined on Aug. 25 to prevent the government from stripping Medicaid funding from a network of abortion providers in Maine, arguing that doing so would circumvent “the will of the people as expressed by Congress.”
Deepfake claims emerge as Cameroonian bishop faces viral misconduct video August 26, 2025By Ngala Killian Chimton OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News Cameroonian Bishop Sosthène Bayemi of Obala is facing accusations of alleged sexual misconduct following the circulation of a video on social media.
Catholic leaders demand end to ‘barbarism in plain sight’ in Gaza August 26, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Catholic leaders from multiple organizations are calling for an immediate ceasefire and an end to attacks on Gaza, amid ongoing civilian casualties, famine and threats of forced population transfers.
Pope appoints Detroit Auxiliary Bishop Cepeda as auxiliary bishop of San Antonio August 26, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, World News Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Jose Arturo Cepeda, who has served as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit for 14 years, as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio.
