‘The heart is where things are pulled together’: Bishop Flores on pope’s latest encyclical April 14, 2025By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, World News The heart is where a person can integrate his or her life amid a fragmented world, and the source of a heart’s mending and life is “the mystery of the heart of Christ,” said Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, while speaking April 9 about Pope Francis’ most recent encyclical, “Dilexit Nos,” or “He loved us.”
Radio Interview: Books and Authors: ‘Fulton Sheen’ and ‘Pain to Peace’ April 14, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview It’s a books and authors episode of Catholic Review Radio. Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talks with authors of two new books.
Black Hawk helicopter pilot has passion for service and the skies April 14, 2025By Erik Zygmont Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools At 28 years old, Lia Paolucci has carved out a notable career as a detachment commander and helicopter pilot in the Maryland Army National Guard.
As ‘Laudato Si” turns 10, experts urge greater response to pope’s urgent message on climate April 14, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Writing in “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home,” Pope Francis said the Earth “cries out to us because of the harm we have inflicted on her by our irresponsible use and abuse of the goods with which God has endowed her.”
On Palm Sunday, recovering pope says to carry the cross with compassion April 13, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering — it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside them, Pope Francis wrote at the start of Holy Week.
U.S. bishops support bill easing immigrant religious workers’ path to permanent residency April 11, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vocations, World News The U.S. bishops on April 10 told congressional lawmakers they support bipartisan legislation that would ease some immigration restrictions on religious workers from other countries, allowing them to stay in the U.S. while they wait for permanent residency.
Pope’s visit to basilica is sign of improved health, press office says April 11, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis’ surprise visit to St. Peter’s Basilica to pray and see ongoing restoration work is a clear sign that his condition is improving, the Vatican press office said.
Registration opens for 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage events in 10 states April 11, 2025By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, World News Public events for each leg of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage have been posted and registration for participation is open, event organizers announced April 10.
Deacon DeCapite, pro-life advocate, dies at 73 April 11, 2025By Kurt Jensen Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Respect Life Deacon James Robert DeCapite, a longtime deacon at St. Margaret in Bel Air and a visible figure in the local pro-life movement, died April 7 after a battle with cancer. He was 73.
In historic Assisi, pilgrims seek modern witness of holiness April 11, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Individual devotees, pilgrim groups and students on school field trips visited Blessed Carlo’s tomb in the church, which stands next to the site where St. Francis famously stripped off his fine clothing to embrace a life poverty.
Air pollution link to fetal, maternal problems calls for a Catholic lens April 11, 2025By Peter Finney Jr. OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The Catholic health conference, four years in the making, was cosponsored by the Catholic Climate Covenant, the Jesuits’ USA Central and Southern Province, the Loyola Institute for Ministry and Rise St. James Louisiana, a community watchdog group that advocates for environmental justice in towns along the Mississippi River teeming with petrochemical facilities.
Napa conference examines ‘the good, the bad’ of the new Trump administration April 10, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Catholic Social Teaching, Feature, News, World News A second Trump administration could present both challenges and opportunities for issue areas related to Catholic social teaching, bishops and policymakers said at the Napa Institute Citizens of Faith Conference on April 9.
