Federal agency sues Ohio-based Catholic health system over alleged antisemitism October 1, 2026By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, World News A federal agency has sued an Ohio-based Catholic health system and its subsidiary over alleged religious and racial discrimination against a Jewish doctor who was a longtime surgeon.
Mother: Pope’s blessing of special needs daughter recognizes ‘segment of humanity often set aside’ October 1, 2026By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News A photograph of Pope Leo XIV blessing Marie-Garance, a 10-year-old girl in a blue dress who has multiple disabilities, went viral after the pope encountered her in Paris Sept. 26.
Texas priest who has helped form 80,000 lay leaders in 50 years of ministry wins Lumen Christi September 30, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News An El Paso, Texas, priest who has helped form approximately 80,000 lay leaders throughout his 50 years of ministry is the recipient of the Catholic Extension Society’s 2026–2027 Lumen Christi Award.
Universal health care a ‘moral imperative,’ Vatican’s top diplomat tells UN September 30, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Vatican, World News Universal health care is “a moral imperative,” as “the Holy See has consistently reiterated,” the Vatican’s top diplomat told the United Nations.
Notre Dame rector files defamation suit against online posters of anonymous abuse allegations September 30, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, World News A former campus residence rector at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana has filed suit against several individuals who earlier this year had anonymously accused her online of sexual abuse.
Brother Vincent Joseph Vivian, former director at Shrine of St. Anthony, dies September 30, 2026By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Conventual Franciscan Brother Vincent Joseph Vivian will be offered Oct. 2 at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of the Angels Care Center in Enfield, Conn. Brother Vincent died Sept. 26. He was 78.
With 2027 event theme, March for Life aims ‘to make the case for the truth, for life’ September 30, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The 2027 National March for Life theme is “The Truth is Pro-Life,” the March for Life Education and Defense Fund announced Sept. 29.
Archbishop Lori announces latest appointments, including an administrator in Towson September 30, 2026By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Appointments, Feature, Local News, News Archbishop Lori announces clergy appointments, including administrators, special ministry and deacons.
Canadian bishops at plenary hear presentations about progress on creating a ‘listening’ Church September 30, 2026By Peter Stockland OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The contrast between Latin American-Caribbean and Canadian progress toward creating a synodal — or “listening” — Church could not have been starker than in two presentations Canada’s bishops heard during their Sept. 21-25 plenary in Montreal.
Notre Dame consecrated to the Sacred Heart for first time thanks to student-led initiative September 30, 2026By OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, World News The University of Notre Dame was consecrated for the first time to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Sept. 25 following an evening Mass celebrated by Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend at the Indiana institution.
Pope Leo XIV says he’s not losing sleep over AI apocalypse fears September 29, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: AI, Feature, News, Vatican, World News On the return flight to Rome from his four-day visit to France Sept. 28, Pope Leo XIV said that the prospect of artificial intelligence destroying humanity does not keep him up at night.
McElroy: Americans can no longer ‘pass on by’ ignoring how US is treating immigrants September 29, 2026By Mark Zimmermann OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Rather than passing by a suffering victim like the priest and the Levite did in the parable of the good Samaritan, Americans need to take action to support immigrants who are in this country without documents and are suffering under the government’s mass deportation policy, Washington Cardinal Robert W. McElroy said.
