Lawyer honored by St. Thomas More Society of Maryland sees hand of God in fight for religious liberty November 6, 2026By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Religious Freedom On New Year’s Eve 2013, while Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was aboard a train bound for New York City to help Miley Cyrus drop the ball in Times Square, a legal brief filed just hours earlier by Mark Rienzi was making its way into her hands.
Pope Leo XIV departs for 12 day tour of South America November 6, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV departed Rome for Uruguay on the morning of Nov. 6 at the start of a 12-day trip to South America, the longest international journey of his pontificate, a little over three weeks after undergoing surgery for lung cancer.
Pope Leo heads to a divided Argentina still reckoning with Francis’ legacy November 5, 2026By Ines San Martin OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News When Pope Leo XIV arrives in Argentina Nov. 8, he will become the first pope to set foot in the country in nearly four decades — and the first to encounter a nation still wrestling with the legacy of the Argentine who preceded him.
Inside Baltimore’s fight against human trafficking November 5, 2026By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life, Social Justice Human trafficking is often hidden in plain sight in Baltimore. Behind the statistics are survivors rebuilding their lives, advocates working to expose exploitation and a network of people determined to offer hope and healing.
Entrepreneur uses tech to combat human trafficking November 5, 2026By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life Niccolini’s company, Hotel Shield, works with the hospitality industry to help identify suspicious activity and connect hotels with law enforcement in real time.
At Peruvian shrine, Pope Leo will return to the missionary model that shaped him November 5, 2026By Ines San Martin OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News When Pope Leo XIV arrives at the Shrine of St. Turibius of Mogrovejo in Zaña, Peru, Nov. 14, the paths of two missionary bishops separated by more than four centuries will symbolically converge.
Catholics make the case for care over assisted suicide November 5, 2026By Carole Norris Greene Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Maryland Catholic Conference, Maryland General Assembly, News, Respect Life As Maryland lawmakers prepare to revisit legislation that would legalize physician-assisted suicide, Catholic leaders, ethicists and physicians are encouraging Catholics to think carefully about end-of-life decisions, arguing that compassion for the seriously ill should focus on care, dignity and accompaniment rather than assisted death.
Vatican: Pope Leo ‘enthusiastic’ and ‘clinically fit’ for whirlwind Latin America homecoming November 5, 2026By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Flying to South America a little over three weeks after his surgery for lung cancer, Pope Leo XIV is going “personally enthusiastic about this trip” with “the ordinary medical assistance” in force, Vatican communicators confirmed during a Nov. 3 briefing in the Vatican Press Office.
Democrats win control of House and Senate in landslide midterm election seen as Trump rebuke November 4, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress Nov. 3 in a landslide midterm election, according to multiple projections, with significant ramifications for the final years of the Trump administration and its policies.
NY archbishop, archdiocese, healthcare ministry join in suit over state’s assisted suicide law November 4, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News Catholic opposition to state laws permitting assisted suicide for the terminally ill is expanding in federal courts.
Supreme Court hears clash between Catholic preschools, Colorado over ‘universal’ program November 4, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Schools, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Nov. 3 in a case over a clash between Catholic preschools and the state of Colorado over whether those schools can participate in the state’s universal preschool program.
New scholarship tax credit could expand access to Catholic schools, say education leaders November 4, 2026By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Schools, World News The Federal Scholarship Tax Credit, or “Education Freedom Tax Credit” — a federal tax credit for donations to 501(c)(3) public charities providing scholarships to elementary or secondary school pupils — threw a proverbial lifeline to Catholic schools following its passage into law July 4, 2025.
