Council of Nicaea anniversary is call to Christian unity, speakers say June 5, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News The Council of Nicaea 1,700 years ago recognized that Christian unity had to be based on a common faith and should be demonstrated by a common celebration of Easter, the most sacred feast of the Christian year, said speakers at a Rome conference.
Vatican office must be place of faith, charity, not ambition, pope says June 5, 2025By Carol Glatz OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Because of its universal character and outlook, the Catholic Church can be a driving force for building communion between the church of Rome and the local churches as well as fostering friendly relationships in the world community, Pope Leo XIV told members of the Vatican Secretariat of State.
‘The Ritual’ seeks to portray exorcism respectfully June 5, 2025By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News One thing seems certain about the exorcism-themed movie “The Ritual” (XYZ); it is not intended as the first installment in a franchise.
Report: Immigration data ‘much lower’ than Trump administration claims June 5, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News New data shows that the number of immigrants lacking permanent legal status in the U.S. “is much lower than the Trump administration claims,” and “talk of an invasion is overblown,” said J. Kevin Appleby, senior fellow for policy and communications at the Center for Migration Studies of New York.
Religious freedom in Russia continues to decline, say experts June 5, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News As Pope Leo XIV highlights the need for interreligious dialogue and diplomacy, religious liberty in Russia continues to decline, with the U.S. International Religious Freedom Commission citing that nation’s intensified use of blasphemy laws to silence freedom of expression.
Video of Brazilian nuns beatboxing goes viral, boosts interest in their ministry June 5, 2025By Eduardo Campos Lima OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Vocations, World News A video of Brazilian nuns beatboxing and dancing hip-hop, a scene taken from a local TV show and defined by celebrities like Whoopi Goldberg as “a real life ‘Sister Act,'” went viral on May 28, with millions of views all over the world.
The digital pontiff: Pope Leo XIV makes AI a top issue June 5, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Feature, News, Vatican, World News While the world is still just getting to know him, first impressions appear to hint that Pope Leo XIV doesn’t seem like a pontiff to say, “I told you so.”
Pope speaks by phone with Russian leader Putin June 4, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Pope Leo XIV and Russian leader Vladimir Putin held their first telephone conversation June 4 with the pope encouraging Putin to make a gesture to show he is serious about peace with Ukraine, the Vatican press office said.
FBI memo with ‘anti-Catholic terminology’ said to be distributed to over 1,000 FBI agents June 4, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Uncategorized, World News Amid an investigation into a controversial and retracted FBI memo that suggested some “radical traditionalist” Catholics pose threats of racial or ethnically motivated violence, a GOP senator alleged the FBI distributed the memo that “used anti-Catholic terminology” more widely than previously known.
In Syria, doubts raised about discovery of body said to be that of kidnapped priest June 4, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News The announcement of the discovery of a body believed to be that of Jesuit Father Paolo Dall’Oglio has prompted church officials in Syria, including the apostolic nuncio, to urge prudence as investigations continue.
Archbishop Fisher declares a ‘second spring’ of faith in Sydney and beyond June 4, 2025By Darren Ally OSV News Filed Under: Evangelization, News, World News In a compelling address to the Sydney Catholic Business Network, Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney revealed that a “second spring” of Catholic faith is underway across Sydney and beyond, challenging popular narratives of religious decline.
Pope sets consistory to consider declaring eight new saints June 4, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News Although Pope Francis already set Aug. 3 as the date to declare the sainthood of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, Pope Leo XIV will hold a meeting with cardinals to approve his canonization and that of seven other people.
