Popular priest podcaster takes ‘Parables’ tour cross-country to sold-out crowds May 23, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, World News Now in his 20th year of “Bulldog Catholic” campus ministry, Father Schmitz has seen steady and encouraging growth — defying the prevailing narrative that 85 percent of Catholic college students will likely lose their faith before they graduate.
U.S. bishops urge young people to ‘lead the way’ on climate crisis May 23, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News In a letter to mark the 10th anniversary of the late Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si’,” U.S. bishops have urged young people to “lead the way” on the climate crisis.
With Laudato Si’, Pope Francis firmly planted ecology into Catholic social teaching May 23, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News Pope Francis, who took his name from the patron saint of ecology — St. Francis of Assisi — died the day before Earth Day and about five weeks before the 10th anniversary of his landmark encyclical on care for creation.
House OKs Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’; Catholic leaders urge lawmakers to promote common good May 22, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News The U.S. House of Representatives May 22 passed a sweeping package for President Donald Trump’s agenda, sending the legislation to the Senate for consideration.
Story behind beatification of Poland’s Father Stanislaw Streich is one of quiet courage May 22, 2025By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Saints, World News In one of the first beatifications under Pope Leo XIV, the church in Poland is preparing to celebrate the beatification of Father Stanislaw Streich, a humble parish priest murdered at the altar in 1938.
Bishop calls for prayer after deadly attack outside DC’s Capital Jewish Museum May 22, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, Gun Violence, News, Uncategorized, World News Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington, Va., called for prayers after two Israeli Embassy staff members were slain late May 21 outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington.
Pope advances sainthood cause of missionaries killed trying to save Indigenous May 22, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV has advanced the sainthood causes of two missionaries whose murders in the Amazon jungle in Ecuador led to the protection of remote Indigenous peoples from encroaching extractive industries.
Cuts to CRS food aid projects could impact hundreds of thousands of children, group says May 22, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: DOGE cuts, News, World News Catholic Relief Services said May 21 that most of its projects under a federal international food aid program were terminated, leaving hundreds of thousands of children more vulnerable to hunger.
New Orleans Archdiocese reaches tentative bankruptcy agreement May 22, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News The Archdiocese of New Orleans has reached a memorandum of understanding with creditors in its long-running bankruptcy case.
Pope Leo XIV, in one of first appointments, names San Diego auxiliary bishop to head diocese May 22, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Michael M. Pham of San Diego to head the diocese.
Missionary discipleship contributes to peacemaking, pope says May 22, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Missions, News, Vatican, World News Recognizing themselves as members of the one body of Christ, all Catholics should sense an urgency to share the Gospel message of God’s love with others and to welcome them as brothers and sisters, Pope Leo XIV said.
Vatican warns about fake pope quotes, videos May 22, 2025By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, social media, Vatican, World News All the speeches and messages Pope Leo XIV has given since becoming pope May 8 are available on the Vatican website, which should be checked before sharing supposed quotes and videos, Vatican News said.
