Catholic high school boys choir wows in ‘America’s Got Talent’ season finale September 29, 2025By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News A Catholic high school boys’ choir from Chicago made it to the top five on the season finale of “America’s Got Talent” Sept. 24, prompting a message of pride and encouragement from Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich.
Talks reveal heroism, humor and holiness of Irish Jesuit killed in WWI, admired by saints September 29, 2025By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News Organizers of the sainthood cause for an Irish Jesuit priest who was killed while trying to save two Protestant soldiers on a World War I battlefield, and was also admired by other saints, have planned talks in the Chicago area and northern Indiana churches in late October.
Clarence Thomas discusses originalism and Catholicism in CUA law event September 29, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas discussed topics including originalism and his own Catholic faith during remarks Sept. 25 at The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law.
Pope chooses theme for World Day of the Sick 2026 September 29, 2025By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development announced Sept. 26 that Pope Leo XIV had chosen the theme for the church’s next celebration of the World Day of the Sick: “The compassion of the Samaritan: Loving by bearing the pain of the other.”
Pope’s liturgical calendar features many public celebrations in October September 28, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News With just a few months left in the Jubilee Year 2025, Pope Leo XIV has a full calendar of public Masses scheduled for October.
Respect Life Month takes on new meaning during Jubilee Year, says bishop September 28, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Respect Life, World News The upcoming annual observance of Respect Life Month by the nation’s Catholics takes on new meaning amid the Jubilee Year of Hope, said the chair of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee.
Benedictine College in Kansas creates new center to address AI in the classroom September 28, 2025By Jack Figge OSV News Filed Under: AI, Colleges, News, World News Colleges stand on the front lines of the artificial intelligence debate, balancing how to address students that rely on chatbots to write papers and weighing how to best prepare students to enter a new workforce supported by AI.
‘Brave New World’ babies: Is there a ‘pregnancy robot’ in our future? September 27, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News As the boundaries of reproductive medicine are continually pushed, is such a development really that far off? Is it even possible? And if so, what are the moral implications — or consequences?
At 88, Tom Monaghan, an entrepreneur and philanthropist, still has unfinished work September 27, 2025By Tom Tracy OSV News Filed Under: News, Sports, World News Even as he approaches his 90s, Midwestern entrepreneur and philanthropist Tom Monaghan said he still has some unfinished work as he looks back on his business successes and philanthropic projects in Catholic education, media and investing.
Hostile legislative climate over confessional seal nothing new, says priest-canon lawyer September 27, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News, Worship & Sacraments If it seems like batches of states are suddenly legislating mandatory clergy reporting laws — legal decrees that require clergy to report child abuse or neglect revealed in the confessional — Father John Paul Kimes, a canon lawyer, has some current and historical context to offer.
Father Rupnik’s alleged victim receives standing ovation at documentary premiere September 26, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News A new documentary on the abuses allegedly committed by Father Marko Rupnik and survivors’ pursuit of justice received high praise at the Toronto International Film Festival, or TIFF, including for Gloria Branciani, an alleged victim who received a four-minute standing ovation.
Pope taps Italian canon lawyer for top position at Dicastery for Bishops September 26, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Vatican, World News In the first major appointment of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV chose an Italian expert in canon law to succeed him as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.
