Pope asks priests to be signs of reconciliation in the church and world June 2, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News In a church and a world divided and fractured, priests are called to be witnesses of God’s love and forgiveness, which reconciles people and makes them one community, Pope Leo XIV told new priests.
How Jesus’ visits to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque spread love of his Sacred Heart June 1, 2025By D.D. Emmons OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News It was a young nun named Margaret Mary Alacoque of the Visitation order at Paray-le-Monial, France, who would become Jesus’ conduit to spread devotion to the Sacred Heart throughout the Roman Church.
Panelists: Transhumanism is not just latest tech advance but seeks to one day replace humans June 1, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News A May 15 discussion of the Institute for Human Ecology at The Catholic University of America in Washington offered immediate insight with its title, “Transhumanism: The Last Heresy?”
Vatican gardeners plant botanical reproduction of pope’s coat of arms May 31, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Vatican, World News Workers spent about two weeks planting and rearranging evergreens, flowers and plants to complete a gigantic botanical reproduction of Pope Leo’s shield on the sloped lawn in front of the Vatican’s governing office.
Missionaries of Mercy’s role is to show face of God ‘is love and mercy,’ says Kentucky pastor May 31, 2025By Elizabeth Wong Barnstead OSV News Filed Under: News, Vocations, World News Missionaries of Mercy are priests given faculties to absolve penitents of certain sins which are otherwise reserved to the Holy Father to absolve, due to their seriousness. These include the profanation of the Eucharist and the direct violation of the sacramental seal by a priest hearing a confession.
National pilgrimage carries the Eucharist to Midwest cathedrals and along cow fields May 30, 2025By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, News, World News The pilgrims’ 10-state route includes daily stops at parishes and other Catholic institutions for Mass, Eucharistic adoration, service and fellowship.
Leaders in foster care, adoption look at post-Roe landscape for their ministries May 30, 2025By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Marriage & Family Life, News, Respect Life, World News The Henkels are the founders of Springs of Love, a ministry dedicated to raising up more Catholic foster and adoptive families and to supporting those involved through educational programming, small groups and parish care teams.
Bishops speak up after two Catholic priests killed in Kenya May 29, 2025By Fredrick Nzwili OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News Catholic bishops in Kenya are demanding a full investigation into the suspicious deaths of two priests within days of each other, calling the incidents deeply disturbing.
Recent East Africa deportations violates court order and human dignity, say advocates May 29, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Catholic immigration advocates are expressing their concern after the Trump administration apparently deported several immigrants without permanent legal status to East Africa — despite a court order restricting the government from deporting people to nations that are not their countries of origin.
Abortions of unborn babies diagnosed with Down syndrome up 82 percent in Scotland May 29, 2025By Simon Caldwell OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Scotland has seen a dramatic rise in abortions involving Down syndrome diagnoses, with government figures showing an 82 percent increase since 2021.
Pope visits papal villa, former summer residence in Castel Gandolfo May 29, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV spent several hours May 29 visiting the Borgo Laudato Si’ ecology project set up at the papal villa and farm in Castel Gandolfo, as well as the former papal summer residence there.
Archdiocese continues focus on mental health with aim to take away stigma May 29, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, Local News, News The Archdiocese of Baltimore launched its Mental Health Ministry plan in 2021. During its first phase, nearly 1,000 people were trained in mental health first aid, according to Melissa Freymann, a mental wellness consultant for the archdiocese and a therapist with St. Lucia Counseling.
