Over 60 people killed in Ntoyo, Congo, by Islamic State group supporters September 18, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News The pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need expressed its “deep concern and solidarity” with the families of the victims of a brutal attack carried out on the night of Sept. 8-9 in Ntoyo in the area of St. Joseph of Manguredjipa Catholic Parish, which is in the Congolese province of North Kivu.
St. Katharine Drexel explores synodal participation in Frederick September 18, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Synodality, Western Vicariate The parishioners of St. Katharine Drexel in Frederick found themselves at a turning point in the summer of 2024 after the retirement of their founding pastor, Father Keith Boisvert.
School Sisters of Notre Dame announce election of new provincial council September 17, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News Sister Nancy Gilchriest was elected to a four-year term as provincial leader along with a new five-sister council by the School Sisters of Notre Dame of the Atlantic-Midwest Province.
‘Healing and Hope’ initiative tackles mental illness crisis at local level, say U.S. bishops September 17, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Health Care, News, World News The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced its “Healing and Hope” initiative as a “new component” of the USCCB’s National Catholic Mental Health Campaign.
Palestinians are living in ‘unacceptable’ conditions, pope says September 17, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, World News As tens of thousands of Palestinians were fleeing their homes as Israel launched a major new ground offensive in Gaza City, Pope Leo XIV expressed his “profound closeness to the Palestinian people in Gaza.”
Catholic school cell phones policies aim to boost focus, well-being, real connection September 17, 2025By Susan McInerney Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Catholic schools across the Archdiocese of Baltimore are increasingly limiting cell phone use in an effort to strengthen learning and relationships between students and teachers.
Celebrating an American Saint: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s canonization at 50 September 17, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints Sept. 14 marks the 50th anniversary since the canonization of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821), the first American-born saint.
Pope praises late duchess for her charity work, ‘Christian goodness’ September 16, 2025By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Obituaries, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV praised the late Duchess of Kent, who joined the Catholic Church in 1994, for her “Christian goodness” and her many years of charity work and care for vulnerable people.
‘Nuns on the run’ case in Austria highlights plight of aging, dwindling religious September 16, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Consecrated Life, News, Vocations, World News Three elderly women religious in Austria fled their nursing home and have returned to their longtime monastery, defying church superiors in a case that highlights the impact of Vatican regulations regarding aging members of dwindling religious congregations.
Pope phones Gaza parish as Israel launches new offensive on city September 16, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, World News Just a few hours after Israel launched a major new ground offensive in Gaza City, Pope Leo XIV called the pastor of the city’s only Latin-rite parish to express his concern, his prayers and his closeness, the Vatican press office said.
Catholic leaders acknowledge tension between Trump immigration policy and religious liberty September 16, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Religious Freedom, World News The same week President Donald Trump spoke at a hearing of the Department of Justice’s Religious Liberty Commission in Washington, a key Catholic bishop said some of his immigration policies risk presenting the church with religious liberty challenges.
Honesty, vigilance, faith all key to kids’ healing from trauma, say Catholic psychologists September 16, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News, Youth Ministry Vigilance, honesty, emotional intelligence and faith all play critical roles in healing from the long-term trauma of violent attacks, two Catholic psychologists told OSV News.
