Father Marquette: A priest-explorer who mapped the Mississippi July 10, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The waters of the Straits of Mackinac between Lake Huron and Lake Michigan present themselves in beautifully variegated blues. Dark indigo, rich cobalt and bright turquoise greet the passenger ferries as they sail toward the pebbled shoreline of Mackinac Island. As the boats near the docks, the well-kept, sloping green lawn of Marquette Park comes into view.
New documentary brings ‘farm boy’ martyr Blessed Stanley Rother to wider Church July 10, 2026By Tony Gutierrez OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News Francisco Bocel remembers the night three assassins forced him to bring them to Father Stanley Rother. Bocel shared how he still carries that traumatic moment with him — one of many being featured — in an upcoming documentary on the life of the slain priest.
Our Lady of Gietrzwald mosaic unveiled in Vatican Gardens ahead of 2027 Jubilee July 10, 2026By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Marian Devotion, News, Vatican, World News A new mosaic of Our Lady of Gietrzwald was inaugurated in the Vatican Gardens in a June 30 ceremony attended by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, and Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda, president of the Polish bishops’ conference, who said the installation could deepen ties between Poland and the Holy See.
Women who say they experienced harm from abortion pill push Blanche to settle suit on FDA policy July 9, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Ahead of an upcoming hearing on his nomination to lead the Department of Justice, a national pro-life group urged Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche to side with states challenging a federal policy permitting mifepristone, sometimes called the abortion pill, to be dispensed through the mail.
El-Obeid: Brave witness of the Sudanese Church in a city under siege July 9, 2026By Fredrick Nzwili OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News In a decision described as a brave and generous witness of fidelity to his little flock, Bishop Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali is staying on in the Sudanese city of El-Obeid, even as organizations warned that the North Kordofan’s state capital was increasingly being encircled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, and its allies.
Cause for novelist Sigrid Undset’s canonization expected to open in fall July 9, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Preparations are underway in Norway to open a canonization cause for the Nobel Prize-winning novelist Sigrid Undset, Bishop Fredrik Hansen of Oslo announced July 8.
Canada’s Catholics await high court decision on religious liberty and Bill 21 July 9, 2026By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News In Canada’s province of Québec, Bill 21, officially known as “An Act Respecting the Laicity of the State,” prohibits public servants in positions of authority — such as teachers, police officers, and government lawyers and judges — from wearing religious symbols at work. The law also extends the ban to staff at subsidized day cares, private schools and professional development centers.
Father Mark Logue, who transformed two parishes and touched many lives, dies at 78 July 9, 2026By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Father Mark Logue transformed two parishes during 43 years of priesthood – but friends say his real legacy was the people he welcomed.
Popular podcaster Father Mike Schmitz unpacks Christ’s Gospel parables, offers fresh insights July 9, 2026By Tom Tracy OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Father Mike Schmitz entered the green room of the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale with his characteristic warm smile — and an extra bounce in his step.
Sister Joan Bastress, I.H.M., served in multiple ministries in Archdiocese of Baltimore July 9, 2026By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Sister Joan Bastress, a member of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, will be offered at 11 a.m. on July 10 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Dunmore, Pa.. Sister Joan died July 3. She was 92.
Cardinal: God is smiling on Washington Archdiocese ‘with intense love’ as auxiliaries ordained July 9, 2026By Richard Szczepanowski OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Promising to “guard the deposit of faith pure and entire” and to “encourage the holy people of God and to guide them in the way of salvation,” Bishop Gary R. Studniewski and Bishop Robert P. Boxie III were ordained July 7 as auxiliary bishops of the Archdiocese of Washington.
Sister Patricia Anne Bossle, D.C., former president of Seton Keough High School, dies at 86 July 8, 2026By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Schools A funeral Mass for Daughter of Charity Sister Patricia Anne Bossle, a former leader of The Seton Keough High School in Baltimore, was offered July 7 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Seton in Emmitsburg. Sister Pat died July 1 at Villa St. Michael in Emmitsburg. She was 86.
