New stamp honors William F. Buckley Jr., lifelong Catholic and conservative thinker March 13, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News The U.S. Postal Service is issuing a stamp honoring the late William F. Buckley Jr. (1925-2008), a lifelong devout Catholic who was an intellectual, provocative commentator well-known for his sharp wit. Buckley is considered a founder of modern conservatism.
French bishops publish major study to boost interest in faith, help save churches March 12, 2025By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News After publishing the results of the General Estates on Religious Heritage project, French bishops navigate the restoration of historic churches not only to help preserve crumbling architectural pearls but also draw people closer to faith.
Pope’s chest X-ray confirms his improvement, doctors say March 12, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis’ condition continues to be stable and a chest X-ray “confirmed the improvements recorded in the previous days,” his doctors said, but without saying his double pneumonia had cleared up completely.
St. John Paul II hailed as model for Catholics to fight rising scourge of antisemitism March 12, 2025By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, World News St. John Paul II’s example as a strong bridge-builder between Catholicism and Judaism should be used against enduring antisemitism, especially in the wake of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel that killed 1,200 people, according to a theologian who wrote a two-volume biography of one of the longest serving popes.
Education Department cuts could make impact on Catholic education, experts say March 12, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: DOGE cuts, Feature, News, Schools, World News The U.S. Department of Education said March 11 it planned to cut about 50 percent of its workforce. Such cuts could also impact Catholic education, experts told OSV News.
Institute of Notre Dame Alumnae Association gives another $45,000 to support girls education March 12, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools The Institute of Notre Dame Alumnae Association provided $45,000 in gifts to five all-girls Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore for the second straight year.
Mount St. Mary’s offers screening of movie on Mother Cabrini, champion of immigrants March 12, 2025By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, Movie & Television Reviews, News Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg presents a screening March 21 of the award-winning 2024 film “Cabrini.”
Cardinal McElroy installed as eighth archbishop of Washington March 12, 2025By Richard Szczepanowski OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, World News Cardinal Robert McElroy was installed March 11 as the eighth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Washington, during a nearly two-hour liturgy in which he encouraged the faithful of his new archdiocese to be “pilgrims of hope in a wounded world.”
Pro-life groups praise Justice Department’s move to drop suit against Idaho abortion law March 12, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Pro-life groups praised the Trump administration’s recent move to drop a Biden administration lawsuit against an Idaho law over what the government previously argued was a conflict between Idaho’s abortion restrictions and federal law governing emergency health care.
Gudziak: Ukraine ‘can give America hope to not be afraid’ of living out Gospel call March 11, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, War in Ukraine, World News Through its trust in God, even amid the horror of war, “Ukraine can give America hope to not be afraid” of living out the call of the Gospel, said Metropolitan Borys A. Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia.
Pope’s condition continues to improve; he is following Lenten retreat March 11, 2025By Cindy Wooden Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis’ condition continued to be stable with further slight improvements March 11, the Vatican press office said.
Mexican bishops decry ‘culture of death’ in Mexico, reiterating calls for unity March 11, 2025By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News The Mexican bishops’ conference reiterated a call for unity as the country deals with threats from U.S. President Donald Trump, who promises to impose 25 percent tariffs on Mexican exports if migrants continue crossing the U.S. border and fentanyl is not stamped out. The bishops also called on Mexico to confront “the culture of death […]
