Supreme Court temporarily permits third-country deportations as challenge proceeds October 1, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily allowed the Trump administration to carry out third-country deportations — removals to a country where a person who had migrated to the United States has no ties — while a challenge to that policy continues.
Virginia bishop urges faithful to ‘pray, fast and vote no’ on abortion, same-sex marriage amendments October 1, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington, Virginia, is urging the faithful to pray, fast and vote “no” on enshrining abortion and same-sex marriage in that state.
Prison ministry changes lives inside and outside prison walls October 1, 2026By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News, Prison Ministry, Social Justice Behind prison walls, unexpected encounters are changing lives. For incarcerated men and women seeking hope and the ministers who accompany them, prison ministry is a powerful source of faith, healing and human connection.
New nuncio appeals for unity, cautions German bishops against diverging from Rome October 1, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The new apostolic nuncio to Germany, Archbishop Hubertus van Megen, warned the country’s bishops against charting a separate course for the local Church, reminding them that Catholic unity relies on fidelity to the papacy and the Eucharist.
Deacon Carlos Morales, who served Church in Puerto Rico and Maryland, dies at 82 October 1, 2026By Jay Sorgi Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Deacon Carlos Morales, whose ministry included work as a university dean of students, radio host and author, and who accompanied thousands of people in their faith, died of liver cancer Sept. 22 in Edgewood. He was 82.
Pope’s words in France are encouragement to not give up the fight against ‘deadly laws’ October 1, 2026By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV’s forceful defense of human life during his Sept. 25-27 visit to France has reignited debate over the country’s newly approved assisted-dying law, which lawmakers had largely considered settled after its passage in July.
Papal trip showed miracle of rebirth out of tragedy is possible, pope says October 1, 2026By Carol Glatz OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV’s journey to France aimed to show that a joyful or serene rebirth is always possible even after tremendous tragedy or terrible suffering, he said.
Federal agency sues Ohio-based Catholic health system over alleged antisemitism October 1, 2026By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, World News A federal agency has sued an Ohio-based Catholic health system and its subsidiary over alleged religious and racial discrimination against a Jewish doctor who was a longtime surgeon.
Mother: Pope’s blessing of special needs daughter recognizes ‘segment of humanity often set aside’ October 1, 2026By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News A photograph of Pope Leo XIV blessing Marie-Garance, a 10-year-old girl in a blue dress who has multiple disabilities, went viral after the pope encountered her in Paris Sept. 26.
800 years after St. Francis’ death, Franciscans to mark his ‘Transitus’ — so what is it? October 1, 2026By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News Each year on Oct. 3, the followers of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) — friars; nuns; laypeople — mark the globally popular saint’s own journey from life to death, his “Transitus” as it is known in Latin, through special community commemorations.
Texas priest who has helped form 80,000 lay leaders in 50 years of ministry wins Lumen Christi September 30, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News An El Paso, Texas, priest who has helped form approximately 80,000 lay leaders throughout his 50 years of ministry is the recipient of the Catholic Extension Society’s 2026–2027 Lumen Christi Award.
Universal health care a ‘moral imperative,’ Vatican’s top diplomat tells UN September 30, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Vatican, World News Universal health care is “a moral imperative,” as “the Holy See has consistently reiterated,” the Vatican’s top diplomat told the United Nations.
