Myanmar opposition court sentences 9 men to 20 years for killing priest July 21, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News A court affiliated with Myanmar’s exiled National Unity Government has sentenced nine men to 20 years in prison for the killing of a Catholic priest in the country’s conflict-torn Sagaing region earlier this year, according to Fides agency.
FBI to investigate anti-Catholic, antisemitic vandalism at Pittsburgh area church July 21, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News Newly installed Bishop Mark A. Eckman of Pittsburgh has expressed his “great sorrow” over “hateful vandalism” at one of his parish churches, which federal authorities are now investigating.
Proof of life for kidnapped Nigerian priest received by Alaska diocese where he served July 17, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News A kidnapped Nigerian priest, who previously served in Alaska, has managed to contact his home diocese, OSV News has learned.
Mahmoud v. Taylor: A Supreme Court victory for parents, freedom July 17, 2025By Jason Adkins OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Religious Freedom, Supreme Court In a momentous decision that has far-reaching implications for the future of public education and religious liberty in the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Mahmoud v. Taylor that parents, not the state, hold the primary right to direct the upbringing and education of their children.
Kansas Catholic school building vandalized, defaced with swastikas July 14, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News A Catholic school building in Kansas has been extensively vandalized, with the perpetrators defacing the property with swastikas.
Radio Interview: Religious freedom faces ongoing challenges June 24, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Religious Freedom Aaron Weldon, Assistant Director for Religious Liberty at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington, talks with George Matysek about ongoing challenges to religious freedom and what will happen during Religious Freedom Week.
Religious Liberty Commission examines imperiled Native American sacred site, mandatory reporter law June 17, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News Key religious liberty challenges facing Americans include the threat of the destruction to an Apache sacred site by a copper mining giant, as well as a new law in Washington state requiring clergy to report child abuse or neglect without exceptions for clergy-penitent privilege, said witnesses at the inaugural meeting of the Department of Justice’s Religious Liberty Commission on June 16.
At audience with martyr’s mother, pope prays for peace in Congo June 16, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Vatican, World News In the presence of the mother of the newly beatified martyr, Pope Leo XIV prayed that Blessed Floribert Bwana Chui would intercede to finally bring peace to Congo.
Prayers continue for release of abducted Nigerian priest who recently served in Alaska June 11, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News Faithful on two continents are praying for the safe return of a Nigerian priest who once served in Alaska, and has been kidnapped in his home country.
Papal diplomats must always defend poor, religious freedom, pope says June 10, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Vatican, World News Every papal diplomat around the world must let people know that the Catholic Church is always on the side of the marginalized and is ready to face everything “out of love,” Pope Leo XIV said.
Washington state bishops ask court to block mandatory reporter law without Catholic confession protections June 9, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News, Worship & Sacraments The Catholic bishops of Washington state asked a federal court to block a new law requiring clergy to report child abuse or neglect without exceptions for clergy-penitent privilege.
Supreme Court rules in favor of Wisconsin Catholic agency over religious exemption June 5, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court on June 5 unanimously ruled in favor of the Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese of Superior, Wisconsin, which had asked the high court to overturn a decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court the agency argued discounted its religious identity.
