Uncertainty grows for food assistance programs amid government shutdown October 9, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, News, Social Justice, U.S. Congress, World News Federal food assistance programs used by millions could be at risk as the federal government shutdown continues, proponents of those programs said.
Church must ‘walk poor with the poor’ to serve Christ, says Pope Leo in new exhortation October 9, 2025By Gina Christian Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Feature, News, Social Justice, World News In his first apostolic exhortation, Pope Leo XIV has taken up the call of Pope Francis for Christians to see in the poor the very face of Christ — and to be a church that “walks poor with the poor” in order to authentically live out the Gospel.
Love for the poor is hallmark of faith, pope says in first exhortation October 9, 2025By Cindy Wooden OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Feature, News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News Many Christians “need to go back and re-read the Gospel” because they have forgotten that faith and love for the poor go hand in hand, Pope Leo XIV said in his first major papal document.
9 things to know about “Dilexi Te,” Pope Leo’s first apostolic exhortation October 9, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV’s first apostolic exhortation “Dilexi Te” (“I have loved you”), was promulgated Oct. 9, the feast day of St. John Henry Newman.
Catholic groups serving the poor call for action to end federal government shutdown October 1, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, U.S. Congress, World News Congressional lawmakers failed to pass legislation to fund the federal government, resulting in a federal government shutdown at the end of September. Catholic groups that serve the poor urged lawmakers to end gridlock.
Poverty, violence still ‘persistent issues’ affecting women, girls, top Vatican diplomat tells UN September 25, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, World News Thirty years after a landmark international document safeguarding women’s dignity, much remains to be done to ensure the well-being of women and girls worldwide, said a top Vatican diplomat.
Rebuilding the domestic church: Why housing affordability is a pro-family cause September 19, 2025By Jason Adkins OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Social Justice If, as the church teaches, the family is the fundamental building block of a healthy society, then we cannot ignore how economic structures, especially the cost of housing, influence family life.
Trump federalizes DC police force, says homeless encampments will be removed August 12, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Social Justice, World News President Donald Trump said Aug. 11 he will place the District of Columbia’s Metropolitan Police Department “under direct federal control,” activate the National Guard, and “get rid of the slums” in what he called an effort to combat crime in Washington.
‘Rerum Novarum’ 2.0? Catholic labor advocates heartened by Pope Leo’s direction August 10, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News He believes the church should be a primary witness of workplace fairness; more than a million American workers are employed by Catholic hospitals, schools and other institutions — but unions are not universal.
Catholic ‘American Ninja Warrior’ fights world hunger, one obstacle at a time July 25, 2025By Catherine Odell OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, Social Justice, World News A 19-year-old student athlete at the University of Notre Dame just competed on the televised July 14 semifinals of “American Ninja Warrior” in Las Vegas. He really isn’t doing it for the glory or the chance to “go pro” as a full time ninja warrior.
Holy See at the UN urges sustainable development as U.S. pulls out of UNESCO July 23, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Social Justice, World News Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, delivered a statement at the general debate of the U.N. Economic and Social Council’s High-Level Political Forum July 22, the same day that the Trump administration said the U.S. would withdraw from the United Nations’ cultural agency UNESCO.
Caring for others, serving life is the ‘supreme law,’ pope says July 14, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News Serving life by caring for others is “the supreme law” that comes before all of society’s rules, Pope Leo XIV said.
