Movie Review: ‘EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert’ March 6, 2026By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, Uncategorized Combine the exuberant screen style of Australian auteur Baz Luhrmann with the intensity of the King of Rock and Roll and the results are bound to be splashy. So it proved with the director’s 2022 biopic “Elvis” and the same now holds true for the helmer’s engaging documentary “EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert” (Neon).
Why should we rejoice in suffering? February 20, 2026By Joe Heschmeyer OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized The well-worn maxim to “offer it up” in the face of suffering isn’t a call to grit your teeth and move on. It’s a call to “be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ” (1 Pt 2:5).
Pope Leo denounces human trafficking as a ‘crime against humanity’ February 6, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized Ahead of the 12th World Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking, Pope Leo XIV has condemned the scourge of modern slavery, which has taken even more disturbing forms in our online societies.
Pope calls for peace and dialogue as protests continue in Iran January 12, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized As anti-government protests in Iran continue despite an internet blackout and the use of lethal force against demonstrators, Pope Leo XIV expressed his concern over the escalating situation.
Don’t be passive consumers of AI content, pope says December 5, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Uncategorized Human beings are meant to be actively involved in the world of creation, not just passive consumers of content generated by technology, Pope Leo XIV said.
AI offers the church an ‘evangelical opportunity,’ scholar tells U.S. bishops November 18, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Evangelization, News, Uncategorized, World News Paul Scherz, professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame, shared his insights in a Nov. 12 address he gave regarding the problems and the potential of AI during the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ fall meeting, which took place Nov. 10-13 in Baltimore.
Artificial intelligence and lived discipleship November 7, 2025By Sister Hosea Rupprecht OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized You already express your relationship with God in your spiritual life. What will help when it comes to AI challenges is an intensification of the spirituality you already have. Discern how you might do that.
Catholic Church ‘seeks closer ecumenical ties’ in response to world needs November 3, 2025By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized Catholics are stepping up cooperation with other Christian denominations in the face of current worldwide challenges, according to church delegates at a major ecumenical conference in Egypt marking the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea.
Priest, principal share award for rebuilding church and school after earthquake October 26, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized Father Melvin Díaz, pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, and the parish school’s principal, Carmen Alicia Rodríguez Echevarría, have been named the recipients of Catholic Extension Society’s 2025-2026 Lumen Christi Award, selected from more than 40 nominees.
The tender theology of lullabies October 23, 2025By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized With gentle rocking rhythms, generations of parents have hushed their children to sleep with the same songs, the tunes we know by heart, the words we heard from our elders, the gifts we now pass to our young.
Parents at Annunciation in Minneapolis seek legislative change, gun control bills October 21, 2025By Josh McGovern The Catholic Spirit Filed Under: Gun Violence, News, Uncategorized, World News On Sept. 27, Tess Rada and other Annunciation parents and volunteers from Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action gathered on the steps of the Minnesota Capitol in St. Paul to demand a special legislative session be called by Gov. Tim Walz to ban semi-automatic rifles.
Monastery where St. Carlo Acutis received first Communion in ruins after massive fire October 14, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized A 17th-century monastery in northern Italy where recently canonized St. Carlo Acutis received his first Communion was in ruins after a massive fire ravaged the historic building.
