As Hong Kong Catholic activist’s trial reaches final stretch, appeals grow to ‘save him’ August 18, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Uncategorized, World News At the start of final submissions in his landmark trial, Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai was provided with medication and a heart monitor Aug. 18, after health concerns had delayed proceedings the previous week.
Analysis: At 100 days, Pope Leo’s papacy rooted in St. Augustine, reflection, unity August 16, 2025By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Uncategorized, Vatican, World News As the calendar marks 100 days of Pope Leo XIV’s papacy Aug. 16, experts are scrutinizing his words and actions in hopes of pinpointing his leadership style, priorities and vision for the church’s future.
OSV ends periodical publications in ‘strategic shift’ to OSV News, other initiatives August 15, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, Uncategorized, World News Longtime Catholic publisher Our Sunday Visitor Inc. (OSV), has announced it will sunset almost all of its periodical operations.
Following deadly steel plant explosion, Pittsburgh bishop calls for prayer August 12, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized Bishop Mark A. Eckman of Pittsburgh is calling for prayer, following a deadly explosion at a US Steel facility in Pennsylvania Aug. 11 that killed at least one and injured 10, with one person still unaccounted for.
A parenting lesson in the Mary and Martha story July 20, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window, Uncategorized Relationships are unique. We connect with each person in a distinctive way, meeting them where they are. We don’t talk to Mary the same way we talk to Martha.
Come away and rest awhile July 10, 2025By Archbishop William E. Lori Catholic Review Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Uncategorized Vacation time is upon us again. Many people are making their getaways from the daily grind. They’re tired out by the daily routine. They’re looking for an escape from stress. Maybe for cooler temperatures.
Science and the stars a call to the spiritual, says Vatican astrophysicist June 27, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Uncategorized, Vatican, World News The Vatican Observatory attests that “science is not against God” — and the nexus of science and spirituality invites humankind to contemplate the Lord’s wondrous works, said a Jesuit astrophysicist.
Pilgrims of Hope: Walking the Way of St. Francis in the Year of Jubilee June 26, 2025By Father Evan Ponton Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Uncategorized Together “we seek the city to come” – not Baltimore, not Assisi, not even the “eternal city” of Rome – but the City of God, the new Jerusalem. Take courage. We are pilgrims of hope
Question Corner: Do I need to attend my territorial parish? June 19, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner, Uncategorized While Catholics are free to attend Mass and otherwise be involved in the life of whatever parish they choose, in most cases, a Catholic’s official parish membership is determined by where they live.
Former Catholic high school counselor sentenced for abusing teen student June 18, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Uncategorized, World News A former counselor at an Ohio Catholic high school was sentenced to prison June 10 for sexual battery of a student, with prosecutors alleging in a sentencing document she had groomed others.
Detroit Archdiocese to provide regional sites for celebration of Latin Mass starting July 1 June 18, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized In a letter to the faithful of the Archdiocese of Detroit on June 13, Archbishop Edward J. Weisenburger announced that four regional sites in the archdiocese will be provided for the celebration of the extraordinary form of the Mass beginning July 1.
While the U.S. bishops go on retreat this June, business follows them June 12, 2025By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized Since the bishops last met in Baltimore last November, the United States has sworn in a new president and the College of Cardinals has elected a new pope.
