Future pope helped found Villanovans for Life, marched against Roe v. Wade May 29, 2025By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News The four years Robert F. Prevost spent at Villanova University in Philadelphia — from the fall of 1973 until May 1977, when he graduated with a degree in mathematics and began his novitiate with the Augustinian order — included the opening salvos of the pro-life movement.
Missouri Supreme Court leaves abortion ban in place, for now May 29, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News The Missouri Supreme Court on May 27 overturned a pair of lower court rulings that had blocked the state’s abortion restrictions, effectively leaving its ban in place — for now.
20 days into new papacy, clues to Pope Leo XIV’s appointment style may lie in Chiclayo May 28, 2025By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Twenty days into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV’s appointment style remains largely unknown — but his years leading the Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, may offer clues. There, he prioritized lay leadership, promoted synodality and worked across ecclesial factions.
Pope wants peace, not a role in negotiations, Cardinal Parolin says May 28, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Pope Leo XIV’s offer to host peace talks between Russia and Ukraine — an offer Russia has turned down — was motivated by a conviction that the two sides must start negotiating and stop the killing, the Vatican secretary of state said.
Padre Pio’s habit, rare relics coming to U.S. — along with his fellow Capuchins May 28, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News A habit worn by St. Pio of Pietrelcina and other rare relics are coming to the U.S., brought by Capuchin friars from the very monastery that was home to the beloved saint known as Padre Pio.
Remember Christ’s compassion, show compassion to others, pope says May 28, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Being religious does not automatically mean someone is compassionate, and yet for a Christian compassion is a clear sign of following Christ, Pope Leo XIV said.
Cardinal Dolan, Becket honoree, is ‘intensely devoted’ to protection of religious freedom May 28, 2025By Armando Machado OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York has been awarded Becket’s 2025 Canterbury Medal for his lifelong commitment to the cause of religious liberty.
Supreme Court rejects Indigenous coalition’s appeal over mine’s threat to sacred site May 27, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court on May 27 rejected an appeal from a coalition of Western Apache people, along with other Native American and non-Indigenous supporters, that sought to protect their sacred site at Oak Flat, Ariz., from destruction by a copper mining giant.
Trump ban on Harvard international students to hurt chaplaincy’s missionary reach May 27, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, World News As Harvard University battles a Trump administration ban on international students, the head of the school’s Catholic chaplaincy has a message for those affected.
Polish order appeals for prayers as Catholic priests face draconian sentences in Belarus May 27, 2025By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News A Polish religious order has requested prayers from Christians worldwide for one of its senior priests, Oblate Father Andrzej Juchniewicz, who was sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment on unspecified political charges in Belarus.
Welcoming Naples soccer team, pope hints he may not be a Rome fan May 27, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Sports, Vatican, World News After days of frenzied celebrations in Naples, members of Italy’s champion soccer team arrived at the Vatican for a papal audience but seemed unsure of the protocol.
Pope names priest with medical degree president of Pontifical Academy for Life May 27, 2025By Cindy Wooden Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV has named Father Renzo Pegoraro, a bioethicist who earned a medical degree before entering the seminary, to be the new president of the Pontifical Academy for Life.
