House OKs Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’; Catholic leaders urge lawmakers to promote common good May 22, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News The U.S. House of Representatives May 22 passed a sweeping package for President Donald Trump’s agenda, sending the legislation to the Senate for consideration.
Story behind beatification of Poland’s Father Stanislaw Streich is one of quiet courage May 22, 2025By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Saints, World News In one of the first beatifications under Pope Leo XIV, the church in Poland is preparing to celebrate the beatification of Father Stanislaw Streich, a humble parish priest murdered at the altar in 1938.
Bishop calls for prayer after deadly attack outside DC’s Capital Jewish Museum May 22, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, Gun Violence, News, Uncategorized, World News Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington, Va., called for prayers after two Israeli Embassy staff members were slain late May 21 outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington.
Pope advances sainthood cause of missionaries killed trying to save Indigenous May 22, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV has advanced the sainthood causes of two missionaries whose murders in the Amazon jungle in Ecuador led to the protection of remote Indigenous peoples from encroaching extractive industries.
Cuts to CRS food aid projects could impact hundreds of thousands of children, group says May 22, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: DOGE cuts, News, World News Catholic Relief Services said May 21 that most of its projects under a federal international food aid program were terminated, leaving hundreds of thousands of children more vulnerable to hunger.
New Orleans Archdiocese reaches tentative bankruptcy agreement May 22, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News The Archdiocese of New Orleans has reached a memorandum of understanding with creditors in its long-running bankruptcy case.
Pope Leo XIV, in one of first appointments, names San Diego auxiliary bishop to head diocese May 22, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Michael M. Pham of San Diego to head the diocese.
Missionary discipleship contributes to peacemaking, pope says May 22, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Missions, News, Vatican, World News Recognizing themselves as members of the one body of Christ, all Catholics should sense an urgency to share the Gospel message of God’s love with others and to welcome them as brothers and sisters, Pope Leo XIV said.
Vatican warns about fake pope quotes, videos May 22, 2025By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, social media, Vatican, World News All the speeches and messages Pope Leo XIV has given since becoming pope May 8 are available on the Vatican website, which should be checked before sharing supposed quotes and videos, Vatican News said.
Catholic University cuts 7 percent of workforce amid $30 million deficit May 21, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, World News The Catholic University of America in Washington has cut 7 percent of its workforce, as part of a financial restructuring to tackle a $30 million deficit amid declining enrollment revenue and rising overall costs.
Trump, Vance meet Pope Leo XIV’s brother in Oval Office May 21, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance May 20 met Louis Prevost, the older brother of Pope Leo XIV, and his wife, Deborah Prevost, at the White House.
Basilian sister in Ukraine to Pope Leo: ‘Thank you’ and ‘come to us’ May 21, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Sister Lucia spoke with OSV News May 16 from her monastery in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, where she and two fellow Basilian sisters have remained throughout Russia’s full-scale invasion, providing humanitarian and spiritual aid to civilians and military personnel alike.
