Religion must serve God, not man, says Patriarch Bartholomew September 18, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, World News Amid his eighth apostolic visit to the U.S. Sept. 14-25, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople addressed attendees at a Sept. 16 State Department dinner in his honor, hosted by Deputy Secretary of State Michael J. Rigas.
Over 60 people killed in Ntoyo, Congo, by Islamic State group supporters September 18, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News The pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need expressed its “deep concern and solidarity” with the families of the victims of a brutal attack carried out on the night of Sept. 8-9 in Ntoyo in the area of St. Joseph of Manguredjipa Catholic Parish, which is in the Congolese province of North Kivu.
‘Healing and Hope’ initiative tackles mental illness crisis at local level, say U.S. bishops September 17, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Health Care, News, World News The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced its “Healing and Hope” initiative as a “new component” of the USCCB’s National Catholic Mental Health Campaign.
Palestinians are living in ‘unacceptable’ conditions, pope says September 17, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, World News As tens of thousands of Palestinians were fleeing their homes as Israel launched a major new ground offensive in Gaza City, Pope Leo XIV expressed his “profound closeness to the Palestinian people in Gaza.”
Pope praises late duchess for her charity work, ‘Christian goodness’ September 16, 2025By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Obituaries, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV praised the late Duchess of Kent, who joined the Catholic Church in 1994, for her “Christian goodness” and her many years of charity work and care for vulnerable people.
‘Nuns on the run’ case in Austria highlights plight of aging, dwindling religious September 16, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Consecrated Life, News, Vocations, World News Three elderly women religious in Austria fled their nursing home and have returned to their longtime monastery, defying church superiors in a case that highlights the impact of Vatican regulations regarding aging members of dwindling religious congregations.
Pope phones Gaza parish as Israel launches new offensive on city September 16, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, World News Just a few hours after Israel launched a major new ground offensive in Gaza City, Pope Leo XIV called the pastor of the city’s only Latin-rite parish to express his concern, his prayers and his closeness, the Vatican press office said.
Catholic leaders acknowledge tension between Trump immigration policy and religious liberty September 16, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Religious Freedom, World News The same week President Donald Trump spoke at a hearing of the Department of Justice’s Religious Liberty Commission in Washington, a key Catholic bishop said some of his immigration policies risk presenting the church with religious liberty challenges.
Honesty, vigilance, faith all key to kids’ healing from trauma, say Catholic psychologists September 16, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News, Youth Ministry Vigilance, honesty, emotional intelligence and faith all play critical roles in healing from the long-term trauma of violent attacks, two Catholic psychologists told OSV News.
Pope urges church to listen to sorrows of abuse victims, walk together September 15, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Vatican, World News Pain must never give rise to violence, and every Catholic needs to learn to safeguard with tenderness those who are vulnerable, Pope Leo XIV said during a prayer vigil dedicated to people experiencing pain and affliction due to illness, bereavement, violence or abuse.
Oldest organ in Christendom sounded for first time in 800 years, leaving organist speechless September 15, 2025By Judith Sudilovsky OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News After 800 years of silence, the pipes from the oldest organ in Christendom played again, filling the reception hall of Jerusalem’s Franciscan Monastery of St. Saviour with the unique sound of the 11th-century liturgical chant, Benedicamus Domino Flos Filius.
Ecumenical festival in Iraq proves strong faith of Christians once under Islamic persecution September 15, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, World News From Sept. 9-13, believers from the Chaldean, Assyrian, Syriac Catholic and Syriac Orthodox churches joined together in Erbil for the Festival of the Cross.
