Pope Leo meets with top Russian Orthodox cleric amid war, strained relations July 29, 2025By Gina Christian Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV met with a top Russian Orthodox cleric, the first such visit from Moscow since the papal election, and one that comes amid strained relations with Rome due to Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine.
‘Never get used to violence,’ says NY cardinal after mass shooting in building near St. Patrick’s July 29, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News “We should never get used to violence or lose our respect for the sacredness of human life,” said Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, following a deadly mass shooting in that city that claimed four lives, including that of a New York City police officer.
Massacre ‘of faithful in the house of God’ in Congolese Catholic church leaves 43 dead July 28, 2025By Frederick Nzwili OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News At least 43 people, including children, were killed July 27 in a brutal overnight attack on a Catholic church in Komanda in eastern Congo.
Pope welcomes young people to Rome for jubilee, thanks media for promoting truth July 28, 2025By Carol Glatz OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News Greeting tens of thousands of visitors crowded in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Leo XIV welcomed all the young people who arrived in Rome for the Jubilee of Youth.
Cardinal Tomasi: Religious communities can play key roles in nuclear disarmament July 28, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, World News Religious communities can “contribute to the global architecture of disarmament and restraint” in several “specific ways” that foster dialogue, prevention and accountability, said Cardinal Silvano Maria Tomasi, a longtime Vatican diplomat and disarmament advocate.
Warsaw archbishop ‘devastated, crushed’ by priest’s arrest in brutal murder of homeless man July 27, 2025By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The Catholic Church in Poland is grappling with a shocking tragedy: A diocesan priest has confessed to the brutal murder of a homeless man.
Jubilee of Youth chance to celebrate hope, fraternity in world at war, panel says July 27, 2025By Carol Glatz OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, social media, World News, Youth Ministry More than half a million young people from 146 countries are set to arrive July 28 for the start of the weeklong Jubilee of Youth, which will include a special Jubilee dedicated to Digital Missionaries and Catholic Influencers.
New York archdiocese sees hundreds of responses to ‘Called By Name’ program July 27, 2025By Steven Schwankert OSV News Filed Under: News, Vocations, World News Close to 800 young men from the Archdiocese of New York have responded to a call for interest in the priestly life, according to the archdiocese’s director of vocations.
Can’t afford a Catholic college? Think again. Many offer full tuition options July 26, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, Schools, World News For high school students yearning to attend a Catholic college, there is an encouraging development: Many Catholic institutions of higher learning are increasingly committed to making academia accessible through free, full tuition programs.
Detroit archbishop fires theologians Ralph Martin, Eduardo Echeverría from seminary July 25, 2025By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Archbishop Edward J. Weisenburger of Detroit fired two prominent theologians from their longstanding roles at Sacred Heart Major Seminary July 23.
LA archbishop, joined by business leaders, starts fund to help families affected by ICE raids July 25, 2025By Pablo Kay OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News A lineup of Los Angeles business leaders joined Archbishop José H. Gomez July 23 to unveil a new fund aimed at helping families affected by recent immigration raids.
FBI surveilled SSPX priest amid probe of suspected neo-Nazi’s plans for violence July 25, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee July 22 released an interim staff report alleging the FBI surveilled a Catholic priest after he declined to speak about conversations he had with a suspected neo-Nazi defendant, a self-described “radical traditional Catholic clerical fascist” the FBI was investigating for making violent threats online.
