Amid measles uptick, infectious diseases specialist says Church recommends vaccination March 12, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, World News Amid a spike in measles cases in the U.S., an infectious diseases specialist, who is also a Catholic deacon, told OSV News that the Church “has recommended measles vaccination to safeguard the health of children and families.”
Pope Leo XIV points to St. Joseph as an example of the importance of ‘being present’ March 12, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV has highlighted how St. Joseph, who is never directly quoted in the Bible, is an example for Christians of the importance of “being present.”
Pope Leo XIV names Augustinian prelate as new prefect of charity dicastery March 12, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV has named Spanish Augustinian Bishop Luis Marín de San Martín as the new prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, reassigning Cardinal Konrad Krajewski to serve as archbishop of his home diocese in his native Poland.
U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is failing the Church’s just war test, bishops warn March 12, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Since the start of the U.S. and Israel’s war on Iran, some U.S. Catholic bishops have highlighted Church teaching on what constitutes a “just war” — with one cardinal flatly declaring the current conflict fails to meet the necessary criteria, and is therefore “morally illegitimate.”
Pope Leo XIV meets with evacuated Tehran cardinal as U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran continue March 12, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV met privately March 11 with the cardinal archbishop of Tehran after the Belgian-born prelate was evacuated from Iran amid U.S. and Israeli military strikes on the country.
‘Rebirth’ art project offers counternarrative for Father Rupnik accusers, abuse survivors March 12, 2026By Sarah Mac Donald OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Child & Youth Protection, News, World News A major new artwork dedicated to the victims of spiritual and sexual abuse in the church is to be displayed at locations where disgraced priest artist Father Marko Rupnik’s mosaics are still exhibited.
Sen. Hawley introduces bill to revoke FDA approval of abortion pill March 12, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., announced March 11 he has introduced legislation in the Senate that would ban mifepristone, a drug commonly, but not exclusively, used for first trimester abortion.
Amid deadly Midwest storms, a chapel is left undamaged, and faith, hope remain strong March 12, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, World News Catholic parish and school communities in the Midwest are among those working to clean up after deadly storms and tornadoes tore through a number of states March 6 and 10 — but, said two Catholic schools, faith, prayer and hope remain strong.
Faith, flowers: Special rules keep God’s house simply beautiful March 12, 2026By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Lent, News, Vatican, World News Of the many traditions and penitential practices observed during the season of Lent, one of the more visible is the stark change in church decor and a complete absence of flowers.
U.S. peacebuilding a ‘strategic and moral imperative,’ advocates say at Notre Dame event March 11, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, War in Ukraine, World News With American peacebuilding at a “crossroads,” amid global conflict and changes in U.S. foreign policy, a Notre Dame conference March 10 in the nation’s capital examined how to meet new challenges facing international conflict resolution and fostering peace.
Catholic death penalty opponents laud commuted death sentence for inmate who didn’t pull trigger March 11, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Gov. Kay Ivey, R-Ala., announced March 10 she commuted the death sentence of Charles L. “Sonny” Burton to life in prison, a move lauded by Catholic death penalty opponents.
Slain Lebanese priest hailed as a ‘martyr,’ commemorated by Pope Leo XIV March 11, 2026By Dale Gavlak OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Lebanese Maronite Catholic priest Father Pierre al-Rahi was commemorated by Pope Leo XIV ahead of the cleric’s funeral attended by scores of faithful as well as Catholic and Lebanese government officials in his southern village of Qlayaa.
