Decades after closure, a Florida Catholic high school reopens in Miami Archdiocese January 25, 2025By Tom Tracy OSV News Filed Under: News, Schools, World News A surge in local economic development, tourism jobs and a renewed demand for private and Catholic education in Monroe County culminated Dec. 13 in the dedication Mass and grand opening of a refurbished Basilica High School building and facility at the Basilica of St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish and School in Key West.
Supreme Court takes up case over proposed Oklahoma Catholic charter school January 25, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Schools, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court said Jan. 24 it would take up a case concerning the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City’s effort to establish the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, which would be the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school if it survives the challenge.
March for Life puts pro-life vision that welcomes babies, supports families in focus January 24, 2025By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News In his first public appearance following Inauguration Day, Vice President JD Vance was the final speaker at the annual march’s two-hour rally preceding attendees’ walk from the Washington Monument grounds to the U.S. Supreme Court Building.
Trump tells March for Life rally by video he will ‘stand proudly’ for life and family January 24, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News President Donald Trump pledged to “stand proudly for families and for life” in a video message for the 52nd annual March for Life Jan. 24.
Life Fest 2025 an ‘explosion of life, joy and grace’ ahead of annual March for Life January 24, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News, Young Adult Ministry Thousands of young people from across the country gathered at EagleBank Arena in Fairfax — just outside the nation’s capital — to energize and encourage one another before taking to the streets of Washington, in peaceful witness to a sobering fact: The battle against abortion in America is far from over.
Philly priest: New immigration arrest policy threatens freedom to worship January 24, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Religious Freedom, World News A Philadelphia priest has called new Trump administration policies on immigration arrests a threat to the church’s religious freedom and people’s right to worship without fear.
Pope to media: Share hope, build community, shun aggressiveness January 24, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Journalism, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis urged communicators to use their platforms to inspire hope by avoiding aggressive language and rejecting rhetoric that dehumanizes others.
Vatican official asks journalists to share Holy Year hope, grace January 24, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Journalism, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News The hope and grace that come from taking part in a Jubilee celebration is not a personal privilege, but must communicated and shared with others, said Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the chief Vatican organizer of the Holy Year 2025.
Vatican doctrine chief: Cases of spiritual abuse demand clear canon law January 24, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News The Code of Canon Law must more directly address the frequent spiritual manipulation and abuse of office wrought by members of the church to solicit sex, the Vatican’s doctrinal chief said.
Effort to enshrine abortion in Virginia Constitution ‘extreme, radical, deadly,’ say bishops January 24, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, National Black Congress, News, World News The Catholic bishops of Virginia Jan. 21 expressed “alarm and dismay at the aggressive pursuit of enshrining a ‘right'” to abortion in the Virginia Constitution by majorities in the state’s House and Senate.
At National Prayer Vigil for Life, young people challenged ‘to be a light in our culture’ January 24, 2025By Julie Asher OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News In a basilica “adorned with beautiful mosaic art,” the “most impressive” mosaic was “the gathering of people from so many different places coming together to stand for life and to be a light in our culture,” Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kan., said Jan. 23.
Trump orders JFK, RFK, MLK assassination files declassified: ‘Everything will be revealed’ January 24, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, World News President Donald Trump on Jan. 23 signed an executive order directing the declassification of files on the assassinations of former President John F. Kennedy, the nation’s first Catholic president, his brother Sen. Robert Kennedy, and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the famed Civil Rights era leader.
