Franciscans in the Holy Land ask support through Good Friday collection April 12, 2025By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Giving, News, World News While pilgrimages to the Holy Land have been few and far between in the past 18 months, hundreds of Franciscan friars celebrate Mass at the sites associated with the life of Jesus each day and continue to support the local Christian populations.
Two popes who built St. Peter’s Basilica face each other fully restored April 11, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Vatican, World News Two popes who played instrumental roles in building the world’s largest church now gaze at one another with renewed clarity in the apse of St. Peter’s Basilica.
U.S. bishops support bill easing immigrant religious workers’ path to permanent residency April 11, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vocations, World News The U.S. bishops on April 10 told congressional lawmakers they support bipartisan legislation that would ease some immigration restrictions on religious workers from other countries, allowing them to stay in the U.S. while they wait for permanent residency.
Papal preacher: Faith in Resurrection means not clinging to the past April 11, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Lent, News, Vatican, World News The temptation to cling to the past — to hold on to what was, including something sacred — can keep believers from truly embracing the hope offered by the risen Christ, said the preacher of the papal household.
Pope’s visit to basilica is sign of improved health, press office says April 11, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis’ surprise visit to St. Peter’s Basilica to pray and see ongoing restoration work is a clear sign that his condition is improving, the Vatican press office said.
God fills 6,000 pilgrims ‘with his graces’ as they take to LA streets with prayer, witness April 11, 2025By Mike Cisneros OSV News Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, World News When the 6,000 pilgrims arrived at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels after a sun-drenched, seven-mile morning walk April 5, they had to face one last challenge: fitting in their destination.
Aiding migrants ‘goes against the tide’ today, top Jesuit says April 11, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Using forced deportations and detainment to deal with migration is “a scandal,” said Jesuit Father Arturo Sosa, superior general of the Jesuits.
Registration opens for 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage events in 10 states April 11, 2025By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, World News Public events for each leg of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage have been posted and registration for participation is open, event organizers announced April 10.
In historic Assisi, pilgrims seek modern witness of holiness April 11, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Individual devotees, pilgrim groups and students on school field trips visited Blessed Carlo’s tomb in the church, which stands next to the site where St. Francis famously stripped off his fine clothing to embrace a life poverty.
Air pollution link to fetal, maternal problems calls for a Catholic lens April 11, 2025By Peter Finney Jr. OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The Catholic health conference, four years in the making, was cosponsored by the Catholic Climate Covenant, the Jesuits’ USA Central and Southern Province, the Loyola Institute for Ministry and Rise St. James Louisiana, a community watchdog group that advocates for environmental justice in towns along the Mississippi River teeming with petrochemical facilities.
Napa conference examines ‘the good, the bad’ of the new Trump administration April 10, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Catholic Social Teaching, Feature, News, World News A second Trump administration could present both challenges and opportunities for issue areas related to Catholic social teaching, bishops and policymakers said at the Napa Institute Citizens of Faith Conference on April 9.
Judge issues split decision on Illinois law opposed by pro-life pregnancy centers April 10, 2025By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Respect Life, World News In a split ruling, a federal judge in Illinois permanently blocked a provision of the state’s 2016 Health Care Right of Conscience Act, which attorneys representing pro-life doctors and the state’s 100 pregnancy resource centers said would compel their clients “to promote pro-abortion talking points with women in need.”
