University of Notre Dame places female rector on leave following anonymous online abuse allegations July 11, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The University of Notre Dame is investigating anonymous allegations of abuse posted online regarding a campus rector of a women’s residence hall.
Father Marquette: A priest-explorer who mapped the Mississippi July 10, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The waters of the Straits of Mackinac between Lake Huron and Lake Michigan present themselves in beautifully variegated blues. Dark indigo, rich cobalt and bright turquoise greet the passenger ferries as they sail toward the pebbled shoreline of Mackinac Island. As the boats near the docks, the well-kept, sloping green lawn of Marquette Park comes into view.
New documentary brings ‘farm boy’ martyr Blessed Stanley Rother to wider Church July 10, 2026By Tony Gutierrez OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News Francisco Bocel remembers the night three assassins forced him to bring them to Father Stanley Rother. Bocel shared how he still carries that traumatic moment with him — one of many being featured — in an upcoming documentary on the life of the slain priest.
Our Lady of Gietrzwald mosaic unveiled in Vatican Gardens ahead of 2027 Jubilee July 10, 2026By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Marian Devotion, News, Vatican, World News A new mosaic of Our Lady of Gietrzwald was inaugurated in the Vatican Gardens in a June 30 ceremony attended by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, and Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda, president of the Polish bishops’ conference, who said the installation could deepen ties between Poland and the Holy See.
Women who say they experienced harm from abortion pill push Blanche to settle suit on FDA policy July 9, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Ahead of an upcoming hearing on his nomination to lead the Department of Justice, a national pro-life group urged Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche to side with states challenging a federal policy permitting mifepristone, sometimes called the abortion pill, to be dispensed through the mail.
El-Obeid: Brave witness of the Sudanese Church in a city under siege July 9, 2026By Fredrick Nzwili OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News In a decision described as a brave and generous witness of fidelity to his little flock, Bishop Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali is staying on in the Sudanese city of El-Obeid, even as organizations warned that the North Kordofan’s state capital was increasingly being encircled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, and its allies.
Cause for novelist Sigrid Undset’s canonization expected to open in fall July 9, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Preparations are underway in Norway to open a canonization cause for the Nobel Prize-winning novelist Sigrid Undset, Bishop Fredrik Hansen of Oslo announced July 8.
Canada’s Catholics await high court decision on religious liberty and Bill 21 July 9, 2026By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News In Canada’s province of Québec, Bill 21, officially known as “An Act Respecting the Laicity of the State,” prohibits public servants in positions of authority — such as teachers, police officers, and government lawyers and judges — from wearing religious symbols at work. The law also extends the ban to staff at subsidized day cares, private schools and professional development centers.
Popular podcaster Father Mike Schmitz unpacks Christ’s Gospel parables, offers fresh insights July 9, 2026By Tom Tracy OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Father Mike Schmitz entered the green room of the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale with his characteristic warm smile — and an extra bounce in his step.
Cardinal: God is smiling on Washington Archdiocese ‘with intense love’ as auxiliaries ordained July 9, 2026By Richard Szczepanowski OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Promising to “guard the deposit of faith pure and entire” and to “encourage the holy people of God and to guide them in the way of salvation,” Bishop Gary R. Studniewski and Bishop Robert P. Boxie III were ordained July 7 as auxiliary bishops of the Archdiocese of Washington.
Supreme Court strikes down some Trump priorities, but expands presidential power July 8, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court ended its 2025-2026 term with major rulings striking down President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship, and upholding West Virginia and Idaho state laws requiring student athletes to compete on sports teams that correspond to their biological sex rather than their self-identified gender.
When the American pope comes for July 4 dinner, here’s what happens July 8, 2026By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: America's 250th anniversary, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV marked the United States’ 250th anniversary with a relaxed July 4 dinner at the Rome residence of U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Brian Burch, offering a rare glimpse of the first U.S.-born pope in an informal setting.
