Colorado diocesan-sponsored clergy peer support, resiliency program believed to be first in nation March 7, 2026By Sheryl Tirol OSV News Filed Under: News, Vocations, World News When Deacon Ernie Martinez took on his role as director of deacons for the Archdiocese of Denver three years ago, he brought with him an insight few clergy possess: 40 years of experience with the Denver Police Department, where he witnessed firsthand how peer support could save lives.
‘Underbelly of the AI industry’: Panel explores data centers’ ecological, economic impacts March 6, 2026By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: AI, Environment, News, World News The explosion of massive data centers to handle the increasing generative demands of artificial intelligence have placed high demands on both power and the water used in cooling systems — millions of gallons per day — and low-income communities have typically endured the brunt of the air pollution they create. This was the topic of a March 5 webinar, “The Growing Impacts of Data Centers on Our Neighbors and God’s Creation,” hosted by the Washington-based Catholic Climate Covenant.
Vatican hosted its own mini Paralympics half a century before Games’ official start March 6, 2026By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Sports, Vatican, World News More than 50 years before the first Paralympic Games were held in 1960 in Rome, the Vatican had already hosted what might have been the very first international sporting and gymnastics event with athletes living with disabilities.
Polish officer gives Christian witness at White House ceremony March 6, 2026By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: News, World News When President Donald Trump on March 2 posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor to U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael H. Ollis during a White House ceremony, the recognition did more than honor a battlefield hero.
As Middle East chaos grows, Jerusalem abbey becomes refuge for prayer, interfaith solidarity March 6, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News Amid the escalating chaos of another war in the Middle East, Benedictine Father Nikodemus Schnabel said the abbey where he resides has become an “island of hope in an ocean of suffering” where even people of different faiths have found refuge.
San Antonio archbishop: Profit, politics play roles in inhumane migrant treatment March 6, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Days after a meeting among several Catholic bishops serving along both sides of the Texas-Mexico border — a regular gathering for the “Tex-Mex” bishops — OSV News spoke with Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of San Antonio to explore his thoughts on the impact of the Trump administration’s sustained crackdown on migration.
Historian reflects on Michelangelo’s ‘Last Judgement’ with Sistine Chapel restoration underway March 6, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Vatican, World News The Vatican Museums announced that restoration work has begun on Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgement” in the Sistine Chapel, a fresco an art historian describes as “a clarion call to the cardinals of what it means to be Catholic.”
Grassroots Dorothea Project urges Catholic women to speak against immigration-related injustice March 6, 2026By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Katie Holler, a social worker from Steubenville, Ohio, launched the Dorothea Project, a women’s action and advocacy group dedicated to educating the public about Catholic social teaching, with the mission of empowering communities “to speak truth and act in defense of vulnerable people whenever human rights and human dignity are violated.”
Pope Leo XIV meets with authors of book on Latin Mass in U.S. March 6, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments Pope Leo XIV met two sociologists on March 5 who have co-authored a book on Catholics who attend the traditional Latin Mass in the United States.
With Noem out, Catholic immigration advocates call for change in administration immigration policy March 5, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Catholic immigration advocates are calling for change at the Department of Homeland Security after President Donald Trump announced March 5 that Kristi Noem is leaving her post. President Trump announced that he had chosen Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., to replace her as secretary.
Pope Leo XIV prays for leaders to ‘abandon projects of death’ in peace prayer video March 5, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Caribbean, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV prayed for world leaders to “abandon projects of death” in a video message released by the Vatican on March 5 calling on people around the world to pray for peace.
Lebanon’s Eastern Catholic patriarchs, bishops call for ‘spiral of violence’ to end March 5, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News The Assembly of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops in Lebanon issued a statement March 5 in which they called “for an immediate halt to the spiral of violence” currently taking place in the Middle East and urged “a return to constructive dialogue and responsible diplomatic action, grounded in the pursuit of the common good of peoples who long for a peaceful life founded on justice and dignity.”
