Passion play in Poland’s ‘Valley of Death’ reminder of dark past, invincible Christian hope April 10, 2025By Filip Mazurczak OSV News Filed Under: Lent, News, World News In Bydgoszcz, Poland, a powerful Passion play performed on Palm Sunday is bringing new life to one of World War II’s darkest chapters.
U.S. bishops ask Trump in joint letter to pursue global debt relief in the Jubilee Year April 10, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, World News In a world economy rocked by the whiplash of American trade tariffs that has spared few countries, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Jubilee USA Network, an interfaith development group, have a proposition for President Donald J. Trump: Forgive some debts.
Britain’s royal couple meet Pope Francis at the Vatican April 9, 2025By Cindy Wooden Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Although they postponed their official state visit to the Vatican because of Pope Francis’ health, Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla met privately with the pope April 9, the Vatican press office said.
Holy See warns global nuclear disarmament, AI regulation ‘imperative’ at UN April 9, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: AI, News, Vatican, World News With fear “the driving force” in the current global climate, nations must recommit to nuclear disarmament and the regulation of artificial intelligence, said Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Holy See’s permanent observer to the United Nations.
Supreme Court permits migrant deportations under wartime law, for now April 9, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Supreme Court, World News The Supreme Court issued a ruling April 7 allowing the Trump administration to continue to deport migrants accused of gang membership using a wartime powers law for now, overturning a lower court that had paused such deportations. However, the high court also stressed that individuals subject to such deportations are entitled to judicial review, prompting an emergency filing before a federal court in New York the following day.
Vatican reports progress in flagging suspicious financial activity April 9, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The Vatican bank and other Vatican offices with financial dealings are getting more adept at identifying and stopping suspicious financial activity, according to the Vatican’s Supervisory and Financial Information Authority.
Trump’s Vatican ambassador pick defends foreign aid cuts at confirmation hearing April 9, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: DOGE cuts, News, Vatican, World News Brian Burch, President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, defended the Trump administration’s cuts to foreign aid at a Senate hearing April 8 on his nomination.
CRS advocates ‘Catholic, pro-life vision’ for foreign aid amid USAID shutdown April 9, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: DOGE cuts, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News As the Trump administration moved to formally dissolve the U.S. Agency for International Development, Catholic Relief Services, the overseas charitable arm of the Catholic Church in the U.S., has advocated for U.S. foreign aid to continue on a new path shaped by Catholic principles.
Iraqi Catholic archbishop calls terrorism lawsuit ‘false and defamatory’ April 9, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, World News A Chaldean Catholic archbishop denies claims by an Iraqi-American businesswoman that he “aided and abetted” acts of “international terrorism,” including her alleged kidnapping and torture, amid political infighting and turmoil in Iraq in 2014.
Riches can be burdens, preventing people from following Jesus, pope says April 9, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Jesus loves people as they are, not based on their merit or righteousness, said the text for Pope Francis’ weekly general audience.
Pope Francis calls his envoy to Ukraine; ‘The papal blessing is protecting us, we feel it,’ says local bishop April 9, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News As Ukraine experienced a deadly weekend with a barrage of attacks from Russia on Kryvyi Rih and Kyiv, the capital, the papal almoner handed a gift from Pope Francis — four ambulances — to local authorities in Zaporizhzhia.
Art center continues to promote Rupnik art as alleged survivors hail mosaic coverages April 8, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News As dioceses and shrines are questioning how best to limit the use of artwork created by Slovenian Father Marko Rupnik, who is accused of sexual, spiritual and psychological abuse over three decades, the art center he founded continued to promote his latest mosaics at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Aparecida in Brazil.
