U.S. cardinals call for ‘genuinely moral foreign policy for our nation’ January 19, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Conflict in the Caribbean, Feature, News, World News Three U.S. cardinals have issued a joint statement urging the creation of a “genuinely moral foreign policy for our nation,” as the U.S. faces “the most profound and searing debate about the moral foundation for America’s actions in the world since the end of the Cold War.”
Archbishop Broglio: ‘Morally acceptable’ for troops to disobey ‘morally questionable’ orders on Greenland January 19, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, World News The head of the U.S. military archdiocese said in a Jan. 18 radio interview that U.S. soldiers could in good conscience disobey orders to participate in an invasion of Greenland.
Pope ‘deeply saddened’ by deadly high-speed train collision in Spain January 19, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV expressed his condolences to the families of victims of a devastating accident in which two high-speed trains collided in southern Spain’s Andalucia region.
Charges for pro-life activists over disruption at abortion clinic dismissed in plea deal January 19, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Six pro-life activists, most of them Catholics, arrested last year for disrupting the activities of an abortion clinic in Pennsylvania as part of a Red Rose Rescue, have had their charges dismissed in a plea deal.
Pope Leo warns against chasing approval, calls for deeper spiritual focus January 19, 2026By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Approval, public consensus and visibility are often given undue importance in modern society, shaping how people think, behave and even understand themselves, Pope Leo XIV warned in his Jan. 18 Angelus address. That focus, he warned, can lead to personal suffering, social division and relationships that are fragile and ultimately disappointing.
March for Life 2026 challenges abortion with message ‘Life Is a Gift’ January 19, 2026By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The 2026 national March for Life promises to bring tens of thousands of pro-life Americans to the nation’s capital to celebrate the beauty of every human person, born and unborn, with the theme “Life Is a Gift.”
Wisconsin bishop invites faithful to share stories of Marian visionary Adele Brice January 18, 2026By Patricia Kasten OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News A formal inquiry of a 19th-century Belgian-American immigrant woman who witnessed three apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary has begun in the Diocese of Green Bay.
USCCB president exhorts faithful to heed MLK’s call to be ‘a drum major for justice’ January 18, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Marking the Jan. 19 Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U.S. bishops’ conference, urged Catholics to reflect on how they are called to be “drum majors for justice” in their own communities.
Mexican Catholics push ahead with peace efforts as violence plagues country January 18, 2026By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: News, World News Mexico’s Catholic leaders have urged the country’s political leaders to listen to victims of violence, seek input from all sectors of society and work together toward pacifying the country as the nation confronts rampant insecurity.
Notre Dame reports success of guaranteed basic income program — will it go national? January 17, 2026By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, Social Justice, World News Guaranteed basic income, also known as universal basic income, is one of the more contested threads in America’s social safety net — the network of state and federal government programs designed to insulate citizens from economic hardship.
Notre Dame’s $50M grant aims to bring faith-based ethics to AI future in big way January 17, 2026By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, World News The University of Notre Dame recently received from the Lilly Endowment a $50.8 million grant — the largest given by a private foundation in the school’s history — to support the DELTA Network, a faith-based approach to AI ethics launched in September 2025.
Capuchin friar who was one of last people with direct ties to Padre Pio dies at age 85 January 16, 2026By OSV News The Dialog Filed Under: News, Saints, World News Capuchin Franciscan Father John Aurilia — the former assistant to St. Padre Pio whose final interview last October on the Wilmington’s Diocese’s Catholic Forum broke records as it was viewed nearly 300,000 times — died Jan. 13 in Wilmington. He was 85.
