Lovable therapy dog brings serenity, fun to Catholic school every day, one tail wag at a time March 14, 2026By Jay Nies The Catholic Missourian Filed Under: News, Schools, World News Helias Catholic High School’s newly acquired therapy dog brings serenity and fun to every school day, one tail-wag at a time.
Supreme Court asked to end temporary protections for Haitians backed by U.S. bishops March 13, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Supreme Court, World News The Trump administration on March 11 asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pause a ruling by a federal judge that barred the government from ending a program temporarily shielding eligible Haitians living in the U.S. from deportation. The move has been opposed by bishops as “not realistic” given the turmoil in their country of origin.
Birthright citizenship order to impact more than children of migrants, Senate panel hears March 13, 2026By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Supreme Court, World News A Senate subcommittee hearing held March 10 on President Donald Trump’s executive order to restrict access to birthright citizenship guaranteed in the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution examined arguments about what the amendment’s language regarding “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” meant when originally drafted.
Pope’s Robin Hood wraps almoner’s mission and returns to Polish hometown as archbishop March 13, 2026By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, Vatican, World News After 13 years of daring acts of charity that made him break the law in the name of the Gospel and elevate Rome’s homeless to the heart of the Church, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the pope’s “Robin Hood” leaves Rome after nearly three decades to become archbishop of Lódz, Poland.
Pope Leo XIV names Benedictine monk as bishop of Belleville Diocese in Illinois March 13, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV has named Father Godfrey Mullen, a Benedictine monk, as the new bishop of Belleville, Ill.
Bishops’ annual CRS Collection ‘more vital than ever’ amid wars and disasters overseas March 13, 2026By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Giving, News, World News The U.S. bishops’ annual Catholic Relief Services Collection, which helps some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in need in the United States and worldwide, will be taken in most U.S. dioceses at Masses the weekend of March 14-15.
Amid measles uptick, infectious diseases specialist says Church recommends vaccination March 12, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, World News Amid a spike in measles cases in the U.S., an infectious diseases specialist, who is also a Catholic deacon, told OSV News that the Church “has recommended measles vaccination to safeguard the health of children and families.”
Pope Leo XIV points to St. Joseph as an example of the importance of ‘being present’ March 12, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV has highlighted how St. Joseph, who is never directly quoted in the Bible, is an example for Christians of the importance of “being present.”
Pope Leo XIV names Augustinian prelate as new prefect of charity dicastery March 12, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV has named Spanish Augustinian Bishop Luis Marín de San Martín as the new prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, reassigning Cardinal Konrad Krajewski to serve as archbishop of his home diocese in his native Poland.
U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is failing the Church’s just war test, bishops warn March 12, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Since the start of the U.S. and Israel’s war on Iran, some U.S. Catholic bishops have highlighted Church teaching on what constitutes a “just war” — with one cardinal flatly declaring the current conflict fails to meet the necessary criteria, and is therefore “morally illegitimate.”
Pope Leo XIV meets with evacuated Tehran cardinal as U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran continue March 12, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV met privately March 11 with the cardinal archbishop of Tehran after the Belgian-born prelate was evacuated from Iran amid U.S. and Israeli military strikes on the country.
‘Rebirth’ art project offers counternarrative for Father Rupnik accusers, abuse survivors March 12, 2026By Sarah Mac Donald OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Child & Youth Protection, News, World News A major new artwork dedicated to the victims of spiritual and sexual abuse in the church is to be displayed at locations where disgraced priest artist Father Marko Rupnik’s mosaics are still exhibited.
