Trump administration moves to reinstate VA health policy fully excluding abortion August 4, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News The Trump administration said Aug. 1 it would revoke its predecessor’s policy rule that included abortion as a covered health benefit for veterans and their dependents, and return to a policy of fully excluding abortion and abortion-counseling.
Mass celebrated at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ for detained Catholic migrants August 4, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News The Archdiocese of Miami celebrated the first Mass for detainees at “Alligator Alcatraz,” the Trump administration’s controversial immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades.
Lebanese Catholic clergy commemorate Beirut port explosion victims five years later August 4, 2025By Dale Gavlak OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News Lebanon’s Catholic clergy celebrated a commemorative Mass and held a vigil in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, remembering those who perished five years earlier, on Aug. 4, 2020, in the catastrophic Beirut port explosion.
Pope offers prayers after shipwreck of migrant boat off Yemen August 4, 2025By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News As emergency workers searched for survivors and tried to recuperate the bodies of the dead, Pope Leo XIV offered his prayers for people impacted by the latest shipwreck of a migrant boat off the coast of Yemen.
Generative AI poses new threats of child sexual abuse, experts say August 4, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News With Pope Leo XIV prioritizing the issue of artificial intelligence, one expert warned OSV News that generative AI poses serious — and largely unaddressed — threats to child safety, by accelerating the creation and distribution of child sex abuse material, or CSAM.
The three questions young people asked Pope Leo XIV — and his answers August 4, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News, Youth Ministry After beginning the vigil with prayers, the pope engaged in a dialogue with several young people who asked him three questions.
Don’t settle for less; God is waiting to transform your life, pope tells youth August 4, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News, Youth Ministry The fullness of life depends on how much one joyfully welcomes and shares in life while also living with a constant yearning for those things that only come from God, Pope Leo XIV told young people.
Pope Leo stands with youth in Gaza, Ukraine, calls for dialogue, not war August 4, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News, Youth Ministry In a message of solidarity and peace, Pope Leo XIV said the Catholic Church stands with young people suffering in war-torn areas, including Gaza and Ukraine.
Catholic bioethicist raises ethical concerns with ‘three parent embryos’ August 3, 2025By Charlie Camosy OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News While the Catholic Church has consistently voiced major ethical concerns over in vitro fertilization, or IVF, there are now many additional ethical issues to address as modern science continues to explore areas of human reproduction, including with the creation of “three parent” embryos in an effort to prevent mitochondrial disease.
Brave new classroom: Catholic schools nationwide integrate AI into teaching plans August 3, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: News, Scouting, World News The modern educational toolkit, of both teachers and students, now includes the use of artificial intelligence. Experts and teachers from coast-to-coast told OSV News AI is poised to transform Catholic education.
Brian Burch confirmed as U.S. ambassador to the Holy See August 3, 2025By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News In a rare Saturday session, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Brian Burch, President Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, in a vote of 49-44 along party lines Aug. 2.
Pope Leo urges youth to find hope, friendship in Christ in uncertain times August 3, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News Addressing an estimated 1 million young people, Pope Leo XIV urged them to forge genuine relationships rooted in Christ rather than ephemeral online connections that can reduce individuals to a commodity.
