Amid shift in public opinion on immigration, Catholic advocates praise bipartisan attempt at reform August 2, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Catholic immigration advocates praised the bipartisan effort behind the reintroduction of legislation in Congress that would give legal status to some eligible immigrants who currently lack legal authorization to be in the U.S.
Planned Parenthood defunding remains in question amid legal challenges August 1, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News Whether Planned Parenthood will ultimately be stripped of its federal funding remained in question amid ongoing lawsuits over a provision in President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda that would cut those funds for one year.
Experts see US UNESCO exit as blow to historic preservation for churches, other sites August 1, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News The Trump administration’s recent decision to withdraw the U.S. from the United Nations’ cultural agency comes just weeks ahead of a Catholic UNESCO World Heritage site anniversary celebration — and the exit stands to erode historic preservation efforts more broadly, experts told OSV News.
Thousands visit Blessed Frassati’s remains in Rome for Jubilee of Youth August 1, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Volunteers watching over the relics of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati gently placed items from the faithful on top of his casket to make a third-class relic for the visitors to the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, near Rome’s Pantheon, one afternoon during the Jubilee of Youth.
Young teen’s relics a reminder for pilgrims that holiness ‘is not impossible’ August 1, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Along one of Rome’s busiest streets, Via del Corso, traffic moves slowly as hundreds of pilgrims crisscross traffic on foot to get to their destination.
Court dismisses case against prominent exorcist priest August 1, 2025By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A criminal case against a popular evangelist and exorcist was dismissed July 30.
Against the odds, CRS has delivered aid to 1.7 million in Gaza since 2023 August 1, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Disaster Relief, Feature, News, World News Despite daunting odds, Catholic Relief Services and its on-the-ground partners have managed to deliver aid to 1.7 million people in Gaza since 2023, according to new data.
Pope paves way for St. John Henry Newman to be formally named doctor of the church July 31, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Pope paves way for St. John Henry Newman to be formally named doctor of the church
Volkswagen’s Brazil ranch probed for human trafficking; Catholic priest exposed it July 31, 2025By Eduardo Campos Lima OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A decades-long fight for justice in Brazil may be nearing a historic verdict. A judge is expected to rule soon on whether German automaker Volkswagen is guilty of using slave labor at a cattle ranch it owned in the Amazon rainforest during the 1970s. A Catholic priest first denounced the alleged crimes against workers and tirelessly fought for justice.
Festival of digital missionaries celebrates faithful witness in the digital age July 30, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News Rome’s historic Risorgimento Square, built in the 19th century in honor of the unification of Italy, has always been a gateway to Vatican City with countless pilgrims, tourists, and locals passing through it on their way to St. Peter’s Basilica.
US prelates head to Japan on ‘Pilgrimage of Peace’ amid nuclear fears old and new July 30, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki — and as renewed nuclear threats emerge in current conflicts — several U.S. Catholic bishops will travel to Japan on a “Pilgrimage of Peace.”
World will hear young people’s joy, shouting for peace on earth, pope says July 30, 2025By Carol Glatz OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News The enthusiastic joy of young people, who love Jesus and want all wars to stop, will be heard to the ends of the earth, Pope Leo XIV said, welcoming tens of thousands of cheering young men and women to Rome for their Jubilee.
