Expectant mom seeking political asylum in U.S. urges protection of birthright citizenship June 9, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News An asylum-seeker in the U.S. from Cuba told OSV News that she is spending the final part of her pregnancy on bedrest amid anxiety about her unborn child’s future due to an executive order signed by President Donald Trump that would bar her child from U.S. citizenship.
Holy Spirit fosters unity, peace, justice, pope says at Pentecost vigil June 9, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News On the eve of Pentecost, Pope Leo XIV prayed that the Holy Spirit would help Catholic lay associations, movements and communities live the Gospel before trying to preach it and would be a force for unity in the church and in the world.
Nicene Creed presents ‘the mystery that unites’ Christians, pope says June 9, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News Recognizing the essential tenets of faith that Catholics and Orthodox share should be the lens through which they discuss the issues that continue to separate them, Pope Leo XIV said.
The origins of our sacred creeds June 9, 2025By D.D. Emmons OSV News Filed Under: News, World News, Worship & Sacraments Every Sunday through the Nicene Creed, we Catholics profess our faith in Jesus Christ and express our complete conviction to the divine persons of the Most Holy Trinity.
Inspired by millennial soon-to-be-saint, Irish teens created animated Lego-Carlo Acutis film June 8, 2025By Sarah Mac Donald OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, Saints, World News In rural Limerick, three teenage brothers are turning Lego into a tool for evangelization as Blessed Carlo Acutis continues to inspire a new generation of digital evangelists.
Villanova athletes inspired that pope keeps tabs on how his alma mater’s teams fare June 8, 2025By John Knebels OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, Sports, Vatican, World News When discovering that Pope Leo the sports fan has supported their school’s athletic journeys for the past half-century, Villanova students — especially the athletes — united in rampant celebration.
Guide to the ecumenical councils of the church June 8, 2025By D.D. Emmons OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Many sacred beliefs of our Catholic faith can be traced to the 21 ecumenical councils held since the fourth century.
Indiana Catholic shares story of his life-changing bond with friend who is now Pope Leo June 7, 2025By John Shaughnessy OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, Vocations, World News The trip to Villanova convinced Bickel of his desire to be an Augustinian priest. It also gave him his first extensive look into the heart and soul of the future pope, a glimpse that has turned into a revelation about his friend through the years — and the way he believes Pope Leo will approach his papacy.
Fathers of the Church: The Latin (or Western) Fathers June 7, 2025By D.D. Emmons Filed Under: News, Saints, World News The Fathers helped define, establish and promote the dogmas of the Catholic faith. They not only explained and advanced Christianity, but they stood against those who would defame, deny or exploit our Lord, Jesus Christ.
St. Athanasius, staunch defender of truth at Nicaea and beyond June 6, 2025By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News St. Athanasius (296-373) was perhaps the staunchest defender of the truth about Jesus Christ in this age: that he was truly the Son of God, being fully God and fully man. Arius’ heresy had attracted many followers, many of whom were bishops.
As first U.S.-born pontiff, Pope Leo may be ‘more attuned’ to polarization issue, analysts say June 6, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV, as the first U.S.-born pope, may bring unique insight to the problem of polarization in the U.S. and in the U.S. church, analysts told OSV News.
With an Augustinian in chair of St. Peter, order sees growing interest in vocations June 6, 2025By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, Vocations, World News The Augustinian order has been in the spotlight since May 8, the day one of its own was elected pope. Interest in Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the United States, has been steady, and so have the inquiries into joining the U.S. provinces of the men’s Order of St. Augustine.
