Pope saddened by loss of life in streetcar derailment in Portugal that killed 17 September 4, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV expressed condolences to victims and their families after the derailment of Lisbon’s historic funicular streetcar Elevador da Glória, which caused the death of over a dozen people.
Pope meets Israeli president, discusses ‘tragic’ situation in Gaza September 4, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, World News As Israeli military operations in Gaza continued, Pope Leo XIV met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the Vatican.
Buried in Assisi, new saint is ‘true disciple’ of St. Francis, rector says September 4, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Saints, World News Soon-to-be St. Carlo Acutis is a fresh “shoot” budding from the 800-year-old spiritual “vine” of Sts. Francis and Clare in Assisi, said the rector of the shrine housing the millennial teenager’s tomb.
Analysis: With school choice tax credit, Catholic schools could rise, but challenges remain September 4, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Schools, World News Effective school choice programs require — at a minimum — a combination of access, availability, leadership and communication.
Norway: Bishops ‘troubled’ by growing support for euthanasia September 4, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News The growing acceptance of euthanasia in Norway represents a troubling trend that threatens the protection of human life and dignity from conception to natural death, Norwegian bishops said.
Vance, second lady lay flowers at memorial commemorating victims of Annunciation school shooting September 3, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, visited Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis Sept. 3 and laid flowers at the temporary memorial where two children were killed and 21 other people were injured in an Aug. 27 shooting.
Abortion is never medically necessary, ‘even in an emergency,’ experts say September 3, 2025By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News Abortion — an act performed with the sole or primary intent of ending human life in the womb — is never medically necessary, according to medical doctors and Catholic experts on the issue.
Decline in Nicaragua church attacks attributed to clergy, religious not allowed to report them September 3, 2025By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News Attacks on the Catholic Church in Nicaragua have fallen in 2025, but a report on church persecution in the Central American county attributes the decline to few priests and religious reporting the crimes and harassment committed against them and church property.
Bishop blesses hospitalized 12-year-old Annunciation shooting victim still in critical condition September 3, 2025By Joe Ruff OSV News Filed Under: Gun Violence, News, World News Blessing her forehead and both hands with holy water from Lourdes, France, as she lay unconscious in a hospital bed in Minneapolis, Auxiliary Bishop Michael J. Izen of St. Paul and Minneapolis prayed for 12-year-old Sophia Forchas, left in critical condition with head injuries when bullets tore through Annunciation’s church in Minneapolis one week before.
Ukrainian Catholic leaders condemn assassination of Ukrainian lawmaker September 3, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, War in Ukraine, World News Leaders of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church have condemned the assassination of a Ukrainian politician who was instrumental to that nation’s post-Soviet independence, as authorities investigate the killer’s ties to Russian intelligence.
Pope appeals for end to conflict in Sudan, open paths for aid September 3, 2025By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV publicly called on the leaders of Sudan’s warring factions to negotiate an end to the violence and to ensure aid can reach desperate civilians.
Add your prayers to this spiritual bouquet for Pope Leo XIV’s 70th September 3, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV turns 70 on Sept. 14, and OSV News is celebrating by gathering a host of prayers into a very special “spiritual birthday bouquet” for the Holy Father. The best part? Everyone can participate.
