PHOENIX– With 23 awards from the Catholic Media Association, OSV News became the most-awarded Catholic newswire in 2025, with judges appreciating a vast range of content provided in 2024 by OSV News — from videos and photos to news series, and from national to international and Spanish content.
“I am very proud of the good work that OSV News has done in service to the church over the past two and a half years,” said Gretchen R. Crowe, editor in chief of OSV News.
“The OSV News team has a passion both for excellence and for keeping people informed about what’s happening in the church and the world and why it matters,” she added.
OSV News launched Dec. 31, 2022, as a Catholic news and information service from OSV, a Catholic publishing company headquartered in Huntington, Indiana, and founded in 1912 by Father John Francis Noll to serve the church’s mission by providing professional Catholic news and evangelizing content amid a hostile political and social environment.
As a partner in evangelization, OSV News allows dioceses and other organizations to connect and boost engagement with the faithful through the sharing of timely, trustworthy and accurate news and features stories and commentary that communicate the truth of what is happening in the Catholic Church and around the world.
Here is OSV News’ award-winning coverage:
Hot Topic — 2024 Election
First Place
2024 Election
Kate Scanlon and Kimberley Heatherington
Best Regular Column — General Commentary
Honorable Mention
Amid the Fray
Gregory Erlandson
Best Coverage — Immigration
Second Place
Immigration Coverage
Kate Scanlon, Gina Christian, and Kimberley Heatherington
Best Coverage — Pro-life Issues
Second Place
Pro-Life Issues
Kate Scanlon, Zoey Maraist and Maria Wiering
Best Coverage — Racial Inequities
Honorable Mention
Racial Inequities
Marietha Góngora V., Kimberley Heatherington, and Kate Scanlon
Best Editorial on a National or International Issue — National newspaper or Wire Service
Third Place
Catholics and the Next Four Years
OSV Editorial Board
Honorable Mention
What Has This Election Cost?
OSV Editorial Board
Best Investigative News Writing — National newspaper or Wire Service
First Place
‘Apache Christ’ Icon Removed From New Mexico Mission, Shocking Indigenous Parishioners
Gina Christian
Honorable Mention
Can Voter Lobbying Groups Use ‘Catholic’ in Their Names? Bishops May Have to Decide
Gina Christian and Kate Scanlon
Best News Writing One Shot — International Event
Third Place
Amid Unprecedented Chaos in Haiti, Missionaries Bring Christmas Hope
Eduardo Campos Lima
Best News Writing Series — International Event
Third Place
War in Ukraine Coverage
Gina Christian
Best News Video — Diocesan and National News Organizations
First Place
Archbishop Gudziak Tours Destruction in Ukraine
Gina Christian
Best Personality Profile — National newspaper or Wire Service
Honorable Mention
Staring Down the Devil, Catholic Police Detective Finds Her Refuge in the Eucharist
Tony Gutiérrez
Best Reporting of Social Justice Issues — Dignity and Rights of the Workers
Third Place
Raleigh Catholics Strive to Accompany Migrant Farmworkers in Oft ‘Forgotten’ Counties
Maria-Pia Chin
Best Sports Journalism — Sports News
Third Place
‘Don’t Limit Your Challenges, Challenge Your Limits!’ is Paralympics Takeaway for All
Caroline de Sury
Photographer of the Year
Honorable Mention
Bob Roller
Best Photograph — Feature Photo
Honorable Mention
Blessing the City
Bob Roller
Best Photograph — General News Photo
Third Place
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name
Bob Roller
Best Photograph — Portrait
First Place
You Lookin’ at Me?
Bob Roller
Spanish: Best News Writing — National/International Event
Honorable Mention
Nuncio en EE.UU.: ‘No olviden que hay 65 millones de hispanos en este país, todos de origen católico, pero viven un cambio cultural tremendo’
Marietha Góngora V.
Spanish: Best Reporting on Social Justice Issues — Rights and Responsibilities
First Place
Sanar la mente para sanar el alma: ministerio arquidiocesano trabaja con parroquias para abordar la salud mental
Marietha Góngora V.
Spanish: Best Feature Writing
Second Place
Awake Migrant Abuse – Sobrevivientes arrojan luz sobre el sufrimiento de comunidades inmigrantes frente al abuso en la Iglesia
Maria del Pilar Guzman
Spanish: Best News Writing — Local/Regional Event
First Place
Celebración ‘Honra a tu Madre’: La Virgen de Guadalupe es un ejemplo de comunión, misión y fidelidad
Tony Gutiérrez.
OSV News’ colleagues at Our Sunday Visitor magazine (both OSV News wire service and Our Sunday Visitor magazine are part of the OSV Catholic publishing company) also won multiple recognitions, listed as follows:
Magazine of the Year — National General Interest Magazines
Third Place
Our Sunday Visitor Magazine
Our Sunday Visitor Magazine Staff
Best Essay — National General Interest Magazines
Honorable Mention
Finding your way home
Carla Galdo
Best Interview
Honorable Mention
(Not) Playing God
Father Patrick Briscoe, O.P.
Best Story and Photo Package — By Two Individuals or more
Second Place
Back to the Land (Again)
Nicole Snook and Matthew Lomano
OSV News congratulated all client publications and colleagues from other outlets for their recognition at CMC 2025 in Phoenix. Among them was Scott Warden, who had served as Our Sunday Visitor’s managing editor for the past decade, and won four awards for “Today’s Catholic,” newspaper of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, where he started as editor in chief in 2024.
Warden won first place as Editor of the Year, first place as Photographer of the Year, first place as Writer of the Year and second place for Best Use of Photos in Social Media for the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend along with Joshua Schipper.
