Pope Leo XIV offered prayers for the victims of devastating twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela as the death toll continues to climb and rescuers race to save people trapped under collapsed buildings.
Speaking to pilgrims gathered outside St. Peter's Square...
By Courtney Mares, OSV News
ROME -- Cardinals from around the world wrapped up a two-day extraordinary consistory on June 27 saying Pope Leo XIV's initiative of convening the College of Cardinals twice in six months has already had one...
"The One and the Ninety-Nine: Forging Identity in the Age of Social Contagion"
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A sea of blue and gold hats and jerseys at a football game. Friendship bracelets at a Taylor Swift concert....
Note: this column is adapted from the sixth chapter of the author's book, "Citizens Yet Strangers: Living Authentically Catholic in a Divided America" (OSV Books 2024).
"We hold these truths to be self-evident," declared the Continental Congress in 1776, "that...
On this edition of Catholic Forum, Tyler Kulp, Associate Superintendent of Schools for the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington joins the show to discuss his upcoming mission trip to a remote region of Africa with with Water is Life Kenya.
Water...
Q: I try to have a Mass said for my deceased grandparents every year around the anniversary of their deaths. But this year, my parish said their Mass intention calendar is very full, and people are requesting dates as...
VATICAN CITY -- Opening the first day of his second consistory with cardinals from around the world, Pope Leo XIV condemned war as "never blessed by God" while urging the Church's leaders to embrace a style of listening and...
ROME -- Four American archbishops have traveled to Rome to receive the pallium from Pope Leo XIV on the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, joining newly appointed metropolitan archbishops from around the world in a centuries-old tradition.
The pallium,...
A former Wisconsin priest charged with child enticement, attempted sexual assault and possession of child sex abuse material has been laicized.
Andrew Showers "has been released from the rights, duties, and obligations of the clerical state," said Bishop Donald J....
WASHINGTON-- The Department of Justice's Religious Liberty Commission on June 26 will present a draft of its report to President Donald Trump, he said during comments at the Faith & Freedom Coalition's 2026 Road to Majority Conference.
The draft report,...