PHILADELPHIA -- They stood feet from Philadelphia's Ben Franklin Bridge as cars and commuter trains blared by, yet about 300 Catholics encountered a night of Catholic faith that looked, sounded and felt like what Benjamin Franklin might have experienced...
ROME -- Pope Leo XIV has named two American bishops as members of the Vatican's highest court, the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura. The bishops, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco and Bishop Edward M. Lohse of...
Of the approximately 30 million viewers of Venerable Fulton J. Sheen's television program "Life Is Worth Living," a large percentage did not identify as Catholic.
Among them is Robert Oppenheim, who will be attending the archbishop's beatification Sept. 24 in...
The Trump administration's move to seize a New Mexico pilgrimage site for border wall construction -- despite religious liberty objections -- continues to be contested in court, as a Texas lawmaker has introduced legislation to stop the takeover.
An attorney...
Cathy Weaver, former Superintendent of Schools for the Diocese of Wilmington, returned home to the Lord on Saturday, July 25, after a long battle with cancer.
Born Catherine Adelaide Patterson, she was the oldest daughter of the late William J. and Mary...
Rev. Roy Fielding Pollard, Jr., age 86, of Newark, DE passed away on July 22, 2026. He was born in Wilmington, Delaware on March 13, 1940, a son of the late Roy and Ada (Hullinger) Pollard.
He received his early...
French top politicians, bishops and family remembered the 85-year-old Father Jacques Hamel 10 years after the priest was murdered by two Islamic terrorists as he was celebrating Mass July 26, 2016, in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, France.
Father Hamel's stole was placed on...
WASHINGTON -- Religious persecution predominantly affecting Christian communities in Nigeria remains a key concern for the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, the commission's new chair told OSV News in a July 24 interview.
Asif Mahmood, who was recently elected...
Pope Leo XIV on July 26 renewed his urgent appeals for peace in the Holy Land and across the Middle East during his Angelus address in Castel Gandolfo, expressing deep concern over the escalating violence and calling for an...
Q: What is the current situation with marriages and the SSPX? I have heard different things about whether or not weddings at SSPX chapels are valid.
A: From the time of Pope Francis' pontificate, there was a fairly limited pathway...