Dominicans who care for poor cancer patients sue over state's transgender mandates
HAWTHORNE, N.Y. (OSV News) -- The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, who operate a 42-bed nursing home that provides palliative care for the dying poor, are...
Read MoreHAWTHORNE, N.Y. (OSV News) -- The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, who operate a 42-bed nursing home that provides palliative care for the dying poor, are...
Read More(OSV News) -- The Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation announced a series of initiatives across several continents that will take place throughout...
Read More(OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV sent a letter to the College of Cardinals thanking them for their participation in the January consistory and preparing the...
Read MoreCHICAGO (OSV News) -- A federal appellate court in Chicago heard oral arguments April 10 in a case challenging an Illinois law that compels pro-life physicians...
Read MoreROXBURY -- Hace dos años, la Parroquia de San Patricio en Roxbury realizó una vigilia eucarística de 24 horas para el hijo del feligrés...
Read MoreMATTAPAN -- Marise Pierre-Louis Simon no conoció a su padre hasta que tuvo 26 años. Su padre, un político y candidato presidencial en su...
Read MoreEl Arzobispo Richard G. Henning anunció el 13 de marzo que ha nombrado al Padre Christopher K. O'Connor como rector de la Catedral de la Santa Cruz....
Read MoreEste es el segundo artículo de una serie que perfila a los cinco hombres que serán ordenados al sacerdocio para la Arquidiócesis de Boston...
Read MoreWALPOLE -- Algunos de los estudiantes se dirigen a él como "Santo Padre", otros "Su Santidad", otros "Papa Leo XIV", y algunos simplemente "Papa Leo". Algunos...
Read MoreBRAINTREE -- El Arzobispo Richard G. Henning asistió a la Vigilia de Pascua en la Catedral Ortodoxa Griega de la Anunciación de Nueva Inglaterra...
Read MoreNEW YORK (OSV News) Beginning in 2013, a fact-based British drama series about a gang that wielded power in the Midlands city of Birmingham in the...
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Read MoreNEW YORK (OSV News) For the price of a movie ticket, viewers can enjoy a brief sojourn in the Italian countryside thanks to director Kat Coiro's...
Read MoreROXBURY -- Two years ago, St. Patrick Parish in Roxbury held a 24-hour Eucharistic vigil for the son of parishioner John Barros. Barros's son was dying...
Read MorePHILADELPHIA -- Catholic bishops and lay leaders across the political spectrum are expressing their shock and disapproval following President Donald Trump's...
Read MoreMATTAPAN -- Marise Pierre-Louis Simon did not meet her father until she was 26 years old. Her father, a politician and presidential candidate in their...
Read MoreArchbishop Richard G. Henning announced March 13 that he has appointed Father Christopher K. O'Connor as rector of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross....
Read MoreThis is the second article in a series profiling the five men who will be ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Boston at the Cathedral of...
Read MoreWALPOLE -- Some of the students address him as "Holy Father," others "Your Holiness," others "Pope Leo XIV," and some simply "Pope Leo." Some of their...
Read MoreBRAINTREE -- Archbishop Richard G. Henning attended the Easter Vigil at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral of New England in Boston on April 11,...
Read MoreBorn in Montpelier, Vermont, on May 23, 1935, the only child of the late John and Irma (Bianchi) Gariboldi, Father Ronald J. Gariboldi was raised in Lynn...
Read MoreYAUNDÉ, Camerún (OSV News) -- El Papa León XIV brindó alegría a 64 niños huérfanos y abandonados, cuando visitó...
Read MoreYAUNDÉ, Camerún (OSV News) -- El Papa León XIV llegó a Camerún el 15 de abril y lanzó un enérgico llamado a la paz a...
Read MoreANNABA, ARGELIA (CNS) -- En un país marcado por las penurias, una fe profunda y una independencia ganada a duras penas, el Papa León XIV señaló...
Read MoreA BORDO DEL VUELO PAPAL A YAOUNDÉ, Camerún (OSV News) -- El Papa León XIV conversó con los periodistas a bordo del avión papal...
Read More(OSV News) -- The Trump administration has canceled an $11 million contract with Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami for sheltering unaccompanied...
Read MoreBAMENDA, Cameroon (OSV News) -- A religious sister in Cameroon who was kidnapped just a few months ago by separatists and held hostage for three days in...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Shortly after Vice President JD Vance appeared to warn Pope Leo XIV to "be careful" when speaking about theology and taking issue...
Read More(OSV News) -- More U.S. Catholic bishops are speaking out in defense of Pope Leo XIV after President Donald Trump began denouncing the pope at length on...
Read MoreYAOUNDÉ, Cameroon (OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV arrived in Cameroon on April 15, delivering a forceful appeal for peace to a nation scarred by years...
Read More(OSV News) -- A number of Catholic organizations are speaking out in defense of Pope Leo XIV, as President Donald Trump doubled down on his harsh criticism...
Read MoreABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO YAOUNDE, Cameroon (OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV spoke to journalists aboard the papal plane on April 15 on the five-hour flight...
Read MoreANNABA, ALGERIA (CNS) -- In a country marred by hardship, deep faith and hard-won independence, Pope Leo XIV pointed to Algeria as a living witness to...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (OSV News) -- More than a year after President Donald Trump pardoned 23 pro-life activists convicted of violating the federal Freedom of Access...
Read More(OSV News) -- Dos obispos estadounidenses, que lideran los esfuerzos de los obispos católicos de EE.UU. en materia de defensa de la vida y migración,...
Read More(OSV News) -- Tres cardenales estadounidenses expresaron su preocupación por la guerra en Irán, las deportaciones masivas y otros temas en una...
Read MoreARGEL (OSV News) -- El Papa León XIV honró la memoria de los mártires cristianos de Argelia el lunes por la noche y dijo a la pequeña...
Read MoreA BORDO DEL VUELO PAPAL A ARGEL (OSV News) -- El Papa León XIV dijo el 13 de abril que no teme a la administración del presidente Donald Trump...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (OSV News) -- At the capstone hearing of the Department of Justice's Religious Liberty Commission April 13, commissioners considered testimony...
Read MoreBAMENDA, Cameroon (OSV News) -- Cameroon is abuzz with anticipation as the nation prepares to welcome the pontiff for the fourth time in the country's...
Read MorePHILADELPHIA (OSV News) -- Catholic bishops and lay leaders across the political spectrum are expressing their shock and disapproval following President...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (OSV News) -- President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House April 13 that he will not apologize to Pope Leo XIV after the president...
Read MoreALGIERS (OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV honored the memory of Algeria's Christian martyrs Monday evening, telling the country's tiny Catholic community that...
Read More(OSV News) -- As Pope Leo XIV makes his first apostolic journey to Africa April 13-23, some scholars of the Church's past are hoping he won't just make...
Read More(OSV News) -- Two U.S. bishops, who lead the U.S. Catholic bishops' efforts on pro-life and migration concerns, have advised the new head of the Department...
Read More(OSV News) -- Lebanese Christians are reeling from the death and destruction wrought on their community, caught in the crossfire between Israel and Lebanon's...
Read MoreALGIERS (OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV arrived in Algeria on the morning of April 13, becoming the first pope to make an apostolic journey to the North Africa...
Read MoreABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO ALGIERS (OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV said April 13 he has "no fear" of President Donald Trump's administration and responded to...
Read More(OSV News) --- A continuación se presenta el texto completo de la reflexión del Papa León XIV en la Vigilia de Oración por la Paz,...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (OSV News) -- President Donald Trump lashed out at Pope Leo XIV on social media and in verbal remarks April 12, calling him "weak on crime"...
Read More(OSV News) -- Three American cardinals voiced their concerns over the Iran war, mass deportations and more in an interview that aired April 12 on CBS's...
Read More(OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV is renewing urgent calls for peace, following a powerful April 11 prayer vigil where he warned that "war divides," "arrogance...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Warning against an increasingly unpredictable and aggressive "delusion of omnipotence" threatening the globe, Pope Leo XIV called...
Read More(OSV News) -- The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV's reflection at the Prayer Vigil for Peace April 11, 2026, in St. Peter's Basilica at the...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Planned Parenthood's new 2024-2025 annual report showed an increase in abortions from the previous year's report, while also showing...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The Holy See Press Office issued a statement April 10 disputing a report by The Free Press several days earlier that the Vatican's...
Read More(OSV News) -- Baseball season arrives each year just as Catholics experience the promise of the Easter season. Now, in the early weeks of the long Major...
Read More(OSV News) -- A U.S. bishop is calling for peace and humanitarian aid to Lebanon, where the U.S.-Israel war on Iran has spread with devastating consequences. "As...
Read MoreEAST BOSTON -- "Ya tenemos la cruz aquí", dice Gloria Landaverde, una feligresa de la Parroquia del Santísimo Redentor en East Boston. De hecho,...
Read MoreWEST ROXBURY -- El Arzobispo Richard G. Henning celebró la Vigilia Pascual en la Parroquia del Santo Nombre en West Roxbury el 4 de abril. Cuando...
Read MoreLOWELL -- Desde 2009, los estudiantes de la Escuela Secundaria Católica de Lowell han tenido que hacer al menos 100 horas de servicio comunitario...
Read MoreEste es el primer artículo de una serie que perfila a los cinco hombres que serán ordenados al sacerdocio para la Arquidiócesis de Boston...
Read More(OSV News) -- It's the landmark court decision some are calling Big Tech's "tobacco industry moment": a verdict that -- just like the misrepresentation...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Appealing to those in power to end all conflicts through dialogue and not domination, Pope Leo XIV urged humanity to stop growing...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- God's love is stronger than any evil, capable of "driving out hatred" and "bringing down the mighty," Pope Leo XIV said. "Man can...
Read More(OSV News) -- As the astronauts of NASA's first crewed lunar flyby in half a century reached their closest approach to the moon, the team's pilot reminded...
Read More(OSV News) -- President Donald Trump's threat to annihilate Iran's civilization violates multiple international norms, while the administration's religious...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Leo XIV welcomed the newly announced ceasefire in the Middle East as a sign of genuine hope after what he described...
Read MoreBALTIMORE (OSV News) -- Henri Matisse was perhaps the unlikeliest of artists to create the Stations of the Cross. Though baptized a Catholic, the celebrated...
Read MoreMINNEAPOLIS (OSV News) -- Too many people have wounded hearts, and it is the job of Catholic educators to help heal them, Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of Crookston...
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Read MoreNEW YORK (OSV News) If Mario, the cartoon Italian American plumber who first figured in Nintendo's "Donkey Kong" series of video games, were a normally...
Read MoreEAST BOSTON -- "We already have the cross over here," says Gloria Landaverde, a parishioner at Most Holy Redeemer Parish in East Boston. Indeed, the 70-pound...
Read MoreWEST ROXBURY -- Archbishop Richard G. Henning celebrated the Easter Vigil at Holy Name Parish in West Roxbury on April 4. When the vigil began, the large...
Read MoreLOWELL -- Since 2009, students at Lowell Catholic High School have been required to do at least 100 hours of community service before graduating. Forty...
Read MoreThis is the first article in a series profiling the five men who will be ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Boston at the Cathedral of the...
Read MoreFor decades, Bishop William F. Murphy moved comfortably between parish life and the global Church, bringing a Roman breadth of experience to Boston and,...
Read More(OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV reiterated his "urbi et orbi" message from Easter, asking all people of goodwill to search always for peace and not violence,...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (OSV News) -- President Donald Trump threatened a "whole civilization will die tonight" if Iran does not make a deal by 8 p.m. EDT on April...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (OSV News) -- President Donald Trump threatened a "whole civilization will die tonight" if Iran does not make a deal by 8 p.m. EDT on April...
Read More(OSV News) -- U.S. pairs figure skater Danny O'Shea's path to Olympic gold extends far beyond the frigid ice rinks where he has spent the better part of...
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