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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- At the capstone hearing of the Department of Justice's Religious Liberty Commission April 13, commissioners considered testimony...
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PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) -- Catholic bishops and lay leaders across the political spectrum are expressing their shock and disapproval following President...
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WASHINGTON (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...
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(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...
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WASHINGTON (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"...
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(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...
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(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...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Planned Parenthood's new 2024-2025 annual report showed an increase in abortions from the previous year's report, while also showing...
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WASHINGTON (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...
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(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...
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(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...
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(OSV News) -- President Donald Trump's threat to annihilate Iran's civilization violates multiple international norms, while the administration's religious...
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BALTIMORE (OSV News) -- Henri Matisse was perhaps the unlikeliest of artists to create the Stations of the Cross. Though baptized a Catholic, the celebrated...
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MINNEAPOLIS (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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(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,...
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WASHINGTON (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...
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WASHINGTON (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...
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(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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(OSV News) -- NASA's first crewed lunar flyby in half a century has sparked wonder, reflection and prayer -- both in space and on the ground. "I think,...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- President Donald Trump on Easter threatened major strikes on Iran's energy and transportation infrastructure if its leaders do...
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VATICAN CITY (OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV offered Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square Sunday proclaiming that with Christ's resurrection "death has been conquered...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services questioned the legitimacy of America's war in...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The U.S. Supreme Court March 31 issued a ruling finding that a Colorado law banning professional counseling services that practice...
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ALBANY, N.Y. (OSV News) -- Just over three years to the date after filing for Chapter 11 protection under the crush of nearly 440 Child Victims Act claims,...
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ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. (OSV News) -- The "faithful service" of retired Bishop William F. Murphy of Rockville Centre, who died March 26 at age 85, "leaves...
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(OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV named Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, the substitute secretary for general affairs at the Vatican Secretariat of State, as...
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(OSV News) -- As a fourth grader, Andrea Artz remembers praying that she would experience a Eucharistic miracle one day. She never imagined that, years...
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(OSV News) -- Younger Catholic adults in the U.S. are more likely to be Hispanic or Latino, while just over half of Gen-Z individuals raised Catholic are...
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(OSV News) -- Newly revealed sexual abuse and assault allegations against the late civil rights leader César Chávez reignite a call for the Church...
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(OSV News) -- Marriage, like every vocation, "can only arise from a personal encounter with Christ," with the Church offering the "precious tools" of community...
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(OSV News) -- While the smoke was still rising from its ruins and rescuers were extracting 175 bodies from the rubble of the Shajarah-Tayyebeh elementary...
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(OSV News) -- The news that Pope Leo XIV has declared Father Edward J. Flanagan (1886-1948) venerable invites a look back at Hollywood's portrayal of the...
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(OSV News) -- As Pope Leo XIV prepares to visit Monaco March 28, Americans will no doubt be reminded of another U.S.-born Catholic monarch -- the actress-made-princess...
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(OSV News) -- The upcoming National Eucharistic Pilgrimage -- which takes place as the U.S. celebrates its 250th anniversary in 2026 -- marks a moment...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, retired archbishop of New York, on March 24 joined Bishop Robert E. Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota,...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The Trump administration has asked multiple judges to pause several state lawsuits seeking to roll back Biden administration-era...
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(OSV News) -- The fatal crash of an Air Canada jet at New York's La Guardia airport is a reminder of "the fragility of life," and the call to "care for...
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(OSV News) -- Catholic dioceses and organizations are canceling events and rethinking initiatives honoring the late civil rights icon César Chávez,...
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RICHMOND, Va. (OSV News) -- "People are looking for something that is true," said Chris Emsley, lead catechist at St. Stephen, Martyr Church in Chesapeake,...
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LAKE ORION, Mich. (OSV News) -- For most of her life, Molly Curtis was looking everywhere for answers, but the truth seemed to be just out of grasp. She...
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(OSV News) -- While the religiously unaffiliated are on the rise globally, something curious is also happening: Some dioceses have reported significant...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Conscience protections for faith-based health providers remain a key religious freedom concern, witnesses at a March 16 meeting...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The U.S. Supreme Court announced late March 16 that it will hear oral arguments in April on whether the Trump administration can...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., defended the role of religion in public life during comments March 19 at the National Catholic...
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- President Donald Trump issued two messages marking prominent Catholic feast days, the feast of St. Joseph on March 19 and St....
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PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) -- Catholic universities have quietly taken over March Madness, blending history, talent, and the kind of coaching that shapes...
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(OSV News) -- Registration for public events during the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage opened March 18, revealing abundant opportunities for Catholics...
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PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) -- As the U.S. marks its 250th anniversary, Pope Leo XIV will be honored in the nation's former capital of Philadelphia for his...
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(OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV called for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East and condemned the "atrocious violence" of the U.S.-Israeli-led war on Iran,...
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(OSV News) -- The University of Notre Dame is awarding the prestigious Laetare medal, an honor reserved exclusively for American Catholics, to Timothy...
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(OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV moved into his new apartments at the Vatican's Apostolic Palace March 14, the Holy See Press Office announced that afternoon...
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(OSV News) -- A group of Catholic moral theologians and ethicists said March 13 that AI giant Anthropic "was acting as a responsible and moral corporate...
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WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (OSV News) -- Hours after a terrorist gunman attacked a synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Detroit Archbishop Edward J. Weisenburger...
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