World Mission Sunday has ‘borne fruit in my own life,’ says Pope Leo
The aim of World Mission Sunday (Oct. 18), established 100 years ago by Pope Pius XI, has “borne fruit in my own
Capital punishment is ambiguously inadmissible
In late September, the state of Tennessee attempted and failed to execute Christa Pike, after 31 years in prison. The news description
Remains of over 100 bodies found in dig all buried in coffins at Irish mother and baby home
DUBLIN (OSV News) — A new update from the excavation at Ireland’s former mother and baby home in Tuam is challenging years of
Australian bishop sentenced to 6.5 years in prison for abuse of Aboriginal men
(OSV News) — Australian Bishop Christopher Saunders was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison Oct. 7 for abusing two victims who were part
In rare interviews, Alito defends court’s independence, reflects on impact of Dobbs leak
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — In interviews at the start of the new Supreme Court term, Justice Samuel Alito expressed concern about what he
Pope Leo opens Vatican bishops’ meeting calling attention to the ‘fragility of families’
VATICAN CITY (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV opened a Vatican meeting of the world’s bishops’ conference presidents and the heads of Eastern
At Red Mass, Archbishop Broglio urges lawmakers to ‘direct our thoughts in the ways of peace’
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Lawmakers and those in the legal profession were reminded Oct. 4 that the law should be practiced with “caritas,”
Blockbuster feature film on modern mystic is ‘an extraordinary story of an ordinary woman’
WARSAW, Poland (OSV News) — A feature film about a Polish communism-believer-turned-mystic Alicja Lenczewska exceeded all expectations after the first two weeks on
Quo vadis, Ecclesia?
One of the enduringly appealing episodes of Blessed Fulton J. Sheen’s post-“Life is Worth Living” series was called “Quo Vadis, America?” Following
Vatican to publish Pope Francis’ private diary
VATICAN CITY (Vatican News) — The Vatican Publishing House will publish “The Private Diary of Pope Francis,” a book by Cardinal Víctor Manuel