VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Laypeople are not passive members but active participants in the Church’s mission, called to live and spread the

(OSV News) — The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s general audience address given Apr. 1, in St. Peter’s

JERUSALEM (OSV News) — Church leaders in Jerusalem expressed sorrow over the news of the passage by the Israeli Knesset of a death

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments April 1 on President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship, with

(OSV News) — A federal judge in San Diego has ordered more than $4.5 million in attorney’s fees be paid to the Thomas

(OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV will wash the feet of 12 priests on Holy Thursday during the “In Coena Domini” — the

(OSV News) — Catholics during Holy Week should continue to “pray ardently” for a de-escalation of violence in the Middle East, Archbishop Paul

(OSV News) — In the days ahead of Holy Week, several Catholic leaders issued messages denouncing antisemitism, stressing Church teaching on the issue

PARIS (OSV News) — For Father Arnaud de Boissieu, a 75-year-old French priest who has publicly revealed that he was sexually abused at

(OSV News) — The enduring memory of Pedro Ballester, an English student whose life is being studied for a possible sainthood cause, is