4+ hour, 38+ min ago  (641+ words) ROME (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 conversation for their next gathering June 26-27 " right before the solemnity of Sts. Peter and…...

6+ hour, 24+ min ago  (505+ words) (OSV News) "The Church's teaching on the rights and dignity of migrants can help guide conversations about immigration reform, Bishop Steven R. Biegler of Cheyenne, Wyoming, wrote in a new pastoral letter on immigration, which he said was an effort to…...

12+ hour, 11+ min ago  (943+ words) (OSV News) "While the Easter season is a time of joy for Christians around the world, for many the current state of war engulfing the world has made it a more somber occasion than in past years. Yet, as Pope…...

10+ hour, 54+ min ago  (1099+ words) ANNABA, Algeria (OSV News) "Pope Leo XIV offered Mass April 14 at the basilica built near the site where St. Augustine died nearly 1, 600 years ago, making a deeply personal pilgrimage in the footsteps of St. Augustine in Algeria. "Here the martyrs…...

12+ hour, 54+ min ago  (787+ words) WASHINGTON (OSV News) " At the capstone hearing of the Department of Justice's Religious Liberty Commission April 13, commissioners considered testimony from their seven hearings, signaling several areas for potential policy recommendations that they may include in their report to the president....

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1555+ words) PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) "Catholic bishops and lay leaders across the political spectrum are expressing their shock and disapproval following President Donald Trump's online screed against Pope Leo XIV. Others have also voiced concern over an image which Trump posted within an…...

13+ hour, 16+ min ago  (980+ words) BAMENDA, Cameroon (OSV News) " Cameroon is abuzz with anticipation as the nation prepares to welcome the pontiff for the fourth time in the country's history. Pope Leo XIV is expected in the central African nation April 15-18, during which time he…...

16+ hour, 15+ min ago  (767+ words) (OSV News) "Iraqi Archbishop Amel Shamon Nona, who until now led the Chaldean Eparchy of St. Thomas the Apostle of Australia and New Zealand, was elected patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, succeeding Cardinal Louis Sako. Archbishop Nona was elected…...

11+ hour, 27+ min ago  (413+ words) Anyone who reads me regularly knows I am not the sort of Catholic who grabs the smelling salts for every seeming insult or ignorant remark made about the Church. Ever since Madonna danced before a burning cross I've judged most…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (939+ words) ALGIERS (OSV News) "Pope Leo XIV honored the memory of Algeria's Christian martyrs Monday evening, telling the country's tiny Catholic community that the blood of those who died for their faith remains "a living seed that never ceases to bear…...