Love for Christ calls father and son to ordained ministry in Indianapolis Archdiocese
By Sean Gallagher, OSV News INDIANAPOLIS — This spring Deacon Tom Hosty and his son Liam made history, becoming the first father and son…
CRS calls House version of foreign spending bill ‘inconsistent’ with US ‘values, interests’
By Kate Scanlon, OSV News WASHINGTON — Catholic Relief Services, the international relief and development agency of the Catholic Church in the U.S., criticized…
Pilgrimage called ‘an amazing witness of processing all across America with Jesus’
By Todd Habinger, OSV News NORTONVILLE, Kan. — Five-year-old Hannah Lock had lots of questions about the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage that passed through Nortonville…
Buenos Aires parish serves under Argentine pope’s rule: ‘poor church for the poor’
By Michael Kelly, OSV News BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — In his native Argentina, Pope Francis’ vision of “a poor church, for the poor” is…
Judge says effort to shut down Catholic ministry to migrants violates Texas’ religious freedom act
By Kate Scanlon A state judge July 2 denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s effort to shut down Annunciation House in El Paso, Texas,…
Pope praises release of two Ukrainian priests from Russian captivity
By Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis prayed in thanksgiving for the release of two Ukrainian Catholic priests who were…
US bishops discuss anti-poverty arm, pastoral frameworks, groundbreaking proposals at spring meeting
By Peter Jesserer Smith, OSV News LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Gathered in Louisville for their Spring Plenary Assembly, the U.S. bishops’ June 12-14 meeting saw…
After Israeli hostage rescue, pope renews call for cease-fire, humanitarian aid in Gaza
By Junno Arocho Esteves Pope Francis once again renewed his call for a cease-fire in Gaza following the rescue of four hostages that led…
Pax Christi receives first Dorothy Day award
By Kimberley Heatherington A famous saying attributed to Dorothy Day, the 20th-century Catholic peace activist and potential future saint, states, “If peace is to…
Encountering a migrant is encountering Christ, pope says in message
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Every encounter with people on the move as migrants or refugees is an encounter with…