Experts: Catholic media witness to truth, Gospel and are at ‘kairos moment’ in church
byBy Gina Christian, OSV News PHOENIX– Catholic media play a vital role in bearing truth and witnessing to the Gospel, especially amid the digital age and…
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Science and the stars a call to the spiritual, says Vatican astrophysicist
byBy Gina Christian, OSV News PHOENIX — The Vatican Observatory attests that “science is not against God” — and the nexus of science and…
US bishops’ conference calls for ‘drastic changes’ in Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
byBy OSV News WASHINGTON — The U.S. bishops’ conference on June 26 reiterated its support for and opposition to various provisions in the budget…
Pope: Everyone should root out fake news fueling conflict, focus on real problems
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV called on everyone to root out false narratives being used to fuel…
20 US bishops join interfaith effort opposing ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ as ‘moral failure’
byBy Kate Scanlon, OSV News WASHINGTON — Twenty U.S. Catholic bishops have signed onto an interfaith effort opposing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act,…
God looks for humble, loving hearts, not perfection, pope tells world’s priests
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — In a world marked by growing tension, priests need to build peace and unity together…
Environmental cuts in ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ alarm Catholic advocates
byBy Kimberley Heatherington, OSV News It’s perhaps not the sort of 10th anniversary commemoration supporters of Pope Francis’ landmark environmental encyclical “Laudato Si’” would…
As annual NATO summit emphasizes military readiness, local church leaders call for peace
byBy Elsa Eikema, Katholiek Nieuwsblad, OSV News ‘S-HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands — While the NATO summit in the Netherlands focused on military preparedness, Christian voices in…
Pope: Our cities must not be freed of the marginalized, but of marginalization
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Too often, in the name of security, war is waged against the poor, Pope Leo…
Ceasefire brings some relief, but ‘Gaza is bleeding’ and real peace needed, say experts
byBy Gina Christian, OSV News A ceasefire between Israel and Iran is bringing a measure of relief to the Holy Land, but Catholic humanitarians…