175 years after her birth, St. Frances Cabrini remains a model of courage, perseverance
byBy Russell Shaw, OSV News Before the great wave of Hispanic immigration that swept the U.S. in the last several decades, historians spoke of…
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Pew: Support for Christian prayer in public schools varies widely across US
byBy OSV News WASHINGTON — Just over half of U.S. adults, or 52%, say they favor allowing public school teachers to lead their classes…
House approves Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ after Senate passage
byBy Kate Scanlon, OSV News WASHINGTON — The U.S. House on July 3 approved the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which would enact key…
Vatican says documents on Latin Mass assessment ‘incomplete’
byBy Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Without verifying their authenticity, the director of the Holy See Press Office said that a…
Church adds Mass ‘for care of creation’ to missal, pope to celebrate
byBy Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Catholic priests will now be able to celebrate Mass “for the care of creation” after…
French woman hopes sharing mystical encounter with Minnesota Benedictine helps sainthood cause
byBy Maria Wiering, OSV News STACY, Minn. — In the early night of Oct. 25, 2024, Claire Souilliart, a devout 32-year-old living in Calais,…
Bishops call for climate justice, reject ‘false solutions’ that put profit over common good
byBy Junno Arocho Esteves, OSV News Bishops’ conferences from Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean called on world leaders to address the climate…
Senate passes Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill;’measure heads to House
byBy Kate Scanlon, OSV News WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on July 1 passed their version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which would…
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…
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…