1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (451+ words) CHICAGO (OSV News) — Eight finalists have been chosen from 46 nominees for the Catholic Extension Society’s 2026-2027 Lumen Christi Award, the Chicago-based organization’s highest honor. Since 1978, the award has been presented annually to people “who radiate and reveal the light of Christ…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (715+ words) (OSV News) — Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago has reinstated a diocesan priest — known for his longtime social justice ministry — as pastor after an inquiry cleared the cleric of abuse allegations. In an Aug. 24 letter addressed to the faithful of…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (577+ words) NEW YORK (OSV News) — Gosh darn those pesky wormholes! One day, you’re living in the safety of an early 1980s suburb and the next you find that your entire neighborhood has somehow been transported to the era when dinosaurs roamed — and…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (521+ words) The same week, Vice President JD Vance and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services accused dozens of hospitals and other providers on Aug. 13 of improperly billing for certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures for minors who…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (687+ words) WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The St. John Paul II National Shrine in Northeast Washington officially opened its retreat house Aug. 26 with a Mass, a blessing and prayers invoking the intercession of St. John Paul II and the Blessed Virgin Mary. The…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (386+ words) (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV said Aug. 24 that recognizing Jesus in the face of each person with disabilities helps to advance society. In a meeting with the Marsodeto Federation, a Spanish nongovernmental organization that supports people with cerebral palsy and…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (987+ words) MINNEAPOLIS (OSV News) — Molly Stommes was working from home the morning of Aug. 27, 2025, when she heard “very loud noises” coming from just across the street, where Annunciation Catholic Church and School sit. Two of her four children were inside the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (348+ words) (OSV News) — Women must be able to “exercise their leadership” and become “artisans of peace and guardians of life,” as the global community fractures and conflicts increase, the Vatican told the United Nations. The Holy See’s Permanent Observer Mission to…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (530+ words) I wonder if you can tell the age of a person by the number of dead people’s phone numbers he still has saved on his phone? It could be like judging the age of a tree by the rings on…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (853+ words) SHORELINE, Wash. (OSV News) — One morning, just like any morning, Amy Nash was sitting on her couch, waiting for her three children, Christian, Mason and Mercy, to wake up. Six-year-old Mason was the first one up and immediately ran to…...