1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (584+ words) WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Participation in elections is a key component of faithful citizenship for U.S. Catholics, as is advocating for free and fair elections, Catholic leaders said Sept. 11. At a press briefing that also included theologians and representatives of Catholic…...

1+ day, 19+ 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…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (511+ words) NEW YORK (OSV News) — In 1381, one of the more unusual occurrences in Medieval history took place when a massive rebellion broke out among English serfs, temporarily threatening the established order of society. The events surrounding this attempt at revolution are…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1376+ words) (OSV News) — The offering placed before the altar on Sept. 11, 2001, was unlike any ever seen at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Manhattan’s Financial District: the lifeless body of 68-year-old Franciscan friar and New York City Fire Department Chaplain Father Mychal…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (297+ words) NEW YORK (OSV News) – “By Any Means” (Paramount) is a morally defective fact-based drama that not only rejects Jesus’ teaching on the proper response to wrongful aggression but explicitly mocks it. Viewers of faith should, accordingly, shun the film. Riffing…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (462+ words) WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Support for democracy has begun a modest recovery across the Americas, according to the 2026 Pulse of Democracy report by the University of Notre Dame‘s Keough School of Global Affairs and Vanderbilt University’s Center for Global Democracy....

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (331+ words) MINNEAPOLIS (OSV News) — The Minnesota Supreme Court heard oral arguments Sept. 1 in a case brought by a former employee of a Catholic school in the state who said their employment contract was not renewed after they stated their intention to…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (953+ words) (OSV News) — As the nation marks the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, U.S. Catholic bishops are offering Masses, prayers and reflections — while also stressing the need to seek peace amid a fractured global landscape. “Twenty-five years have elapsed since that…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (538+ words) VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians can help overcome the many distortions and lies about the true dignity of every human person and, in doing so, promote and defend human life, Pope Leo XIV said. “Created in God’s image, through Christ and…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (611+ words) (OSV News) — An insurance company has agreed to pay $30 million to settle abuse claims on behalf of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, narrowly avoiding a jury trial. The claims at issue date from the 1960s through the late 1980s, centering on former…...