News & Commentary
Burn with ‘fire’ of God’s love, pope says at Mass, lunch with the poor
Catholic News Service
August 19, 2025
Spending the day with the poor, Pope Leo XIV prayed that Catholics would make sure their parishes are welcoming of all people and would be "on fire" with God's love.
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Kansas bishops: ‘Raids, mass detentions’ betray Gospel, US values
OSV News
August 18, 2025
The Catholic bishops of Kansas Aug. 14 called on the faithful to remember the dignity of every person, "especially those fleeing hardship," and urged public officials "to use existing legal discretion to treat undocumented migrants humanely."
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‘Christianity is about being present in suffering,’ director of new film about St. Kolbe says
OSV News
August 15, 2025
Rather than beginning with St. Maximilian Kolbe's early life or missionary work, new film "Triumph of the Heart" opens at the moment many accounts conclude: his entry into the starvation cell.
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Pope says he hopes Trump-Putin meeting leads to ceasefire in Ukraine
OSV News
August 14, 2025
Arriving in Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo XIV told reporters he hoped U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin can find a way to reach a ceasefire in Russia's war on Ukraine when they meet in Alaska.
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20 years ago, Katrina hit New Orleans hard; today, the Crescent City is rising with hope
OSV News
August 13, 2025
In late 2005, just two months after Hurricane Katrina, the American Institute of Architects tabbed Boston-based urban planner David Dixon, to organize a national recovery conference with the goal of providing a roadmap for New Orleans out of the chaos ...
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As Latino communities live in fear of ICE, LA Catholics find ways to help hurting families
OSV News
August 12, 2025
In largely Latino communities across Southern California shaken by weeks of immigration enforcement raids on city sidewalks and local businesses, the fear has forced unauthorized immigrants inside, shut out from work, from church, from life. But all that fear has ...
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Uruguay bishops express sadness over euthanasia vote
The Uruguay bishops’ conference expressed sadness after the country’s lower house of Congress approved a bill decriminalizing euthanasia.