News & Commentary
Catholics ‘upbeat’ on Ukraine’s independence day, despite fear of attacks
OSV News
August 25, 2022
Many of Ukraine's Catholics remain "upbeat and determined" despite fears of intensified Russian attacks on Ukraine's Independence Day, said a senior priest, who added that parish life was also continuing under tight surveillance in occupied areas.
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Expulsions at the U.S.-Mexico border on target to break record
OSV News
August 23, 2022
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is set to break a record for border captures when the fiscal year ends at the end of September, as the total number of apprehensions inched closer to the 2 million mark at the end ...
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Survivors of Uvalde mass shooting get tuition aid to attend Catholic school
OSV News
August 22, 2022
Thanks to tuition help from Catholic Extension, children who were wounded in the Robb Elementary School mass shooting in Uvalde can transfer to a local Catholic school.
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Couple credits Blessed McGivney for saving husband from COVID-19
OSV News
August 19, 2022
It's miraculous Joseph and Megan Hermosillo were able to walk across the Thomaston Opera House stage together Aug. 13.
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Vatican’s Cardinal Ouellet among clergy accused of abuse in lawsuit
OSV News
August 18, 2022
Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops, is named in a list of alleged abusers filed in support of a class-action lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Quebec.
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Beyond the border, reunification of Latin American families takes years
OSV News
August 17, 2022
Jorge Alvarenga’s voice seemed to crack just a little when the 31-year-old began remembering and talking about the last time he saw his mother in El Salvador. He was 14. She was in her 20s.
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Sister Jean, Loyola icon and chaplain of men’s basketball team, dies at 106