News & Commentary
God-centered nature docuseries meets $1 million crowdfunding goal
OSV News
September 27, 2021
It's full steam ahead for "The Riot and the Dance," a nature documentary series more God-centered than what host and executive producer Nathan "N.D." Wilson calls the typical nature show on television.
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East European church leaders pledge new efforts to counter abuse
OSV News
September 24, 2021
Catholic leaders from Eastern Europe pledged closer cooperation against sexual abuse by clergy, despite different levels of preparedness, at the region's first international child protection conference.
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John Garvey, CUA president, stepping down in June
OSV News
September 23, 2021
John Garvey, president of The Catholic University of America in Washington since 2010, announced Sept. 22 that he will be stepping down from the role he described as "an honor and a privilege" at the end of June.
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In Washington, saints join a crowd marching for immigration reform
OSV News
September 22, 2021
Mario Ramirez of Milwaukee helped carry part of a homemade statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe that bobbed in the massive crowd headed toward the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building Sept. 21.
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Vatican to require vaccination proof or negative COVID-19 test
OSV News
September 21, 2021
Visitors, tourists and employees who want to enter Vatican territory will be required beginning Oct. 1 to show proof of vaccination, recovery from the coronavirus or a negative COVID-19 test.
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Donation called expression of U.S. Catholics’ affection for Paris cathedral
OSV News
September 20, 2021
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington has collected and donated nearly half a million dollars to assist the restoration and rebuilding efforts of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, which was extensively damaged in ...
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US bishops award over $7 million in grants to home missions