News & Commentary
Holy Spirit fosters unity, peace, justice, pope says at Pentecost vigil
Catholic News Service
June 9, 2025
On the eve of Pentecost, Pope Leo XIV prayed that the Holy Spirit would help Catholic lay associations, movements and communities live the Gospel before trying to preach it and would be a force for unity in the church and in the ...
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Inspired by soon-to-be-saint, Irish teens create animated Lego-Carlo Acutis film
OSV News
June 6, 2025
In rural Limerick, three teenage brothers are turning Lego into a tool for evangelization as Blessed Carlo Acutis continues to inspire a new generation of digital evangelists.
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Report: Immigration data ‘much lower’ than Trump administration claims
OSV News
June 5, 2025
New data shows that the number of immigrants lacking permanent legal status in the U.S. "is much lower than the Trump administration claims," and "talk of an invasion is overblown," said J. Kevin Appleby, senior fellow for policy and communications ...
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Colorado faith leaders express sorrow over attack on rally for release of Hamas hostages
OSV News
June 4, 2025
As Boulder residents reeled from a violent attack on peaceful demonstrators June 1 who called for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza, area faith leaders expressed sorrow over the attack and urged an end to such violence.
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The Catholic Church and racism, 5 years after George Floyd
OSV News
June 3, 2025
Five years after the death of George Floyd, there is much work still to be done in the church to address the sin of racism.
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Situation in Gaza reaches ‘catastrophic levels,’ warns Catholic humanitarian organization
OSV News
June 2, 2025
Food insecurity in the Gaza Strip "has reached catastrophic levels," a Catholic humanitarian organization has warned.
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Slain Minnesota lawmaker, husband remembered for lives lived ‘with purpose, meaning’