News & Commentary
Studies show need to increase mental health support for young women, mothers
OSV News
June 27, 2025
Limited access to mental health care, rising substance use disorders and increasing income inequality are three likely reasons that young women and mothers are reporting declining mental health.
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Holy See tells UN: World needs peace, not just ‘absence of war’
OSV News
June 26, 2025
Peace is "more than just the absence of war," but instead a commitment to human flourishing -- and one required more than ever as conflict and global defense spending soar, said the Holy See's permanent mission to the United Nations.
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Love with Christ’s compassionate heart, Pope Leo tells seminarians
Catholic News Service
June 25, 2025
Do not be afraid to grapple with your innermost thoughts, feelings and problems so that your heart can be filled with God and his compassion, Pope Leo XIV told seminarians.
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‘Each conflict reopens wounds,’ says Chaldean Catholic archbishop in Iraq
OSV News
June 24, 2025
A Chaldean archbishop told OSV News June 23 that he has been unable to contact his fellow bishop in Iran, following recent strikes by the U.S. and Israel on various sites in that nation.
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Amid conflict, poverty, papal charity aids persecuted Christians worldwide
OSV News
June 23, 2025
Amid conflict, instability and poverty, "a remarkable display of true Christian charity" helped sustain the church in more than 130 countries during the previous year, said Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, president of the papal foundation Aid to the Church in Need.
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Juneteenth seen as day to reflect on freedom, ending racism and Black Catholics’ contributions
OSV News
June 20, 2025
This year marks the 160th anniversary of the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the last Confederate state that continued to uphold the practice of slavery two years after it was abolished in the country -- an event marked by ...
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Priest convicted of distributing, possessing child pornography said to still work at Vatican