Lent with Padre Pio: Friday after Ash Wednesday

Franciscan Media March 7, 2025

Perhaps Lent is a good time for us to take a look in the mirror.

People hold placards outside the U.S. Agency for International Development building in Washington Feb. 3, 2025, protesting the Trump administration's moves to shut down the U.S. foreign aid agency. The Supreme Court on March 5 rejected the Trump administration's request to freeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid payments, directing the White House to abide by a lower court order. Catholic nongovernmental organizations are among those impacted by the freeze. (OSV News photo/Kent Nishimura, Reuters)

Supreme Court rejects Trump request to freeze foreign aid payments

OSV News March 6, 2025

The Supreme Court on March 5 rejected the Trump administration’s request to freeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid payments.

Franciscan Spirit Podcast

Franciscan Media March 5, 2025

The Franciscan Spirit podcast brings listeners insightful conversations with authors, artists, and educators who explore faith, spirituality, and the human experience through a Franciscan lens.

Sister Erin McDonald, a member of the Congregation of St. Joseph, speaks during the Nuns on the Bus & Friends nonpartisan voter engagement and education rally in Brentwood, N.Y., Oct. 2, 2024. The U.S. church marks the 10th anniversary of Catholic Sisters Week March 8-14. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Catholic Sisters Week marks 10 years celebrating women religious’ mission

Franciscan Media March 5, 2025

They’re compassionate doctors. Inspiring teachers. Committed advocates for justice. Steady guides on the spiritual path. Catholic sisters in America simply can’t be stereotyped.

Lent with Padre Pio: Ash Wednesday

Franciscan Media March 5, 2025

On this journey, we will be accompanied by St. Pio of Pietrelcina, more commonly known as Padre Pio. This humble Capuchin friar embodied the true spirit of walking with Christ throughout his life.

The Great Surrender: Embracing ‘Sister Death’

Murray Bodo, OFM February 24, 2025

St. Francis embraced all journeys of life—and even his own death—with a willing heart.

A church in Lukashivka, Ukraine, that was destroyed by Russian shelling is pictured April 27, 2022. (OSV News photo/Zohra Bensemra, Reuters)

Report: Russia weaponizes orthodoxy to persecute, kill Christians in Ukraine

OSV News February 17, 2025

A new report calls for the Russian Federation to be designated a state sponsor of terrorism.

Emergency workers recover debris from the Potomac River in Washington Jan. 30, 2025, after American Eagle flight 5342 collided in midair with a Black Hawk Army helicopter late Jan. 29 while on approach for landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

US bishops call for prayer after deadly DC air collision claims dozens of lives

OSV News January 31, 2025

U.S. Catholic bishops — joined by Pope Francis — are calling for prayer after a deadly aviation crash in the nation’s capital claimed dozens of lives.