Trump, White House officials and journalists evacuated from press dinner after gunshots April 26, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance and several cabinet members were whisked out of the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner April 25, following gunshots at the hotel where the annual event was taking place.
Pew: In US and other countries, Catholicism loses more members than it gains April 25, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A new analysis from Pew Research Center has found that Catholicism has lost more members than it has gained in most of the 24 countries surveyed, while Protestantism has seen net gains in several nations, especially Latin America.
Disability ministry in the Church is making strides, but needs more widespread adoption in parishes April 25, 2026By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Disabilities Ministry, Feature, News, World News On Easter in Chicago’s St. James Catholic Church, a congregation made up mostly of people with disabilities and their families attended the Chicago archdiocesan Special Religious Development ministry’s Mass like any other time of year.
New national garden promises healing for abuse survivors and all Catholics April 25, 2026By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, World News A national garden in the nation’s capital proposed by survivors of clergy sexual abuse promises to foster healing not only for survivors but also for the Catholic Church as a whole.
Canadian cardinal urges vote to stop expansion of assisted suicide to those with mental illness April 25, 2026By The Catholic Register OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News In letters to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and all members of Parliament from the Toronto area, Cardinal Frank Leo asked that they “choose life and not death” and build a civilization that cares when voting on the Right to Recover Act.
Pope Leo encourages death penalty abolitionists as US brings back firing squad and electric chair April 25, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV sent a message of support to participants at a Catholic university event marking 15 years since the abolition of the death penalty in his home state of Illinois.
Vatican pro-prefect at Catholic University: Liturgical prayer is indispensable to evangelization April 25, 2026By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Divine Worship, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Prayer, by its very definition, is dialogue with God. But do we really know how to pray — on our own, and together? It’s a question with profound implications for each and every evangelization effort of the Catholic Church.
With outcries against corruption throughout Africa, pope softens speech in Equatorial Guinea April 25, 2026By Josephine Peterson OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News In the final leg of his apostolic journey to Africa, Pope Leo XIV struck a more measured tone, delivering a message to the faithful while navigating one of the continent’s most politically sensitive environments.
Cardinal Francis Spellman: A dramatic, hard-fought rise to the top April 25, 2026By Russell Shaw OSV News Filed Under: America's 250th anniversary, Commentary Many cardinals have had books written about them, but few have become the fictionalized heroes of best-selling novels. Cardinal Francis J. Spellman, archbishop of New York from 1939 to 1967, was one — possibly the only one.
Advocates for Father Capodanno’s sainthood hopeful cause will gain momentum at Vatican April 24, 2026By Paula Katinas OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News As supporters of Maryknoll Father Vincent Capodanno’s canonization cause marked the 60th anniversary of the late Navy chaplain’s arrival in Vietnam in 1966, there was renewed hope that the effort was gaining momentum.
Buenos Aires archbishop laments lack of unity at Mass for Pope Francis April 24, 2026By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Archbishop Jorge García Cuerva of Buenos Aires rebuked the country’s political class for ignoring Pope Francis’ magisterium on unity by bickering among themselves at a Mass celebrated on the anniversary of the late pope’s passing.
Community celebrates opening of a place to be seen and heard April 24, 2026By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come “Fill these rooms with your peace and make it a place of refuge for all who find their way here,” Archbishop Lori said in his prayer.”Open the hearts of those who come here so that they may receive not only material help but also the dignity of being seen and being loved.”
