3+ hour, 36+ min ago  (583+ words) ELMIRA " With late-morning temperatures June 5 soaring well into the 80s, conditions were ripe for an outbreak of senioritis. Credit Notre Dame High School for providing the ideal cure: the Crusader Carnival. Splashing, shouting and smiles permeated the school grounds during the…...

22+ hour, 25+ min ago  (752+ words) There aren't many kids who can say they're international soccer champions by the age of 12, but Alex Kreso is one of the talented few capable of making that claim. Alex, who belongs to St. John of Rochester Parish in Fairport,…...

1+ day, 3+ min ago  (706+ words) (OSV News) " Despite a personal appeal from Pope Leo XIV, the Society of St. Pius X went ahead July 1 with the unauthorized consecration of four new bishops at its seminary in "c'ne, Switzerland, with Mass broadcasted live and thousands of…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (607+ words) ROME (OSV'News) " Pope Leo XIV has called on all Christians to work together toward the celebration of 2033, when the'Catholic'Church will mark an extraordinary Jubilee Year commemorating 2, 000 years since the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The pope expressed this hope…...

1+ day, 49+ min ago  (394+ words) WASHINGTON (OSV News) " The U. S. Supreme Court on June 30 took up a case regarding whether state and local bans on semiautomatic rifles, sometimes called assault weapons, violate the Second Amendment. The case concerns a state ban on the AR-15 and other…...

1+ day, 59+ min ago  (520+ words) WASHINGTON (OSV News) " The U. S. Supreme Court on June 30 upheld West Virginia and Idaho state laws requiring student athletes to compete on sports teams that correspond to their biological sex rather than their self-identified gender. The ruling comes after the high…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1014+ words) WASHINGTON (OSV News) " The U. S. Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship on June 30, finding the order violated the 14th Amendment. A cornerstone of his efforts to restrict immigration, the ruling comes as a loss for Trump,…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (830+ words) The Catholic history of the mid-Atlantic offers a particularly revealing case. In New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Catholic life took shape unevenly, shaped as much by law and political culture as by migration and missionary effort. In 1733, Jesuit priests…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (687+ words) (OSV News) " A religious sister on her way to Sunday Mass at a church in the border city of Mc Allen, Texas, was detained by U. S. Customs and Enforcement agents for several hours June 28. News agencies in Texas" Rio Grande Valley…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (77+ words) Catholic Courier Bishop John S. Bonnici has announced the following pastoral appointment: Father David M. Cataline, ordained to the diocesan priesthood on June 27, 2026, to parochial vicar at St. Catherine of Siena Church, Immaculate Conception Church, Cornell Catholic Community and Ithaca College Catholic…...