9+ hour, 7+ min ago  (704+ words) ROME (OSV News) "Pope Leo XIV may carry the weight of guiding 1. 4 billion souls, but the Holy Father is not above a good dad joke. Since his election, the 70-year-old Chicago native has deployed a steady stream of quips, puns…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (482+ words) ROME (OSV News) "Pope Leo XIV met with Peruvian President Jos" Mar'a Balc'zar at the Vatican June 18 for a nearly two-hour discussion, after which the president revealed details of a possible papal trip to Peru in November. The papal visit…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (679+ words) My husband and I were traveling through the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York when we began reading Pope Leo XIV's new encyclical addressing artificial intelligence. "Read this part," my husband told me, after spotting a quote he knew I'd…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (221+ words) The Catholic Times Statement from the Catholic Conference of Ohio: Brian Hickey, executive director of the Catholic Conference of Ohio, issued a statement in response to Ohio Gov. Mike De Wine's comments on the death penalty, stating, "Governor De Wine…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (855+ words) OCEAN CITY, Md. (OSV News) " As he began to process on a warm and breezy morning June 12 along the boardwalk, local Catholic Chris Cikanovich said, "I wanted to be a part of this and show what the Eucharist means to us....

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (463+ words) Physician-assisted suicide involves asking a medical professional to write a prescription for a toxic drug so that a patient can ingest it and bring his or her own life to an end." The practice sadly appears to be growing around…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (473+ words) A nine-day Mass novena in the diocese concluded Friday, June 12, the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, with a Mass at Westerville St. Paul the Apostle Church." Ten clergy, including bishops, priests and deacons, were present for the…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (822+ words) (OSV News) " A new report shows more countries saw spikes in religious hostility by individuals and groups in 2023, the last year for which data is available " with the rise attributable in part to harassment of religious minorities and the ongoing…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (726+ words) (OSV News) "Despite minor setbacks, including the last-minute thwarting of a separatist demonstration and the grounding of the papal flight to Rome, organizers said Pope Leo XIV's weeklong visit to Spain was an overwhelming success. At a June 16 press conference…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago  (995+ words) KRAKOW, Poland (OSV News) "Nine Polish Salesian priests killed in German Nazi concentration camps during World War II were beatified June 6 at the Sanctuary of St. John Paul II in Krak'w during a Mass that highlighted not only their martyrdom…...