Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine gives the State of the State address in the Ohio House chambers at the Ohio Statehouse on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP/The Columbus Dispatch/Pool/Samantha Madar)

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During summer lull, conservative bishops call for more Latin Mass, less synodality

The news vacuum created during Leo's absence gave conservative voices abundant material to shape the summer's Catholic news cycle.

ByJustin McLellan

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Amy-Jill Levine elected first Jewish president of Catholic Biblical Association

The veteran New Testament scholar has written and edited widely-read works including The Misunderstood Jew, The Bible With and Without Jesus and The Jewish Annotated New Testament.

ByCamillo Barone
A 12th-century painting of St. Francis with Angels by an unknown artist known as the Master of St. Francis is on display at the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels in Assisi, Italy, Feb. 22, 2026. The basilica encompasses the chapel St. Francis helped restore in Assisi called the Porziuncola and where the saint founded the Franciscan order. (OSV News/Courtney Mares)

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2 years after leaving religious life: Reflections on grace, marriage and clericalism

After receiving a formal dispensation to leave the Franciscan order and priestly ministry, Daniel P. Horan reflects on his supportive transition into lay life, his recent marriage and his conversations with other former priests and religious.

ByDaniel P. Horan

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Pope Leo XIV to LCWR sisters: 'The church needs you'

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They built careers and their own lives. The call to the priesthood came later.

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Grammy-winning rap music producer Cam Obi on his conversion to Catholicism

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Notre Dame report on seminary formation clouds gay priests in unjust suspicion

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Pope Pius XI, founder of Vatican Radio, right, listens to the address of Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of radio, during a 1933 ceremony inaugurating the world's first station for radio communication by ultrashort wave. In "Quadragesimo Anno," Pius lamented the "economic dictatorship" the Industrial Revolution created. (CNS)

Subsidiarity: The Catholic principle guiding popes through tech upheavals, from the Industrial Revolution to AI

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Writings by St. Thomas Aquinas laid the groundwork for the concept back in the 13th century, but the Industrial Revolution prompted theologians to refine the idea and develop Catholic social teaching.

We need a biblical view of American history

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Beyond saying no: The church’s answer to assisted suicide

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Dominican Fr. Brian J. Shanley, president of St. John's University, addresses graduating students during commencement ceremonies May 17, 2026, at the Vincentian school's campus in the Jamaica section of the New York borough of Queens. (OSV News/Gregory A. Shemitz)

St. John's University leadership must heed lessons of past

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"It's not too late for the leadership at St. John's to do the right thing, to heed the lessons of the past and stop breaking things, and, most importantly, to adhere to its professed Catholic values," says John Waters.

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The sun sets over the main building and Basilica of the Sacred Heart steeple on the campus of the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, Nov. 23, 2025. (OSV News/Courtesy University of Notre Dame/Matt Cashore)
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Pope Leo names 3 Notre Dame-affiliated experts to advise major Vatican office

The first U.S.-born pope on Tuesday tapped three experts from U.S. institutions to advise the Catholic Church's central office dedicated to promoting social justice. All three are affiliated with the University of Notre Dame.

Pope Leo XIV greets people in Piazza della Liberta in Castel Gandolfo near Rome Aug. 16, 2026. After leading the Angelus prayer, the pope decried the violence in the West Bank and called on the international community to "work toward advancing the two-state solution." (OSV News/Vatican Media/Simone Risoluti)
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Pope Leo calls for end to West Bank violence, pursuit of two-state solution

The pope's appeal came amid reports of violent attacks by Israeli settlers, including in Taybeh, one of the last remaining Christian villages in the West Bank.

ByJunno Arocho Esteves, OSV News
The pontiff prayed for peace in the Holy Land, and in Ukraine and Russia. He also prayed for Colombia following an earthquake there.

Pope Leo at Angelus: Mary a sign of hope, consolation for the world

The pontiff prayed for peace in the Holy Land, and in Ukraine and Russia. He also prayed for Colombia following an earthquake there.

ByJunno Arocho Esteves, OSV News
A coin with Pope Leo XIV's portrait is seen in an image from the Governorate of Vatican City State. (OSV News/Courtesy of Governatorato SCV)

New Vatican City coins feature Pope Leo XIV's face

The new Vatican coins are the first in nearly a decade to feature a pope's face since Francis requested in 2017 that his portrait no longer appear on Vatican coins.

ByCourtney Mares, OSV News

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Students at the University of Dayton help grow a variety of produce on the campus' Flyer Farm, a 3-acre urban agriculture project. Most of what grows at the farm is given away to feed the hungry across the Dayton region. (Courtesy of University of Dayton)

University of Dayton returns to its roots with campus farm that feeds its Ohio community

The small operation at Flyer Farm provides a learning lab for students and demonstrates how urban agriculture can be done "just about anywhere you can find space." 

Latin America: Bishops express solidarity with Colombia as death toll surpasses 250

Messages of solidarity from bishops' conferences across Latin America poured in as rescue workers race against time to save victims still trapped beneath the rubble in multiple cities across Colombia.

ByJunno Arocho Esteves, OSV News

Pope Leo XIV offers prayers, condolences as bishops urge solidarity following Colombia earthquake

Pope Leo XIV said he was deeply saddened by the loss of life and destruction following a powerful earthquake that struck Colombia, leaving more than 100 dead and dozens of collapsed buildings.

ByJunno Arocho Esteves, OSV News

Young African Catholics say faith inspires their fight against climate change

Across East Africa, young Catholics are transforming Pope Francis' call to care for creation into climate education and advocacy, arguing that protecting the environment is as much a religious obligation as attending church.

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Cam Obi, a music producer and musician who has worked with some of the biggest names in hip-hop and R&B, converted to Catholicism at the Easter Vigil. He was baptized at Prince of Peace Catholic Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (Courtesy of Cam Obi)

Grammy-winning rap music producer Cam Obi on his conversion to Catholicism

The producer, rapper, husband and father has been on a spiritual journey for several years, culminating in his conversion to Catholicism this year at the Easter Vigil. 

Julius Rinzel and Ivan Howe play teenage altar servers in "The Saviors," written by Bubba Weiler and directed by Jack Serio. The off-Broadway show is produced by the Atlantic Theater Company in New York City. (Ahron R. Foster)

In 'The Saviors,' a playwright makes space for questions of faith

Bubba Weiler's off-Broadway show is about two eighth-grade altar servers whose encounter with a homeless man in the church leaves them asking questions about Catholicism, God and, ultimately, themselves.  

ByJim McDermott
Sr. Sandra Smithson, a School Sister of St. Francis (School Sisters of St. Francis)
Book Reviews

New book explores life of Sr. Sandra Smithson, pioneering Black Catholic nun in Tennessee

The new text from journalist Theresa Laurence covers a woman who battled racism and educational neglect in Nashville for more than four decades.

ByNate Tinner-Williams, Black Catholic Messenger

'Listen': The Gospel according to Spielberg

From childhood, Steven Spielberg was taught that the most important spiritual act he could do is listen. His filmography upholds it.

ByMichael Leach

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Sr. Margaret Ng of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart of Jesus leads an awareness training session on human trafficking in Sydney, October 2025. (Courtesy of Margaret Ng)
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In Australia, groups collaborate to fight human trafficking and to support survivors

As I work with trafficking survivors, I am often inspired by their courage and resilience and, for some, their trust in divine providence as they continue their journey to self-worth and wholeness.

In Orlando, LCWR seeks a new harmony for the church

Former LCWR president Sr. Vicky Larson described each charism as a musical note: Each note has its own beauty, but we need melody and harmony as well.

ByHelga Leija
Dr. Sr. Marlene Long gives a patient an eye exam during the Primary School Eye Health Project in Ngong, Kenya in the early 2000s. (Courtesy of Marlene Long)

Q&A with Dr. Sr. Marlene Long, a reconstructive surgeon who has reshaped thousands of lives

Combining her advanced surgical training with her vocation as a Franciscan Missionary of Mary, Long has spent decades providing critical, life-altering healthcare to underserved populations in Madagascar, Papua New Guinea and parts of Africa.

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Isolated Indian taxi drivers find mutual support through Carmelite nuns' ministry

Auto-rickshaw drivers, who work alone driving passengers during emergencies, have no one to turn to when facing difficulties of their own. Through the Sarathi Helpline for Drivers, women religious are filling that gap.

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