April 2023

PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) — The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is facing a civil lawsuit over claims it covered up for one of its former priests who allegedly sexually abused a student …

(OSV News) — On Easter Sunday, Nicaraguan Cardinal Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano expressed his joy at the massive attendance of Catholics in churches during Holy Week. The government of Daniel …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As Britain’s King Charles III walks into Westminster Abbey for his coronation, he will walk behind a processional cross containing a relic of Christ’s cross given …

(Updated to include USCCB statement.) WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The U.S. Supreme Court said April 21 it would block a lower court’s restrictions on an abortion pill, leaving the drug …

NEW YORK (OSV News) – An apt subtitle for the forceful fact-based drama “Air” (Amazon) might be: “How to Succeed in Business by Trying Really Hard.” The film’s positive underlying …

CHAMPION, Wis. (OSV News) — A Marian shrine in rural northeast Wisconsin, the only shrine in the United States to be designated by the Catholic Church as an approved Marian …

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (OSV News) — Catholic organizations and churches in Alaska have been busier than ever this past year due to months-long delays in the arrival of the state’s food …

(OSV News) — As the U.S. recuperates from the unprecedented multiyear consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic — complicated by Russia’s war on Ukraine and lingering supply chain issues — fiscal …

MOUNT NEBO, Jordan (OSV News) — Some years ago, Jordan adopted a unique approach to celebrating Christmas and Easter to encourage unity. All Christian denominations agreed to celebrate Western Christmas, …

FRONT ROYAL, Va. (OSV News) — In March 2021, artist and alumna Mandy Hain was perched, brush in hand, on a cramped crane platform more than 100 feet above the …