April 2023

(OSV News) — Shelter-in-place orders were issued April 13 at two Catholic universities in Washington, with all-clears declared shortly thereafter, as part of an apparent wave of false threats made …

MADISON, Wis. (OSV News) — Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick faces a new charge of sexual assault in Wisconsin, in addition those he is currently battling in a Massachusetts court. On …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The U.S. bishops are calling on Catholics to contact their representatives and senators in Congress and urge them to vote for a bill that would protect …

KNOCK, Ireland (OSV News) — President Joe Biden was moved to tears at Ireland’s National Marian Shrine in Knock, County Mayo, April 14 on learning that the priest who gave …

Jen Norton, “Arise to Blessedness”Ave Maria Press, Jan 2023160 pages, $18.95 So, my Lent had been pretty easy pedaling in 2023. Declaring it an “Old Testament Lent,” I’d found instructive …

Updated April 15, 4 p.m. ET (OSV News) — An Oregon parish music minister has been arrested as part of an undercover child predator sting, according to the Washington County …

NEW YORK (OSV News) — No one can accuse the folks behind the animated origin story “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” (Universal) of false advertising. To borrow a British phrase, …

(OSV News) — Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-La., called for an end to the death penalty in Louisiana during his final State of the State address, April 10, in an …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — A proposed rule from the Biden administration would prohibit publicly funded schools and colleges from enacting outright bans on athletes from competing on sports teams corresponding …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — A shelter-in-place alert at The Catholic University of America in Washington was lifted after an hour April 13, following threats of an active shooter phoned to …