February 2024

MADRID (OSV News) — After two men married Feb. 24 in a civil ceremony inside a Catholic chapel at a private estate near Madrid, the Archdiocese of Madrid reprimanded organizers …

Live updates on the health of Pope Francis as he stays at Gemelli hospital. testing.

Feb. 28, 2024 UPDATE: Updates with corrected 2nd and 3rd grafs. By Anna Wilgenbusch ST. PAUL, Minn. (OSV News) — Jean Swenson was an ambitious 28-year-old teacher working with at-risk …

(OSV News) — Legislation that would require clergy to report child abuse or neglect in Washington state failed for the second year in a row in that state’s Legislature. Some …

JENKINTOWN, Pa. (OSV News) — Mere days before the second anniversary of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, women religious from that nation and the United States were recognized for …

By Michael Kelly (OSV News) — A new report has revealed what it describes as conflicts of interest in the handling of allegations of sexual abuse in Britain’s established state …

(OSV News) — Exactly five years ago, on Feb. 23, 2019, the spotlight of the abuse summit in the Vatican was on one woman: Valentina Alazraki. The veteran Mexican journalist, whose legacy was chronicled …

(OSV News) — On May 18-19, groups of eight young adults will leave San Francisco; New Haven, Connecticut; San Juan, Texas; and Itasca State Park in Minnesota. For eight weeks …

Q: In the past few weeks, due to extreme weather, I’ve missed Mass a couple of times. My parish has a Facebook channel, so I watched the services there instead. …

By Jack Figge, OSV News (OSV News) — Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker donated a jersey and sent a touching message to the family of Lisa Lopez-Galvan, the Catholic …