U.S. Church

“The DOJ’s investigation confirms that advocates for life weren’t provided with equal justice,” the U.S. bishops’ pro-life chairman said..

(OSV News) — On April 15, Auxiliary Bishop James Massa of Brooklyn, chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Doctrine, issued a statement clarifying the Catholic Church’s teaching …

(OSV News) — Time magazine has named Pope Leo XIV to its “100 Most Influential People of 2026” list. The accolade was announced April 15, with the first U.S.-born pope …

(OSV News) — The canonization cause for Jesuit Father Walter Ciszek — a Polish American priest who ministered amid years in Soviet captivity — has been terminated, although Vatican’s decision …

A look at this week in Washington.

Data from 2024 and 2025 “mark a clear break, with young men now surpassing young women on this measure of religious importance.”

“The solution is not to detain them” but “to create a pathway for them to go through the process and become citizens and continue to build this country.”

Police is conducting “an ongoing and active investigation” of an unsubstantiated bomb threat at the house of one of Pope Leo XIV’s brothers.

A new survey finds 67% of Catholics who haven’t been to confession in the past year are open to returning. Experts discuss whether that is enough for revival.

President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House April 16 that he does not see a meeting with Pope Leo XIV as “necessary” after his social media tirade.