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The cardinal’s letter also warned of the “unprecedented and marked rise in the number of abuse claims” in the past 18 months.

The Department of Justice has moved to become a co-plaintiff in a lawsuit against New York state filed by the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, who operate a 42-bed palliative care …

OSV News swept the category for one-shot national news writing at the 2026 Catholic Media Awards ceremony, taking home 13 awards overall.

“There are still four active lawsuits challenging continued construction of the mine and challenging the land transfer and trying to get it rescinded.” 

(OSV News) — Father James Musgrave III, 39, a Detroit native who is one of more than 400 men ordained to the priesthood in the United States this year, came …

The National Constitution Center will bestow its Liberty Medal on Pope Leo July 3 during a public ceremony outside its location at Independence Mall in Philadelphia.

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The Trump administration signed a memorandum of understanding, or MOU, with Iranian officials, a tentative framework to end the war in Iran, but uncertainty remained about an …

A New Mexico diocese says Trump administration plans to seize part of Mount Cristo Rey for a border wall violates Catholic religious liberty in a legal filing.

Juneteenth “challenges us as individuals, as a society, and as the church, to renew our commitment to human dignity, racial justice, reconciliation, and peace.”

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV’s communications style is about “discovering God in ourselves and one another,” reflecting the pope’s deeply held Augustinian charism, according to Catholic …