U.S. Church

(OSV News) — Joseph Capizzi, former dean of the School of Theology and Religious Studies at The Catholic University of America, was appointed the new director of the McGrath Institute …

“Nearly 27 million people worldwide are trapped in forms of forced labor and human bondage, and Americans in all 50 states have been victimized as well.”

The nomination of Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche appeared to be in limbo July 31 as the Senate Judiciary Committee lacked the votes to advance the nomination to the …

MINNEAPOLIS (OSV News) — The Basilica of St. Mary has invited people to sign a poster-card for Bishop Kevin T. Kenney as he prepares to begin treatment for lung cancer. …

(OSV News) — A federal judge July 30 temporarily shielded four orders of women religious and Catholic healthcare ministries from enforcement of a New York state law allowing physicians to aid …

“Human decisions may bring uncertainty and suffering, but God’s love and His faithful presence never cease,” said Haitian Cardinal Chibly Langlois.

BALTIMORE (OSV News) — Maryland native and Dominican Father Justin Bolger was hoping to hear some “whooping and hollering” July 29 when he and his band, The Hillbilly Thomists, performed …

Defending the right to worship freely “is not only a civic duty but a core element of Catholic teaching,” said Archbishop John C. Wester.

HONOLULU (OSV News) — “E hiki mai kou aupuni” — “Thy kingdom come.” The episcopal motto of Bishop Michael Thomas Tupou Castori — taken from the Our Father recited in the …

(OSV News) — A Texas bishop said he is “grateful to God” that a foreign-born religious sister, detained by immigration authorities in late June, can remain in the U.S. as …