Europe

LVIV, Ukraine (OSV News) — Faith, family and a love of liberty are sustaining Ukrainian soldiers amid a bloody counteroffensive against invading Russian forces, a military chaplain told OSV News. …

LIVERPOOL, England (OSV News) — A sixth former Anglican bishop has announced his decision to become a Catholic in just the last four years. Bishop Richard Pain, who retired as …

There’s nothing quite like understanding what a physical heart is to a body, and to realize God himself has one. I’ve long loved the solemnity of the Sacred Heart, which …

(OSV News) — The British girl whose injuries were “life-threatening” after a stabbing attack on the playground in Annecy, France, was awake and recovering, France’s President Emmanuel Macron confirmed June …

(OSV News) — A Catholic parish priest accused of “offending state authorities” in Belarus said he understood the hardships facing prisoners of conscience after just four days in jail. “I …

LVIV, Ukraine (OSV News) — Leading forensic experts at the British University of Exeter are collecting evidence and testimonies of Russian war crimes in Ukraine. In the course of their …

It’s been a short week thanks to the Memorial Day holiday here in the U.S., but still a busy one for OSV News.  Besides putting several interesting stories on the …

(OSV News) — Victims of clerical sex abuse have bitterly criticized plans by France’s Catholic bishops for all clergy to include a scannable QR code on their identity cards certifying …

KRAKOW, Poland (OSV News) — For 17 years, the media ethics conference at the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow has gathered media researchers from all over the …

(OSV News) — The number of victims of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Poland between 1944 and 1990 may be close to 1,100, with the number of abusers …