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The SPRED disability ministry is filling a gap in the Church, especially for children who go to public school, but the overall need outpaces what is available.

The schedule begins with a nine-day novena of holy hours at 7 p.m. every evening at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Peoria, Illinois, from Sept. …

A federal appeals court on April 21 narrowly upheld a Texas law requiring public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments.

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Most Americans say they do not believe there were sufficient reasons for the U.S. to carry out combat operations in Iran, according to a new Marquette Law …

(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 …

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.