21+ hour, 23+ min ago  (1277+ words) Joachim Pham, Global Sisters Report Sister Maria Madelene Le Thi Bich, a member of the Lovers of the Holy Cross congregation, offers Bibles to newcomers to the group of former sisters in Hue, Vietnam, on Sept. 14, 2025. (Joachim Pham) When Therese…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (771+ words) For most lay Catholics, synodality is simply the latest buzzword for what is really just business as usual, with the trappings of walking together and invoking the Holy Spirit. The clerics are in control. Bishops are key to this. Some…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago  (318+ words) Pope Leo XIV met on April 27 with the first woman to lead the world's Anglican Christians, the newly enthroned Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, urging unity to evangelize more effectively. The papal audience at the Vatican was part of Mullally's…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago  (645+ words) A new analysis from Pew Research Center has found that Catholicism has lost more members than it has gained in most of the 24 countries surveyed, while Protestantism has seen net gains in several nations, especially Latin America. The shifts are…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago  (1066+ words) Courtney Mares, OSV News Pope Leo XIV said on the papal plane April 23 that the Holy See does not approve of formalized blessings of same-sex couples, while stressing that Church unity should not revolve around sexual matters and that all…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1568+ words) Ines San Martin, OSV News As Pope Leo XIV pushed back against what he has described as an inaccurate narrative surrounding his first trip to Africa, missionaries working across the continent say the journey reflects something far more fundamental than…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (513+ words) Liturgical ceremonies at Ephphatha Parish Church in Seoul archdiocese are celebrated in silence, because visual cues and signage are the only "language" they know. Father Park Min-seo, ordained in 2007, is South Korea's first Catholic priest with a hearing impairment. He…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (969+ words) Courtney Mares, OSV News Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass in the second-largest Catholic Church in Africa April 22, telling Catholics in the oil-rich nation that the future of Equatorial Guinea depends upon your choices. The pope offered Mass in the Basilica…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (805+ words) Pope Leo XIV brought pure joy to some 74 elderly residents of a nursing home whose name surprised the pontiff himself. It struck me to learn that you call this place 'lar,' which means 'home.' I thank God for this, and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (776+ words) Something shifted in India's parliament on April 16, 2026, and it deserves more attention than it has received. Lawmakers introduced the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill " the legislation needed to finally operationalize the 2023 Women's Reservation Act, which had been gathering dust ever since it…...