Hospital chaplains agree the ministry is one of presence

The Sr. Dorothy’s Prayer Shawl Ministry of Our Lady of Hope Parish recently received a blessing from Bishop Joseph Williams ...

Pope Leo XIV leads the general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 25, 2026. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Life must be defended in a world wounded by warfare, pope says

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March 25, 2026

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By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The sanctity of life, from conception to its natural end, ...

Young Catholic adults are pictured in a file photo praying over Bishop Anthony B. Taylor of Little Rock, Ark., during an evening encounter between young adults and their bishops at the Fifth National Encuentro in Grapevine, Texas. Younger Catholic adults in the U.S. are more likely to be Hispanic or Latino, while just over half of Gen-Z individuals raised Catholic are likely to retain that identity in adulthood, according to a March 23, 2026, data analysis by Mark Gray of the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate. (OSV News photo/James Ramos, Texas Catholic Herald)

Data: Younger Catholics increasingly Hispanic; over half of Gen-Z adults stay Catholic

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March 25, 2026

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By Gina Christian, OSV News (OSV News) -- Younger Catholic adults in the U.S. are more likely to be Hispanic or Latino, ...

Venerable Fulton J. Sheen, pictured in an undated photo, is remembered as one of the most influential and innovative evangelists in American history. The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints announced the beatification of Archbishop Sheen will take place on Sept. 24, 2024, in St. Louis. (OSV News file photo)

Sept. 24 beatification of Archbishop Sheen to be ‘a moment of immense grace’

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March 25, 2026

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By OSV News VATICAN CITY (OSV News) -- Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen will be beatified on Sept. 24 in St. Louis, ...

Catholic tourists from Rome carry a cross along the Via Dolorosa, the Way of the Cross, in the Old City of Jerusalem March 23, 2024, the eve of Palm Sunday and the start of Holy Week. (OSV News photo/Debbie Hill)

Jerusalem patriarchate cancels Palm Sunday procession, postpones chrism Mass amid war

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March 24, 2026

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By OSV News JERUSALEM (OSV News) -- The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said wartime restrictions have forced the cancellation or ...

Kermit Gosnell is shown in a courtroom artist sketch during his sentencing at Philadelphia Common Pleas Court in Philadelphia May 15, 2013. Gosnell, the former Philadelphia abortionist convicted of first-degree murder in the brutal killings of three infants born alive during illegal late-term abortions at his notorious “house of horrors” clinic, died in prison March 23, 2026, at age 85. (OSV News photo/Reuters)

Philadelphia abortionist dies in prison; pro-life advocates call for stronger protections

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March 24, 2026

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By Simone Orendain, OSV News (OSV News) -- A notorious Philadelphia abortionist who was serving several life sentences for infanticide ...

Floss, rinse, confess: Let Reconciliation ‘motivate us to do better’

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March 24, 2026

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Forgive me, dentist, for I am flawed. It has been six months since my last appointment. Let’s see, I’ve eaten ...

Sylvia Loumeau relates how nearly 40 years with Catholic Charities has informed her faith

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March 26, 2026

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According to statistics, the average American worker stays with an employer for 3.9 years. No one has shared that news ...

Father Edward Flanagan is surrounded by young men in his office at Boys Town in Omaha, Neb., in this 1942 photo. Pope Leo XIV declared Father Flanagan, the founder of Boys Town, venerable in recognition of his heroic virtue March 23, 2026. (OSV News photo/courtesy Boys Town)

Pope Leo XIV declares Boys Town founder Father Flanagan venerable

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March 23, 2026

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By Courtney Mares, OSV News ROME (OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV declared Father Edward Flanagan, the founder of Boys ...