Coach Paul Rodio to retire after upcoming season with Hermits

May 12, 2026

By Jacobus E. Lato / UCA News, OSV News (OSV News) -- A recent child abuse scandal that led to ...

Ordinariate bishop for North America sees his pastoral care expanded to Australia

May 12, 2026

By Gina Christian, OSV News (OSV News) -- A Texas-based bishop, who leads one of the Catholic Church's three "Anglican ordinariates," has ...

Bishops gather at the opening of the spring plenary assembly of the German Bishops' Conference in Würzburg, Germany, Feb. 23, 2026. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, told reporters May 6, the Holy See has not ruled out intervention into same-sex blessings by German bishops if the dispute cannot be resolved. (OSV News photo/courtesy German bishops' conference)

Vatican continues dialogue with German bishops regarding blessing for same-sex couples, cardinal says

May 12, 2026

By Junno Arocho Esteves, OSV News (OSV News) -- Dialogue between the Vatican and German bishops regarding the blessing of ...

Bringing the young to Holy Communion

by Staff Reports

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3BbqxVTtotVsAbLPyaMf1k?go=1&sp_cid=63f69a2caef00532c2571072a0cc2bd9&utm_source=embed_player_p&utm_medium=desktop&nd=1&dlsi=ace3da2acbf740c6 This week on the Talking Catholic, cohosts Kari Janisse and Mike Bress explore the beauty and meaning of the ...

People are pictured in a file photo using night vision goggles to look at the night sky during an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) tour in the desert outside Sedona, Ariz. UAPs -- once known as UFOs -- and the intelligence behind their existence has long been a source of public fascination, but Catholic theologians and scientists have also been thinking about their implications on how humanity sees itself in relation to its Creator. (OSV News photo//Mike Blake, Reuters)

Can intelligent extraterrestrial life exist? Here’s what Catholic thinkers have to say

By Maria Wiering, OSV News (OSV News) -- If rational, extraterrestrial beings exist, what would be God's relationship to them? ...

Pope Leo XIV greets a woman as he visits the Pontifical Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary of Pompeii near Naples, Italy, before celebrating Mass in the piazza outside May 8, 2026, on the first anniversary of his election as the first American pontiff. He visited 400 sick and disabled people inside the shrine. (OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media)

Customer service story of ‘relatable’ Pope Leo XIV gone viral resonates with everyday people

By Simone Orendain, OSV News CHICAGO (OSV News) -- The incoming provincial superior of the Midwest Augustinians, the order that ...

My soul magnifies the Lord!’: Pope Leo marks anniversary of election at Marian shrine in Pompeii

by Peter G. Sánchez, Staff Writer

By Courtney Mares, OSV News POMPEII, Italy (OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV marked the anniversary of his May 8 ...

National Eucharistic Pilgrimage to join annual Way of St. James Walk in June

May 10, 2026

Bishop Joseph Williams, and the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, will be a part of the annual Way of Saint James ...

Pastor, administrator, retired priest personnel changes announced

by Staff Reports

May 10, 2026