Pope Leo XIV celebrated the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence with the U.S. Ambassador to ...

The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship, finding the order ...

I extend my heartfelt congratulations to all Americans on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This semiquincentennial marks that defining moment in ...

PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) — Religious liberty “holds sacred the inner sphere of the person where convictions are formed and where conscience can guide the decisions made in the intimacy of the human ...

(OSV News) — The following is the address of Pope Leo XIV upon his acceptance of the Liberty Medal of the National Constitution Center as delivered over livestream from the Vatican on July 3, 2026. I ...

(OSV News) — The Vatican has declared the Society of St. Pius X to be “in schism” after the traditionalist group consecrated four bishops without the papal mandate, marking the most serious rupture in ...

Many cardinals have had books written about them, but few have become the fictionalized heroes of best-selling novels.

In a long, fruitful career as leader of the American hierarchy, Cardinal Gibbons combined diplomacy, patriotism and a canny ...

Catholics located in the northern and remote areas of Pakistan often experience particular difficulties "just to keep their ...

VATICAN CITY (OSV News) — The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has established a procedure for both priests and lay faithful connected to the Society of St. Pius X to return to Catholic ...

(OSV News) — The Archdiocese of San Francisco has agreed to a proposed $395 million settlement that would resolve hundreds of lawsuits filed by survivors of clergy sexual abuse. The archdiocese said ...