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

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Independence Day is a reminder that Americans’ “inalienable rights” mentioned in the Declaration of Independence — life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness — are gifts from ...

PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) — The awarding of the Liberty Medal to Pope Leo XIV for his efforts to uphold religious freedom is a “fitting recognition” that attests to the pope’s steadfast witness to 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 ...

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 ...

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Jesuit Father John Courtney Murray published a collection of essays in 1960 which have proved to be a distinguished intellectual landmark in the project of integrating Catholicism and Americanism.

(OSV News) — The feast day for St. Pier Giorgio Frassati on July 4 will be his first ever since his canonization last year. This means a novena long prayed to him as a blessed is now being prayed to ...

(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 ...

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 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 ...

Editor’s note: This is part of a series exploring the lives of Great American Catholics ahead of the United States’ 250th anniversary celebration. (OSV News) — As the Revolutionary War drew to a close ...