A new survey commissioned by the Nicaraguan media outlet Confidencial and conducted by market researcher CID Gallup of Costa Rica revealed that the Catholic Church is the most credible institution in Nicaragua. This is despite the harsh persecution to which it has been subjected for some years by the dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and…
KYIV BISHOP OPENS UP ABOUT WAR’S SPIRITUAL IMPACT Kyiv Bishop opens up about War With Russia’s full-scale invasion surpassing the 500-day mark, OSV News traveled to Kyiv to meet with Bishop Vitalii Kryvytskyi of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, who shared his reflections on the war’s spiritual impact. Air raid sirens, soldiers’ funerals and…
Cardinal Reinhard Marx asked for forgiveness in the case of a German WWII massacre in Italy on the orders of a man who went on to become a bishop in Munich. Before he ascended to the rank of auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising in 1968, Matthias Defregger wore a different uniform.…
Authorities have arrested a suspect in the murder last week of a teacher from Kentucky on the campus of the Catholic University of America. On July 5, 25-year-old Maxwell Emerson was shot and killed on the university’s Washington, DC, campus. The DC Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement this week that it had made…
Cardinal: Catholic universities must engage with AI Catholic universities must not recoil from the daunting risks of artificial intelligence but become proactively involved in its ethical development, said the head of the Dicastery for Culture and Education. Catholic universities are obligated “to a delicate exercise of responsibility” in the “new historical era” represented by AI,…
Pakistani Christians have called for prayers during a “dangerous” period following the burning of the Islamic holy book, the Koran, in Sweden. An Iraqi-born refugee burned a Koran outside a mosque in the capital, Stockholm, on the first day of Eid al-Adha, which sparked protest in many Muslim-majority countries across the world. Speaking to The…
Judge dismisses Texas monastery’s lawsuit against Fort Worth bishop A Texas judge has dismissed a Carmelite monastery’s civil lawsuit against Fort Worth Bishop Michael Olson. Without comment, Tarrant County District Court Judge Don Cosby, presiding from Fort Worth, issued a ruling June 30 granting the Fort Worth Diocese’s motion to dismiss the monastery’s complaint, which…
Vatican publishes schedule for papal trip to Mongolia Pope Francis’ visit to Mongolia August 31-September 4 will make him the first pope to visit this Asian nation, which is home to one cardinal and some 1,300 Catholics. The focus of the visit will be encounters with leaders of government and civil society and meetings with…
Pope Francis has named 21 new cardinals, announcing the names after his recitation of the Angelus with the Faithful in St Peter’s Square July 9. He said he would formally install the cardinals during a special consistory at the Vatican September 30. The new cardinals represent more than a dozen countries on five continents. Three…
Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando José Álvarez Lagos has been sent back to prison, July 5 after negotiations between the Nicaraguan bishops and the government of dictator Daniel Ortega broke down, Nicaraguan news sources reported. According to ACI Prensa, Bishop Álvarez, of the Diocese of Matagalpa, in Managua, was released Monday, July 3 but returned to custody…