Sister Mary Grace still remembers when she, as a novice, trained with Navy SEALs. “We were invited to Long Island on a beach just to kind of get some insight and inspiration from … Navy SEALs,” she recently revealed during a new
A roundup of Washington stories includes updates on a pro-life group's 2024 plans, the Senate voting on the border deal, President Biden attending a dignified transfer, and Congress recognizing Catholic Schools Week.
At least 18 Catholic bishops have signed on to a call by PAX Christi USA for the U.S. government to redirect military spending to fund human need.
"We are told that our military spending secures peace for our people and the Church recognizes
At Blessed Sacrament Parish in Tallahassee, Father Peter Zalewski is a busy and beloved pastor, tending to the activities of his church community and the local Catholic school, the largest primary school in the Pensacola-Tallahassee Diocese.
But the pastor also serves in the
Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services will lead an early morning rosary online on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, and the public is invited to join him.
"What better way to start Veterans Day than to kneel and
On Sept. 4, Gen. Brice Oligui Nguema was sworn in as the transition president for the tiny central African country of Gabon.
Nguema seized power Aug. 30 after overthrowing the incumbent president, Ali Bongo Ondimba, moments after an announcement that he had been
The top-ranking U.S. military officer told reporters he and Pope Francis discussed the war in Ukraine, especially the war's impact on the people there.
Gen. Mark A. Milley, a Catholic, who as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the principal military
The U.S. Senate passed a national defense spending bill for fiscal year 2024 shortly before their August recess without language in the Republican-led House's version of the bill barring abortion or coverage for gender transitions. Lawmakers will have to reconcile the two
Pro-life groups pushed back on the White House's support of a Department of Defense policy of providing paid leave and travel reimbursement for service members seeking abortions.
Jeanne Mancini, president of the national March for Life organization, told OSV News July 20 that
Following Wagner Group’s now-halted march on Moscow, bishop sees ‘hope and danger’ ahead for Ukraine
While a Catholic bishop in Ukraine warned current events presented "both hope and danger" for his own country, leaders of Russia's Orthodox Church backed President Vladimir Putin's rule and welcomed the apparent defusing of a military rebellion.
"Thank God this incredibly dangerous situation