The U.S gave a clear message of support for Tibet's efforts to protect its religious tradition at the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday celebration.

Section: World and Nation VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Ravaging the earth and creating environmental injustices are not what God had in mind when he entrusted creation to humanity, Pope Leo XIV said. In fact, ...

Section: World and Nation WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The U.S. Supreme Court on June 27 limited the ability of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions in a case concerning the Trump ...

IRONDEQUOIT — Former students, teachers and administrators of St. Kateri School recently filled the pews at Christ the King Church for a special Mass and school reunion. They gathered June 1 to pay ...

Section: Multimedia Bishop Salvatore R. Matano ordained Clyde native Father George Bastedo IV to the priesthood June 14 during a Solemn Mass of Ordination at Rochester’s Sacred Heart Cathedral. During ...

Section: Photo Galleries Catholic-school students closed out the 2024-25 school year with a variety of fun activities and events. On June 11, students at Avon’s St. Agnes School shopped for books to ...

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Senate Republicans on July 1 passed their version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which would enact key provisions of President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda on taxes ...

Section: World and Nation VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Catholic priests will now be able to celebrate Mass “for the care of creation” after the Vatican announced that a new formulary of prayers and biblical ...

Section: World and Nation WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The U.S. bishops’ conference on June 26 reiterated its support for and opposition to various provisions in the budget bill under consideration in the ...

Section: Local News In a June 10, 2025, statement, Bishop Salvatore R. Matano decried the June 9 passage in the New York state Senate of the “Medical Aid in Dying Act.” If signed into law by Gov.

Law enforcement officers gather at Cherry Hill Park after multiple firefighters were attacked when responding to a fire in the Canfield Mountain area outside Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, June 29, 2025. Two ...

CHICAGO (OSV News) — Under a bright sun, around an altar set up at centerfield, more than a dozen priests and bishops led by Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich concelebrated a special Mass for the ...