The Idaho State Capitol building is seen in Boise, Idaho, Oct. 29, 2021. A federal appeals court panel ruled Oct. 30, 2026, that Idaho’s abortion ban may continue to be fully enforced as voters in the Gem State prepared to vote directly on the legality of abortion Nov. 3. (OSV News photo/Shannon Stapleton, Reuters) A […]
Pro-life advocate Laura Gies kneels at the unmarked grave of 47 preborn children whose bodies were discovered in 2010 at the Philadelphia clinic of abortionist Kermit Gosnell. Convicted in 2013 of multiple murder, involuntary manslaughter and drug charges, Gosnell died in prison in 2026. Gies and fellow pro-life advocates joined in Mass and graveside prayers […]
Students organize combination locks for classmates’ lockers on the first day of the 2026-27 academic year at St. Patrick School in Smithtown, N.Y., Sept. 3, 2026. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) The Federal Scholarship Tax Credit, or “Education Freedom Tax Credit” — a federal tax credit for donations to 501(c)(3) public charities providing scholarships to […]
Pope Leo XIV holds a basketball during an audience with delegations from the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Villanova Wildcats basketball teams in Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Oct. 31, 2026, before the two teams open the U.S. college basketball season in Rome Nov. 1. (OSV News photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters) ROME — […]
Myrna Maloney Flynn, president and CEO of Massachusetts Citizens for Life, speaks at an Oct. 29, 2026, news conference hosted by her organization at the Massachusetts Statehouse. Flynn joined other pro-life advocates in announcing their coalition had collected almost 100,000 certified signatures in an effort to eventually repeal Massachusetts’ recently enacted law permitting late-term abortion […]
University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish guard Cole Certa (5) and guard Logan Imes (2) celebrate after beating the Missouri Tigers at Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center Dec. 2, 2025. Notre Dame and Villanova’s men’s and women’s basketball teams will open the college season in Rome Nov. 1, 2026. (OSV News photo/Michael Caterina, University […]
New York Archbishop Ronald A. Hicks delivers his homily during the annual White Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City June 3, 2026. Archbishop Hicks sent an Oct. 24 email to clergy confirming the archdiocese has reached an $800 million settlement to resolve some 1,300 abuse claims brought under lookback laws in that […]
This photo illustration shows a priest preparing to distribute Communion during Mass. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller) A new study has been launched by The Catholic University of America to explore why some priests choose to exit their ministry within a few years of ordination. “There is a perception among some bishops and other Catholic leaders […]
Denver Archbishop James R. Golka and a group of U.S. bishops pray over President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington in a video posted on X Oct. 22, 2026, by the administration’s communications staff. The meeting was confirmed by the Archdiocese of Denver in a statement that day. (OSV […]
Father Eugène Almonor, an Oblate of Mary Immaculate and chaplain of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Haitian Catholic community, center, displays a custom image of Haiti’s patroness, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, during an Oct. 17, 2026, Mass at St. William Catholic Church in Philadelphia marking the 50th anniversary of that archdiocese’s Haitian Catholic community. Among […]