(OSV News) — A federal judge on April 7 paused Louisiana’s lawsuit challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone pending its promised safety review.

But the judge also indicated the state could continue its challenge after that review.

U.S. District Judge David Joseph in Lafayette, Louisiana, said that the state’s challenge ...

(OSV News) — “Are you saved?”

That’s a question often heard from well-meaning Christians who want to help others know Jesus Christ. As Catholics whose faith is centered in him, we can appreciate their good intentions and admire their willingness to talk about God.

Even so, we may have trouble understanding what their question is really all about. What exac...

SENECA, Kan. (OSV News) — Five minutes.

That’s how much time passed between Todd Leonard’s last meeting with Father Arul Carasala and the moment Leonard found the priest fatally wounded outside his own rectory in Seneca on April 3, 2025.

A former principal of the parish school for 24 years, Leonard regularly met with Father Carasala, pastor of Sts. Peter a...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV welcomed the newly announced ceasefire in the Middle East as “a sign of genuine hope” after what he described as “hours of extreme tension,” while urging a return to negotiations and calling the faithful to prayer.

“Only by returning to negotiations can the war be brought to an end,” he said in

(OSV News) — The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s general audience address given Apr. 8, Wednesday in the Octave of Easter, in St. Peter’s Square.

The Documents of the Second Vatican Council. II. Dogmatic Constitution Lumen gentium. 7. Holiness and evangelical counsels in the Church

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome!

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