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House speaker defends role of religion in public life at National Catholic Prayer Breakfast

by Kate Scanlon

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., defended the role of religion in public life during comments March 19 at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington. …

UK church leaders, pro-life advocates say Britain now has ‘most extreme’ abortion legislation
Catholic hoops at the highest level take over this year’s March Madness
Annunciation shooting showed online violent radicalization at work, expert says
Pope Leo XIV calls bishops to Rome to discuss marriage and family in October
Anthropic fight with the Pentagon amid Iran war puts ethics of AI warfare in focus

U.S. Church

Registration opens for National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s public events

by OSV News

(OSV News) — Registration for public events during the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage opened March 18, revealing abundant opportunities for Catholics to join the nine “perpetual pilgrims” traveling the East Coast route from Florida to Maine that culminates in …

Former astrologer rediscovers Catholic roots, will enter full communion with Church at Easter

Archbishop Hicks celebrates his first St. Patrick’s Day Mass at namesake cathedral

‘Witness to Hope’ conference calls for Catholic response to mass deportations

Archbishop, witnesses testify on religious freedom risks in health care today

As Iditarod kicks off, pilgrims find missionary spirit is the Church in Alaska’s North Star

UPDATE: Supreme Court to hear arguments in Trump effort to end temporary protections for Haitians

World

Cardinal Pizzaballa: Using God’s name to justify war is ‘the gravest sin’

by OSV News

“This conflict has religious connotations, but they are manipulations: those who wish to bring religion into it exploit the name of God.”

Nicaragua’s Sandinista regime halts ordinations in 4 dioceses
Top Vatican diplomat tells UN justice for women, girls demands ‘holistic’ approach
Bishops hail Scottish lawmakers for rejecting assisted dying; UK faces pivotal abortion vote
In a heroic act, two priests drown while saving an altar boy in a coastal city in Ecuador
St. Patrick’s Day celebration twist: Catholic Irish actress brings pro-life message to Oscars stage

Pope Leo XIV urges media to show human face of war, not propaganda

Every Church institution must listen to victims of abuse, Pope Leo XIV says

Pope’s visit to show that Christianity is asset, not danger, for Algeria, bishop says

Vatican

Communion of faithful, not just clergy, shares role in safeguarding faith, pope says

by Josephine Peterson

Opinion

Guarding the heart and home: Raising holy families in a screen-saturated world

by Sister Hosea Rupprecht

St. Patrick’s Breastplate and the terrors of mid-Lent

by Elizabeth Scalia

The rest of the story

by Deacon Greg Kandra

Reviews

Academy Awards Best Picture Nominees

by John Mulderig
Wuthering Heights
Crime 101
Meditating on Christ’s passion with St. Thomas More
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