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In one sense, priests are no different from other people. They feel the need to step away from the typical routine for a few days to refresh and recharge. There's always the beach, the woods, the big city.

Pope Francis' peace envoy to Ukraine, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, was finishing his two-day visit to Ukraine June 6. He met President Volodymyr Zelenskyy amid breaking news of the destruction of a critical dam and hydroelectric power plant along the front lines in southern Ukraine that Zelenskyy blamed on "Russian terrorists." The Russian side accused Ukrainian forces of blowing up the dam. Ukraine accused Russians of committing what it called "ecocide."

Brother Matt Wooters spends most of his time on the road in his role as vocations promoter for the Jesuits’ Midwest province, cruising in his white Toyota Corolla and sipping black coffee. Though he’s based in Chicago, the 35-year-old has ties to St. Paul, which he visits seven or eight times a year.

Melissa Ohden said she never planned to start an organization.

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislation June 3 banning certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures in Texas for minors who identify as transgender.

The Holy Spirit invites the faithful to share in God's love and to make the church a loving home whose door is open to everyone, Pope Francis said.

The Los Angeles Dodgers' decision to host a July 30 Christian Faith and Family Day does not allay concerns and outrage over the team's plans to honor a self-described "order of drag, queer and LGBTQ+ nuns," Catholic experts told OSV News.

The U.S. Senate on June 1 passed its version of a compromise bill brokered by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, just days before a June 5 deadline to address the debt ceiling or risk a U.S. government default.