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A change in name for the Boy Scouts of America will not affect affiliated Catholic scout troops, the executive director of the Catholic Church's official committee overseeing Scouting programs in the U.S. told OSV News.

Father Roger Landry may be the reason 24 young people and several priests are walking thousands of miles across the United States this summer with the Eucharist.

For the rector of the world's second largest church after St. Peter's Basilica -- the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Aparecida in Brazil -- May 11 will be a day of celebrating the inauguration of the southern facade's mosaics, all created by Father Marko Rupik.

Blind, unbridled consumerism and selfishness -- not the number of people on the planet and having children -- are the root causes of the world's problems, Pope Francis said.

A federal appeals court May 8 ruled in favor of the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, protecting religious schools' freedom to hire schoolteachers who will uphold their religious beliefs.

More than 2,500 Catholic bishops, priests, women religious, academics, laypeople and Catholic groups have called for a cease-fire in Gaza in a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden and other world leaders.

Ethan Hawke knows "Wildcat," his film about the life and imagination of Southern writer Flannery O'Connor released May 3, is unlikely to attract general audiences.

Biden condemns violence in campus protests Catholic priest, former House Speaker Pelosi among new Medal of Freedom recipients Biden administration plans marijuana reclassification