Catholic News & Perspectives

Venezuela's government has barred Cardinal Baltazar Porras from leaving the country, confiscating his passport as pressure mounts on church leaders and opposition voices. The move comes the same day Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. The post Venezuelan cardinal denied permission to leave country as María Corina Machado arrives in Oslo after harrowing exit first appeared on OSV News.

A massive outbreak of mosquito-borne illness is sweeping Cuba just weeks after Hurricane Melissa, straining parish life and Catholic ministries across the island. The post After hurricane, mosquito-transmitted diseases pile on top of Cuba’s troubles first appeared on OSV News.

"We don't want to be digital tourists. We don't want to be caught up in echo chambers where we're just getting fed information that reinforces our beliefs." The post Expert urges vigilance in digital formation as Australia’s social media ban goes into effect first appeared on OSV News.

"Our relatives are finally home. For First Nations, these are not only artifacts. They are sacred, living items," National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak said. The post Indigenous artifacts from Vatican welcomed home to Canada in Montreal ceremony first appeared on OSV News.