Gina Christian

5 days ago | detroitcatholic.com | Gina Christian |Charles Fox |Greg Erlandson

(OSV News) ─ The U.S. has attacked three nuclear facilities in Iran, in a move that comes amid repeated pleas from Pope Leo XIV and other church leaders for peace and dialogue in ending multiple conflicts throughout the world, including that between Israel and Iran.

6 days ago | angelusnews.com | Mike Cisneros |Gina Christian |Courtney Mares

It could be compared to walking through a graveyard. Where once there were homes, now there were empty lots, trees still scorched black, and remnants of blackened block walls. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers placards dotted the landscape like headstones.

1 week ago | detroitcatholic.com | Gina Christian |Charles Fox |Greg Erlandson

(OSV News) ─ Indigenous peoples are "a blessing to the Church and Canadian society," said the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. The bishops shared their thoughts in a June 19 statement, available in both English and French, ahead of National Indigenous Peoples Day. Established in 1996 as National Aboriginal Day and renamed in 2017, the June 21 holiday celebrates the traditions, cultures and contributions of Canada's First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.

1 week ago | thebostonpilot.com | Gina Christian |Lucia Silecchia |Greg Kandra

(OSV News) -- Just over a month after his election, Pope Leo XIV is enjoying positive reviews from most of the nation's Catholics, according to a new poll. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research at the University of Chicago surveyed 1,158 U.S. adults June 5-9 via telephone and web questionnaires administered in both English and Spanish, with participants receiving "a small monetary incentive" for completing the survey, according to the researchers.

1 week ago | osvnews.com | Gina Christian

3 In contrast, an AP-NORC poll conducted in October 2015 among 1,058 adults showed that 59% of U.S. Catholics approved of Pope Francis, with 26% not having enough information to say and 15% disapproving of him. That survey took place more than two years after Pope Francis’ March 2013 election. Both in the 2015 poll and the 2025 poll, 44% of U.S. adults reported favorable views of the current pope.