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Maria Wiering is the Senior Writer for OSV News.

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The official portrait of Blessed Fulton J. Sheen is revealed at his beatification Mass Sept. 24, 2026, at The Dome at America's Center in St. Louis. (OSV News photo/Margaret Murray)

Cardinal Tagle: Blessed Fulton Sheen, a 'tireless preacher of the Gospel'

Maria Wiering|Sep 24, 2026|5 Min Read

The Engstrom family pauses for a photo in the exhibition hall at the Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis Sept. 23, 2026. The healing of James Engstrom, who was born without a pulse on Sept. 16, 2010, and remained clinically dead for an hour before his heart began beating, led to a Church-approved miracle that helped advance the cause for Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen’s beatification. (OSV News photo/Margaret Murray)

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'A foretaste of heaven': Miracle baby's mom reflects ahead of Sheen beatification

Maria Wiering and Gina Christian|Sep 24, 2026|5 Min Read

Cardinal Luis Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, delivers a homily during a Mass at the Cathedral of St Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Peoria, Ill., where Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is buried, on Sept. 22, 2026, two days ahead of Sheen's beatification in St. Louis. (OSV News screenshot/Peoria Diocese YouTube)

Cardinal Tagle encourages faithful to adopt Archbishop Sheen's virtues as beatification nears

Maria Wiering|Sep 22, 2026|5 Min Read

People are pictured in a file photo using night vision goggles to look at the night sky during an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) tour in the desert outside Sedona, Ariz. UAPs -- once known as UFOs -- and the intelligence behind their existence has long been a source of public fascination, but Catholic theologians and scientists have also been thinking about their implications on how humanity sees itself in relation to its Creator. (OSV News photo//Mike Blake, Reuters)

Faith

Can intelligent extraterrestrial life exist? Here's what Catholic thinkers have to say

Maria Wiering|May 8, 2026|8 Min Read

Gold medallist Mikaela Shiffrin of United States, center, celebrates on the podium after winning Alpine Skiing - Women's Slalom with silver medallist Camille Rast of Switzerland and bronze medallist Anna Swenn Larsson of Sweden during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics during the Women's Slalom Victory Ceremony at Tofane Alpine Skiing Center in Belluno, Italy, Feb. 18, 2026. (OSV News photo/Leonhard Foeger, Reuters)

Faith

The Olympics and why the Catholic Church cares about sports

Maria Wiering|Feb 20, 2026|7 Min Read

The faithful depart the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception June 8, 2024, as they follow the Blessed Sacrament in procession through the streets of the Brookland neighborhood of Washington. The procession was held as the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage's Seton Route made a stop in the Archdiocese of Washington as it makes its way to Indianapolis for the National Eucharistic Congress to be held in July. A third National Eucharistic Pilgrimage has been scheduled for May-July 2026, organizers have announced. (OSV News photo/Mihoko Owada, Catholic Standard)

The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage is back in 2026 -- with a patriotic twist

Maria Wiering|Jan 8, 2026|4 Min Read

Catholic author Russell Shaw poses for a photo in his Silver Spring, Md., home Aug. 28, 2019. Shaw died Jan. 6, 2026, at age 90. (OSV News photo/Chaz Muth)

Russell Shaw remembered as 'giant of the Church' for contribution to Catholic communications

Maria Wiering|Jan 6, 2026|7 Min Read

Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles greets the faithful gathered for Mass Dec. 28, 2025, on the Feast of the Holy Family, which concluded the Jubilee Year 2025 with the Rite of the Closing of the Jubilee at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. (OSV News photo/courtesy John Rueda, Archdiocese of Los Angeles)

US bishops underscore virtue of hope as 2025 Jubilee Year closes in dioceses

Maria Wiering|Dec 29, 2025|5 Min Read

Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis leads an interfaith prayer service at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis Aug. 28, 2025, following a shooting the previous day at Annunciation Catholic Church. A shooter opened fire Aug. 27 through the windows of the church adjacent to Annunciation Catholic School and struck children attending Mass during the first week of school, killing two and wounding 18 others. (OSV News photo/Tim Evans, Reuters)

'Hold onto Jesus's hand': Parents, clergy process Minneapolis Catholic school shooting's aftermath

Maria Wiering|Aug 29, 2025|7 Min Read

First responders block the crime scene following a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis Aug. 27, 2025. The Richfield Police Department is reporting there are up to 20 victims and the shooter is dead. (OSV News photo/Tim Evans, Reuters)

Pope Leo sends prayers after deadly shooting at Minneapolis Catholic school

Maria Wiering|Aug 27, 2025|7 Min Read

Aloysius Ford, who has Down syndrome, sits with classmates while listening to his kindergarten teacher during class at St. Patrick Catholic School in Tacoma, Wash., May 21, 2025. (OSV News photo/Stephen Brashear)

When it comes to serving students with disabilities, how are Catholic schools doing?

Maria Wiering|Jul 14, 2025|10 Min Read

Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, carries the monstrance as he leads the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage in El Paso June 10, 2025. (OSV News photo/Emily Montelongo, chief photographer, Diocese of El Paso)

Texas prisoners' witness of faith makes prison visit 'a highlight' of Eucharistic pilgrimage

Maria Wiering|Jun 12, 2025|5 Min Read

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