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In this file photo, Msgr. Stephen J. Rossetti, then a clinical associate professor at The Catholic University of America in Washington, talks during a press conference in Rome Feb. 7, 2012. Msgr. Rossetti was attending a four-day symposium, "Toward Healing and Renewal," at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. On June 3, 2026, Washington Cardinal Robert W. McElroy removed Msgr. Rossetti, a well known exorcist priest with an active social media following, from ministry within the archdiocese and has ended all affiliation between the archdiocese and the St. Michael Center for Spiritual Renewal located in Washington. (OSV News photo/Tony Gentile, Reuters)

Msgr. Stephen Rossetti had linked UFO sightings to demonic activity in social media comments

(OSV News) -- A Texas bishop is assuring the faithful their sacraments remain valid after the priest who administered them was sentenced to life imprisonment for sexual assaults of several women in his spiritual care -- with the criminal trial allegedly revealing information unreported to the diocese. Life Sentence Handed Down Bishop Daniel E. Garcia of

Servant of God Sister Blandina Segale, nicknamed "The Fastest Nun in the West," is pictured in an undated photo. On June 1, 2026, Church leaders in New Mexico announced a unanimous vote by Vatican theologians to advance the sainthood cause of Sister Blandina, an Italian-born Sister of Charity and missionary in Colorado, New Mexico and Ohio, moving her closer to being declared "Venerable." (OSV News photo/New Mexico History Museum)

Father Anthony Odiong, a Nigerian priest, was sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting women in his spiritual care

Cardinal Robert W. McElroy has removed a priest from his exorcism ministry in the Archdiocese of Washington, citing concerns over the cleric’s recent social media statements “linking UFOs to demonic presence.” In a brief statement issued June 3, the cardinal said that Msgr. Stephen Rossetti, a priest of the Diocese of Syracuse, New York, can […]

Ines Murzaku, professor of ecclesiastical history and director of the Catholic studies program at Seton Hall University, in South Orange, N.J., is seen in this undated photo. (OSV News photo/Seton Hall University)

Archbishop Coakley said he was "especially pleased to recognize the impact" of the USCCB's special message on migration, released last November.

Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, gives his presidential address June 10, 2026, opening the annual spring meeting of the USCCB in Orlando, Fla. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)

ORLANDO, Fla. (OSV News) -- The U.S. Catholic bishops are reviewing proposed updates to their landmark document on protection policies for children and minors, seeking to define key terms while balancing care for victim-survivors with accused clergy's right to a presumption of innocence until proven otherwise. The potential revisions were preliminarily introduced June 10 during the