Apr 2, 2026 | Emily Long, Last week in the sun, Local
Experiments in Catholicism By Emily E Long Contributing writer On the Tuesday before Lent, as I was stuffing my face with chips and dip, an informal office Fat Tuesday tradition, I asked, “Is it weird that I’m a little excited for Lent?” My coworkers looked at me like...
Apr 2, 2026 | Local, Lucia A. Silecchia
By Lucia A. Silecchia A number of springs ago, I came to the Easter Vigil Mass with the joyous anticipation of Easter muted a bit. That year, my Dad was journeying through what I knew — but did not want to believe — were the final months of his earthly life. I came to...
Apr 2, 2026 | Local, Mike Langlois
A knight’s perspective By Mike Langlois Contributing writer As Catholics, the practice of trusting and surrendering to Jesus, in accordance with His teachings and examples, is fundamental to aligning with God’s will. Implementing these principles can be difficult...
Apr 2, 2026 | Last week in the sun, Local
Hundreds of votive candles are placed before the altar, each one representing a person being entrusted to Christ. Submitted photo By Father Jason Hage, pastor of Mary, Mother of Our Savior Parish, New Hartford & Utica For 48 hours this Lent, Mary, Mother of Our...
Mar 27, 2026 | Pope Leo & the Vatican
By Catholic News Service ROME (CNS) — Believing problems and differences can be resolved with war is absurd, Pope Leo XIV said, chastising those who use God’s name in their dark and deadly pursuits. “God cannot be enlisted by darkness,” he said in his homily...
Mar 26, 2026 | US & World
By OSV News DUBLIN (OSV News) — On March 17, as millions mark St. Patrick’s Day, a Catholic school in Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland is celebrating one of its most famous alumni. Oscar-winning actress Jessie Buckley, a former student of the Ursuline...
Mar 26, 2026 | Last week in the sun, Local
(Above) Keith Cieplicki 50 years of service By Eileen Jevis Staff writer “The Lord hears the needy and does not despise His captive people.” Psalm 69:33 Jail Ministry of Onondaga County is a spiritually based social justice organization founded in 1976 in Syracuse....
Mar 25, 2026 | US & World
By Richard Szczepanowski Catholic Standard , OSV News WASHINGTON (OSV News) — St. John Paul II “changed the Church and the world, and you can encounter that here” at the national shrine in Washington named for the Polish pope, said Grattan Brown, the...
Mar 25, 2026 | Pope Leo & the Vatican
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The sanctity of life, from conception to its natural end, must be defended, especially now, in a world marked by “the madness of war,” Pope Leo XIV said. When greeting Polish-speaking visitors...
Mar 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
There are over 80 social service programs in the United States that help individuals and families save money and stretch their income. With so many options, it can be hard to know what you qualify for and how to access all the benefits available to you. The Benefits...
Mar 25, 2026 | US & World
By OSV News COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (OSV News) — Several U.S. dioceses and archdioceses are reporting an uptick in adults preparing to join the Catholic Church at Easter, with some dioceses saying they are seeing “record” numbers. That tracks with 2023 and...
Mar 24, 2026 | US & World
By Courtney Mares OSV News (OSV News) — Bells rang out over the hilltop town of Assisi on the night of March 22 as Franciscan friars closed the monthlong public veneration of the bones of St. Francis of Assisi, which drew more than 370,000 pilgrims from around...
Mar 24, 2026 | Pope Leo & the Vatican
By OSV News VATICAN CITY (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV moved into his new apartments at the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace March 14, the Holy See Press Office announced that afternoon in Rome. Pope Leo’s new quarters include several rooms, among them the private...
