Dec 4, 2023 | US & World
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The end of the temporary cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas “means death, destruction, misery,” Pope Francis said. After reciting the Angelus prayer Dec. 3 from his Vatican residence, Pope Francis had...
Oct 18, 2023 | Local, US & World
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A “synodal church” where all the baptized participate and take responsibility for mission will need structures and processes to help church members listen to the Holy Spirit and to one another, members of the...
Oct 17, 2023 | US & World
By Justin McLellan VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Seated among Catholics cardinals, bishops, priests, religious sisters and lay Catholic leaders, 12 representatives from other Christian communities are listening and weighing in on discussions about the future of the...
Oct 12, 2023 | US & World
By Justin McLellan OSV NEWS VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The formation of seminarians, the Catholic Church as a welcoming home for all, migration and ecumenism arose as common themes of discussion among participants of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops Oct. 6, the Vatican...
Sep 15, 2023 | US & World
By Robert Alan Glover MEMPHIS, Tenn. (OSV News) — A meeting of hearts, minds and souls took place just outside of Memphis Sept. 7-9 at Collierville’s Church of the Incarnation, which hosted “Healing the Whole Person,” an annual event offered by...
Sep 5, 2023 | US & World
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Being a Catholic does not destroy or replace a person’s culture, and wanting to share the Gospel message does not mean wanting to take someone’s allegiance away from their nation. Visiting Mongolia Sept. 1-4, Pope...
Aug 30, 2023 | US & World
By Eduardo Campos Lima SÃO PAULO (OSV News) — Church activists in the Amazon are worried about the Brazilian government’s plan to exploit oil in a marine area close to the mouth of the Amazon River. Oil drilling, an issue discussed in different meetings...
Jul 12, 2023 | US & World
By Zachary Keith When the leadership teams from the National Eucharistic Revival and the National Eucharistic Congress made a recent pilgrimage to Italy, my wife and I were blessed to be included in the delegation. Though this trip included a private meeting with the...
Jun 23, 2023 | US & World
By Maria Wiering (OSV News) — Surprising punctuation caught Patrick Schmadeke’s attention when he read the Synod on Synodality’s recently released working document: an abundance of question marks — around 300. For the director of evangelization...
Jun 23, 2023 | US & World
By Elizabeth Scalia At the start of the 2022 documentary “Moonage Daydream,” we hear David Bowie wondering aloud, “At the turn of the 20th century, Friedrich Nietzsche proclaimed that God is dead, and that man had killed him. That led to a terrifying...
Jun 21, 2023 | US & World
By Kimberley Heatherington (OSV News) — “Greedflation” is a hot economic topic, raising serious questions about whether or not inflation has indeed been worsened by corporate profiteering, and if American families will ultimately pay the price. On...
Jun 14, 2023 | US & World
By Dc. Tom Cuskey Editor June 24 will mark the one-year anniversary of the historic Supreme Court decision overturning Roe vs. Wade. The longstanding Constitutional right guaranteeing access to abortion was reversed eliminating federal standards that had been...
Jun 9, 2023 | US & World
By Gina Christian (OSV News) — A new study indicates Americans are pleased with virtual religious services, but more prefer to attend in person now that the COVID-19 public health emergency has officially ended. About a quarter of U.S. adults regularly watch...
Jun 9, 2023 | US & World
By Will Peterson In June, we celebrate the Solemnity of Corpus Christi. This weighty feast day gives us the opportunity to give thanks for the body of Christ as we launch into the National Eucharistic Revival. First and foremost, we give thanks for the real presence...
Jun 9, 2023 | US & World
By OSV News WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Results of an annual survey on the permanent diaconate of the U.S. Catholic Church show the estimated number of deacons in active ministry was 13,695 in 2022, the lowest since 2011. “While the share of active permanent...
Jun 5, 2023 | US & World
By Richard Szczepanowski WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The months leading up to the October world Synod of Bishops in Rome offer an opportunity for the faithful “to live more intensely our response to divine grace,” the president of the U.S. Conference of...
May 25, 2023 | US & World
By Justin McLellan VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Two environmental activists who glued themselves to an ancient statue in the Vatican Museums said they did not intend to damage its marble base but wanted to draw attention to the urgency of acting against climate change,...
May 16, 2023 | US & World
By Jaimie Julia Winters NEWARK, N.J. (OSV News) — Hundreds walked four miles and prayed the rosary through the streets of Newark behind the Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima May 13 — the anniversary of Our Lady’s first apparition at the Cova da...
May 16, 2023 | US & World
Sister Hosea Rupprecht is a workshop presenter and film critic for the Pauline Center for Media Studies. By Sister Hosea Rupprecht, OSV News If you’ve never heard of World Communications Day, you’re not alone. Each Sunday before Pentecost (May 21 in 2023),...
May 16, 2023 | US & World
By Gina Christian, OSV News (OSV News) — As the U.S. marks National Police Week, Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington, Virginia, has issued a statement honoring law enforcement officers, both living and dead. Each year the nation observes National...
May 16, 2023 | US & World
An air monitoring device is fixed to a pole in East Palestine, Ohio, Feb. 15, 2023, in the aftermath of a Feb. 3 train derailment that dumped toxic chemicals into the environment. Residents of East Palestine continue to cope with the aftermath of the train derailment...
Jan 5, 2023 | US & World
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service January 5, 2023 VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI “spread and testified to” the Gospel his entire life, Pope Francis told tens of thousands of people gathered Jan. 5 for his predecessor’s funeral...
Jan 3, 2023 | US & World
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Tens of thousands of people streamed through St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their last respects to the late Pope Benedict XVI. While Rome authorities had predicted between 30,000 and 35,000 visitors a day,...
Jun 24, 2022 | US & World
WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a 6-3 decision June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its nearly 50-year-old decision in Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion in this country. The court’s 213-page ruling in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization was not...
May 16, 2022 | US & World
NYS Bishops Statement on a Pro-Life Future in the Empire State Published on May 12th, 2022 A statement by the Catholic Bishops of New York State… Humanity’s salvation history was forever changed when a poor, devout Jewish girl from Galilee affirmatively said yes...
May 3, 2022 | US & World
Catholic News Service, MAY 03, 2022 06:54 ET By Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Supreme Court appears set to overturn its Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized abortion for nearly 50 years, according to a leaked initial draft of a...
Mar 2, 2022 | Local, US & World
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Lent, the spiritual season of prayer and sacrifice, has an extra pull to it this year because once again—and now for the third time—it will be under the cloud of the coronavirus pandemic. And even though the third Lent in a pandemic can feel a lot...
Mar 2, 2022 | US & World
ROME (CNS) — The Ukrainian Catholic Archdiocese of Kyiv-Halych and the Ukrainian Embassy to the Holy See said they had received information that Russia planned airstrikes on the Cathedral of St. Sophia in Kyiv. Not only is the cathedral holy to all Slavic peoples, but...
Nov 3, 2021 | US & World
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service ROME — Pope Francis “is a man who has a great empathy. He’s a man who understands that part of his Christianity is to reach out and forgive,” U.S. President Joe Biden told reporters in Rome Oct. 31. On the margins of the G-20...
Sep 23, 2021 | US & World
By Julie Asher Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ migration committee and the head of Catholic Charities USA issued a joint statement Sept. 22 urging humane treatment of Haitians and other migrants as their numbers grow in...
