Brooklyn priest who will give benediction at inaugural bonded with Trump over gravesite visit January 19, 2025By Ed Wilkinson OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News Father Frank Mann and Donald Trump, former president and now president-elect, have become so close that the Brooklyn-born priest has been invited to deliver the closing benediction at Trump’s inauguration ceremony Jan. 20 in Washington.
Sister Clare Crockett, who lived ‘exceptional, holy life,’ begins road to sainthood as cause opens January 18, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, Vocations, World News Her wide smile and eyes beaming with joy are a signature of Sister Clare Crockett, a 33-year-old Northern Irish nun, who tragically died in the 2016 Ecuador earthquake.
Notre Dame players head to championship formed by pregame Masses, saint devotions January 17, 2025By John Knebels OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, Sports, World News Throughout this season-long journey of excellence that now includes a 13-game winning streak and an opportunity to seize a 12th national title and first since 1988, Notre Dame players and coaches have been besieged by media requests for interviews.
Trump preparing Day 1 wave of executive orders, including on immigration January 17, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News President-elect Donald Trump is preparing a wave of executive orders for his first day in office, including what could constitute dramatic action on deportations as well as other policy items on his agenda.
Friendly Franciscan challenge unites two high schools for Ravens-Bills playoff clash January 17, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports The young men at Archbishop Curley High School want to make it clear to their Franciscan brothers at St. Francis High School near Buffalo, N.Y. They are confident their beloved Baltimore Ravens are going to beat the Buffalo Bills in the NFL playoffs on Sunday night.
Gaza ceasefire an ‘encouraging sign of peace’ for the Middle East, U.S. bishop says January 17, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News The negotiations on a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and the first release of hostages to begin Jan. 19 are seen as an “encouraging sign of peace,” said Bishop A. Elias Zaidan of the Maronite Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace.
Cardinal blesses livestock and pets at Vatican celebration January 17, 2025By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News While many people around the world seek a blessing for their animals around the Oct. 4 feast of St. Francis of Assisi, in Italy the traditional date to pray for the protection of one’s pets and livestock is Jan. 17 — the feast of St. Anthony the Abbot.
Rome rabbi accuses pope of ‘selective indignation’ about Gaza January 17, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News The chief rabbi of Rome said Christian-Jewish dialogue has been a victim of the war unleashed with the Hamas attack on Israel in October 2023.
Let hope lead your lives, pope tells seminarians January 17, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News During the Holy Year 2025, which is centered on proclaiming a message of hope, Pope Francis told future priests to let hope be the guiding principle of their lives.
Report: 20 years of data shows clerical abuse allegations down in U.S. January 17, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, World News A new report confirms OSV News’ previous finding that U.S. Catholic dioceses and eparchies have paid more than $5 billion to settle abuse claims filed over the past two decades — but credible allegations have declined significantly over the same period, with the majority of cases preceding a landmark set of anti-abuse protocols established by the U.S. bishops in 2002.
Biden’s Catholic faith both key and complex part of his legacy January 17, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News In the waning days of his single term in the White House, President Joe Biden announced he would bestow the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, the nation’s highest civilian honor, to Pope Francis.
Maryland Catholic Conference will host virtual advocacy day Feb. 19 January 17, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Maryland Catholic Conference, Maryland General Assembly, News The Maryland Catholic Conference will host a Virtual Catholic Advocacy Day Feb. 19. Instead of bringing people to Annapolis for briefings on issues of importance to Catholics during the legislative session, interested people can access the day remotely.
