A beginner’s guide to prayer for Catholics December 15, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Worship & Sacraments God loves us more than we can imagine. He wants us to get to know and love him as a Father. Like any loving parent, he wants to spend time talking with his children. The following are answers to commonly asked questions about prayer.
A mother’s prayer leads her son to move from a military career to the priesthood December 14, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Vocations, World News While in the military, Danny Herman felt a higher calling and entered the seminary with the Catholic Extension Society supporting his seminary education.
‘A great woman of faith’: Catholic Extension honors Catholic Charities USA head December 13, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, News, World News In presenting Catholic Extension Society’s 2024 Spirit of Francis Award to Kerry Alys Robinson, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, Father Jack Wall, Catholic Extension’s president, called Robinson “a great mentor of faith, hope, love and leadership.”
Pilgrims walk miles to pay homage to St. Francis Xavier in a once-in-a-decade exposition of relics December 9, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News The saint’s relics have been on display for 45 days since Nov. 21, an event happening once a decade since 1964.
Churches against planned ban on church services in Russian apartment blocks December 6, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News Russian politicians want to close house churches and ban anointing faithful in flats. This would hit the religious communities hard and following the Orthodox Church hierarchy, Catholic bishops are also opposing the move.
Here is what to expect on Notre Dame de Paris reopening weekend December 6, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized Five years after Parisians lined the streets of their city, wiping their tears as Notre Dame Cathedral burned, the faithful will have their jewel back as it victoriously reopens Dec. 7 and 8.
Christmas celebratory again in Holy Land amid ongoing war; patriarch urges pilgrims to return December 5, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Advent, Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News Christmas this season in the Holy Land will be celebratory, despite ongoing bloodshed and war, the patriarchs of the Holy Land said, as Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa encouraged pilgrims to come back to the birthplace of Jesus.
U.S. bishops announce Prayer Vigil for Life to take place Jan. 23-24 November 26, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The annual Prayer Vigil for Life will take place Jan. 23-24, 2025, the U.S. bishops’ conference announced Nov. 22.
Annual U.S. collection assists more than 20,000 elderly women and men religious November 24, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Giving, News, Vocations, World News The faithful will have an opportunity the weekend of Dec. 7-8 to support the more than 20,000 elderly religious sisters, brothers and religious order priests who have devoted their lives to service in the Catholic Church through an annual collection benefiting retired religious across the United States.
Hegseth controversy compounds Vatican institution’s concerns over religious symbols’ misuse November 22, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Amid controversy over religious-themed tattoos sported by President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary Pete Hegseth, a U.S. office of a Vatican lay institution for the church in the Holy Land has expressed concern regarding the misuse of its historic insignia beyond strictly religious purposes.
Bishops decry move to add ‘right’ to abortion, same-sex marriage to Virginia constitution November 15, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, Respect Life, World News Virginia’s Catholic bishops decried a move by a Virginia House of Delegates’ committee Nov. 13 to advance proposed constitutional amendments that would add a right to abortion in the state’s constitution and repeal a constitutional provision that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
More than 2,400 anti-Christian hate crimes occurred in Europe in 2023, report finds November 15, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Religious Freedom, World News With new reports by human rights organizations in Europe, it is clear that anti-Christian discrimination is a hot-button issue on the old continent, and on the rise.
