U.S. bishops ask faithful to pray during Holy Week for end to Israel-Hamas war March 25, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, Lent, News, World News The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on International Justice and Peace called upon the faithful to renew prayers during Holy Week for an end to the Israel-Hamas war.
La Crosse bishop resigns for health reasons; Detroit auxiliary named successor March 19, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, World News Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop William P. Callahan, 73, from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, for health reasons, and has appointed Detroit Auxiliary Bishop Gerard W. Battersby as his successor.
Seven Catholic schools dancing in this year’s March Madness March 18, 2024By OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, Sports, World News The 2024 Men’s Division I NCAA Tournament gets underway March 19 with the “First Four” play-in games, and seven Catholic schools will be playing at least once in the single-elimination Big Dance.
Why the new season of ‘The Chosen’ will be delayed on streaming March 15, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews “The Chosen” Season Four will face a delayed arrival on streaming platforms, series creator Dallas Jenkins announced Sunday.
8 things to do during Eucharistic adoration March 12, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News Suggestions for what to do during private eucharistic adoration.
U.S. bishops’ annual religious freedom essay contest opens for high schoolers March 11, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Schools, World News High school juniors and seniors are invited to enter an annual religious liberty essay contest hosted by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee for Religious Liberty, along with the USCCB Secretariat of Catholic Education and Our Sunday Visitor Institute.
Who’s Holy Land is it? A history of the most contested swath of land in the Middle East March 8, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News The Holy Land remains perhaps the most hotly contested piece of territory in the Middle East, if not the world.
Biblical basis for the Eucharist March 8, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News Since the Eucharist is so closely connected with Jesus, we may forget that this “central event of salvation” crowns many millennia of preparation.
By giving to CRS collection, Catholics ‘walk with Jesus on his mission of mercy,’ bishop says March 8, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Giving, News, World News By donating to the annual Catholic Relief Services collection of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholics “have the opportunity to walk with Jesus on his mission of mercy,” said the chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on National Collections.
Catholic Extension’s Spirit of Francis honoree called ‘great model’ of award’s namesakes March 7, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Social Justice, World News Catholic Extension Society recently honored Dominican Sister Jane Meyer, former head of school at St. Agnes Academy, with its seventh annual Houston Spirit of Francis Award for her decades of commitment to Catholic education and promotion of social justice.
Priest, 6 religious brothers, lay teacher kidnapped in Haiti in another wave of violence February 27, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News As the wave of violence torments gang-decimated Haiti, six male religious, a lay teacher and a priest were kidnapped in two separate incidents Feb. 23 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital.
Zoom Lenten series guides young adults in being ‘mindful’ about media use February 24, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News, Youth Ministry Sister Nancy Usselmann, a Daughter of St. Paul, who is a widely recognized expert on media literacy, is inviting young adults in their 20s and 30s to take a deep dive this Lent into how to be “media mindful” in their use of media.
