Sometimes, maintaining hope challenges our faith.
The most desired gift
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OSV News
Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Uncategorized
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Mother-daughter duo’s gingerbread replica of long-awaited new Catholic school ‘a labor of love’
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Filed Under: Christmas, News, Schools, World News
For the past 26 years, Sue and Bailey have created special gingerbread houses for the holidays and when they heard that the school was being built, they decided that it would be their next gingerbread “house.”
5 Reasons to Love St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window
As a child growing up in Baltimore, I remember learning about Mother Seton. We were especially proud of this new saint, who had a connection to our hometown. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton was not only the first American-born saint, but she had spent so much of her life in Maryland. Sometimes on a warm summer […]
National Seton Shrine kicks off 50th anniversary canonization of ‘One of Us’
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints
As the first native-born American saint, the 50th anniversary of Mother Seton’s canonization will be celebrated with a full year of spiritually immersive activities — beginning Jan. 4 with an EWTN-televised Mass celebrated by Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori — at the pilgrimage destination bearing her name.
Christians in Syria ask whether their rights will be preserved under new Islamic rule
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OSV News
Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Religious Freedom, World News
Although Christian leaders in Syria are trying to stay positive about the new Islamist interim government in Damascus, others are pointing to worrying concerns about what lies ahead for the country’s diverse population.
New Year, Sorta New Goal
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window
Now 2025 begins. I’m always a little sad to close the book on the past year, but I love the idea of a new beginning. What will this new year bring? What will we bring to this new year?
Controversy stirs over bar’s location in former sanctuary of closed Frederick chapel
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Uncategorized, Western Vicariate
The Wye Oak Tavern at Visitation Frederick, the new hotel in Frederick, has made quite a stir since its opening on Dec. 19 and not because it is run by Frederick’s famous chefs, brothers Bryan and Michael Voltaggio.
Pope preaches ‘very strong bond’ between adoration and service
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News
During the Holy Year 2025, Christians should deepen their spiritual lives through adoration and then transform their prayer into concrete acts of service, Pope Francis said.
Destination of Holy Year pilgrimage is encounter with Jesus, pope says
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News
When Catholics come to Rome for the Holy Year, their journey should have the specific goal of encountering and listening to Jesus, Pope Francis said.
Ascension to sell 9 Illinois hospitals to for-profit health system
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OSV News
Filed Under: Uncategorized
The largest Catholic health system in Illinois cleared a significant step in the process of trying to sell more than half of its hospitals in the state to a for-profit health system.
Religious freedom ‘getting worse’ in Russia, Belarus and central Asia, says expert
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Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, War in Ukraine, World News
OSV News recently spoke with researcher Felix Corley of Forum 18 — a news service that partners with the Norwegian Helsinki Committee in defending freedom of religion, thought and conscience — on religious freedom in Russia, Belarus, occupied Ukraine and other nations in the region.
Breathing life back into the world
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OSV News
Filed Under: Commentary
This destruction wrought by the modern world has theological implications, because Christ, St. John the Evangelist tells us, is the ultimate Word, the fullness of Truth, who gives every other word its meaning and its life.
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