Hope doesn’t mean having all the answers, but having trust, pope says October 27, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Living in hope means accepting that one does not have answers to all questions and staying calm amid conflicts and tensions, Pope Leo XIV said.
Annunciation student critically injured in shooting discharged from hospital, met with cheers October 27, 2025By OSV News The Catholic Spirit Filed Under: Gun Violence, News, World News Sophia Forchas, who was critically injured in an Aug. 27 shooting during an all-school Mass at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis, has been discharged from the hospital and was greeted with signs and cheers Oct. 23 in Minneapolis.
Bishop, Jesuits reject Hegseth decision to honor soldiers who massacred Lakota at Wounded Knee October 27, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, Racial Justice, World News A South Dakota bishop and a Jesuit community in that state have countered a recent decision by the nation’s top defense official to retain awards for soldiers who killed hundreds of Indigenous civilians in a late 19th-century attack.
Children’s book illustrates Catholic origins of Halloween October 27, 2025By Tony Gutierrez OSV News Filed Under: Books, Commentary Much has been written about keeping Christ in Christmas but Catholic children’s author Anthony DeStefano’s new book is helping to keep the Hallow — or “holy” — in Halloween.
Why divine justice demands two judgments after death October 27, 2025By Paul Thigpen OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Death puts an end to the time the individual has been granted for embracing God’s grace or rejecting it.
The Crayon costume October 27, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church Whatever new challenges you undertake during this season, may you find they give you strength, clarity of purpose or whatever you are seeking on your faith journey.
Do you know how to avoid the demonic? October 27, 2025By Adam Blai OSV News Filed Under: Commentary n many cases we seem to be embarrassed by the ideas that spirits are real, that angels and demons exist, and that exorcisms are not an ancient misunderstanding of neurological problems.
‘You’re Here! You’re Here’ October 26, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window I love thinking of God’s love in that way, how he loves us simply as we are, with no expectation for what we might achieve.
Some of Maryland’s first colonists come home, as their remains brought back for reinterment ceremony October 26, 2025By Mark Zimmermann Catholic Standard Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News The remains of some of the first people born in colonial Maryland were brought home during a solemn ceremony on Sept. 20 in Historic St. Mary’s City.
The end of the world as we know it: What the Catholic Church teaches about the last days October 26, 2025By Carl E. Olson OSV News Filed Under: Commentary For Catholics, the terms “end times” and “last days” refer both to the conclusion of history at some future point, and also — even primarily — to the last 2,000 years.
Priest, principal share award for rebuilding church and school after earthquake October 26, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized Father Melvin Díaz, pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, and the parish school’s principal, Carmen Alicia Rodríguez Echevarría, have been named the recipients of Catholic Extension Society’s 2025-2026 Lumen Christi Award, selected from more than 40 nominees.
‘Hello! I’m a Catholic Priest!’ How one coffee shop ministry attracts student seekers October 26, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Evangelization, News, World News “Hello! I’m a Catholic Priest!” greets the cheerful, large-font sign taped to the back of the laptop computer of Father Richard Miserendino, chaplain of the University of Mary Washington’s Catholic Campus Ministry and a priest in the Diocese of Arlington, Va.
