India’s Syro-Malabar Catholic Church begins synod amid liturgy row January 7, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Synodality, World News A crucial meeting of the India-based Eastern Catholic Syro-Malabar Church’s synod of bishops began amid a simmering decades-old liturgy dispute over the rubrics of Mass.
St. Peter’s Holy Door sees more than half million pilgrims in two weeks January 7, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News More than half a million pilgrims crossed the threshold of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in the first two weeks after Pope Francis opened it.
New Washington cardinal’s tenure to overlap with second Trump administration January 7, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News With his appointment as new archbishop of Washington Jan. 6, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy’s term in the nation’s capital will begin shortly after President-elect Donald Trump begins his second stint in the White House, possibly creating flashpoints between the pair during their time in the nation’s capital over immigration and a host of other issues.
‘Jesus was her everything’: The ‘Fastest Nun in the West’ moves closer to canonization January 7, 2025By Zoey Maraist OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Saints, World News A religious sister who befriended Billy the Kid, calmed a lynch mob and testified against human trafficking is one step closer to canonization.
Family credits ‘Little Cajun Saint’ for healthy ‘miracle child’ born after dire diagnosis January 7, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News A young Catholic family in New York state is crediting their newborn baby’s apparent healing in the womb from a potentially fatal diagnosis to the intercession of Charlene Marie Richard, a devout Catholic girl who died of leukemia in Louisiana — and is now on the path to possible sainthood.
Being ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ in the Digital Landscape January 7, 2025By Sister Hosea Rupprecht OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Jubilee 2025 With some determination and effort, these suggested practices can bring us a sense of hope as we journey every single day through the digital landscape.
Washington’s new archbishop seeks to ‘know and understand this magnificent community of faith’ January 6, 2025By Richard Szczepanowski OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, World News Hours after Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of San Diego was announced Jan. 6 as the new archbishop of Washington, the prelate praised his new archdiocese as “truly sacramental in the rich diversity of its traditions and perspectives.”
Former John Carroll student posts disturbing video January 6, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News A former student of The John Carroll School in Bel Air posted a disturbing video of himself on the campus Jan. 4, causing school administration to alert local authorities.
SEEK25 conferences in U.S., Germany energize young Catholics to share hope in Jesus January 6, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, World News The excitement in the air was palpable as more than 17,000 Catholics descended on the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City Jan. 1-5 for SEEK25.
SEEK conference in D.C. features hope, healing and eucharistic encounter January 6, 2025By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, World News Thousands of college students, gathered in the nation’s capital Jan. 3 and pondered these questions as part of an evening of reflection and eucharistic adoration at the Fellowship of Catholic University Students’ 2025 SEEK conference.
Grow in hope, share it with others, cardinals says as he opens Holy Door January 6, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News During the Holy Year 2025, Catholics are called not only to grow in the virtue of hope, but also to share it with others, said U.S. Cardinal James M. Harvey, archpriest of Rome’s Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls.
Christ’s birth brings light to a troubled world, pope says January 6, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, News, Vatican, World News In a troubled world, the birth of Christ reveals God’s unwavering determination to draw all people to himself and illuminate even the darkest corners, Pope Francis said.
