Looking toward the dawn at Easter April 16, 2025By Effie Caldarola OSV News Filed Under: Commentary It’s difficult to think of laughter when you see the suffering of the men who languish, none of them having access to due process, in a brutal foreign prison. But as Christians we are called to hope, even in the midst of night.
Daughters of Charity, DePaul University expand digital collection of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s papers, letters April 16, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Saints As the 50th anniversary of the canonization of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton approaches Sept. 14, many of her family’s documents are being made public digitally.
Pope sends ‘generous’ donation to aid Myanmar quake victims April 16, 2025By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has sent “a generous contribution” to Myanmar to help people impacted by a major earthquake in late March.
JD Vance announces trip to Rome, meeting at Vatican April 16, 2025By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News U.S. Vice President JD Vance will be in Rome April 18 and has meetings planned with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, his office said.
Pope thanks medical team that cared for him during hospitalization April 16, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis personally thanked the health care workers and medical staff who cared for him in Rome’s Gemelli hospital for 38 days while he recovered from respiratory infections.
Ukrainians wounded, weary but believe in God and have hope, says Bishop Vincke after USCCB delegation’s visit April 16, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, War in Ukraine, World News With Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine now in its fourth year, Ukrainians are deeply wounded but nonetheless have hope, a Kansas bishop recently told OSV News.
Vatican inaugurates nursery school for employees’ children April 16, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The Vatican inaugurated a nursery school for children of Vatican employees April 14.
Bronze sculpture in St. Peter’s Square offers message of hospitality April 16, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News A new bronze sculpture installed in St. Peter’s Square, near the showers and medical clinic the Vatican runs for people in need, invites visitors to reflect on the sacredness of welcoming others, especially the marginalized.
God always waits, goes looking for those who are lost, pope says April 16, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The Gospel contains a great message of hope, “because it tells us that wherever we are lost and however we are lost, God always comes looking for us!” said the text for Pope Francis’ weekly general audience.
Welcome home April 16, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, Easter, The Domestic Church The miracle of Easter shows that anything and everything is possible for God, and that even death does not have the final word.
Home viewing roundup: What’s available to stream and what’s on horizon April 16, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews Capsule reviews of theatrical movies available now for streaming or scheduled for broadcast on network or cable television as well as notes on TV programming for the same week.
Erin Cahill stars in Hallmark’s ‘Journey to You’ April 16, 2025By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews It took the makers of “Journey to You,” the faith-based Hallmark Channel movie debuting April 19, just two efficient weeks in February to film one fictional American woman’s trek of the Camino. And, in lieu of Galicia, they based themselves in the center of the country, around Madrid.
