Church urges protection of young after attack on Mexican youth group March 24, 2025By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News Masses were celebrated around the country March 23 as Catholics prayed for the victims of the attack, which claimed eight lives and left five injured, in the city of Salamanca in western Guanajuato state March 16.
‘The Chosen: Last Supper’ premieres in Dallas, bringing Holy Week to the big screen March 24, 2025By Father Patrick Briscoe OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The wait is almost over for The Chosen fans. The highly anticipated fifth season of the groundbreaking series — “The Chosen: Last Supper” — premiered at a special red-carpet event in Dallas, ahead of its nationwide theatrical debut on March 28.
Rupnik case: ‘Now a tribunal must be found,’ cardinal says March 24, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The canonical trial against Slovenian Father Marko Rupnik — a prominent artist and former Jesuit accused of spiritually and sexually abusing women for decades — is being prepared, the Vatican’s doctrinal chief said.
Pope’s return from hospital coincides with Vatican conference on aging March 24, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Seniors, Vatican, World News Even though its focus was mainly scientific, a Vatican-sponsored conference on aging and longevity could not ignore the ongoing convalescence of 88-year-old Pope Francis.
Poetry key to understanding Pope Francis, cardinal, speakers say March 24, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Books, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis’ love for poetry is not just a personal interest but a key to understanding his vision of faith and humanity, said speakers at the presentation of a new book collecting the pope’s reflections on poetry and literature.
As Pope Francis leaves hospital, his almoner and doctors bring medical care to migrants March 24, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News The same day Pope Francis was discharged from Rome’s Gemelli hospital after a five-week stay for treatment for double pneumonia, a group of Vatican doctors took their Lenten alms initiative a step further and helped provide medical care to a group of migrants.
Love unites the faithful, helps them grow together, pope’s message says March 24, 2025By Carol Glatz Filed Under: Feature, News, Uncategorized, Vatican, World News In his last written message from Rome’s Gemelli hospital before returning to the Vatican, Pope Francis greeted bishops and the faithful from the Archdiocese of Naples on their Holy Year pilgrimage.
Movie Review: ‘Snow White’ March 24, 2025By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews With its title pared down to just “Snow White,” the current release has been at the center of numerous cultural and political controversies and has been decried by — inter alia — conservatives, supporters of Palestine and actors with dwarfism aggrieved that their on-screen counterparts are CGI creations, not real-life little people.
The people who bring Jesus to us March 24, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Lent, Open Window I smiled the whole way back to my seat. After Mass, we chatted about how wonderful it was that I had been able to receive the Eucharist from him. What an unexpected surprise and delight.
A year for hope March 24, 2025By Sister Orianne Pietra René Dyck OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Jubilee 2025 The Catechism of the Catholic Church lays out a very different understanding of hope for the Christian, not merely as an expectation, but as a supernatural virtue:
The tomb of Christ and the atomic moment March 24, 2025By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Lent We stand before Christ, transcending time, awaiting the moment when the energy of light and life — unleashed at creation, and subsumed (just once) into the quiescence of a grace-filled womb — flares through that enshrouded body, reanimating, resurrecting.
Catholic community provides ongoing support to families of loved ones lost in Key Bridge collapse March 24, 2025By Marietha Góngora V. Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Bridge Collapse, Disaster Relief, Feature, Local News, News In the year since the tragedy, Sacred Heart and the wider Catholic community have rallied to support the families and others affected by the accident.
