Sister Kathleen Kelly, S.S.N.D., dies at 92 February 1, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries, Uncategorized A funeral Mass for School Sister of Notre Dame Kathleen Marcella Kelly was offered Oct. 24 at St. Paul Cathedral in Pittsburgh. Sister Kathleen died Oct. 17. She was 92.
Sts. Louis and Zélie: St. Thérèse’s parents are models of love and devotion February 1, 2025By Lance Richey OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Saints, World News As the second married couple to be declared saints (along with Sts. Anne and Joachim, the parents of Mary), and the first to be canonized together, Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin offer a model of the vocation to love and holiness that is at the heart of the sacrament of marriage.
Consecrated life is ‘a call to remember Jesus at every moment,’ says expert February 1, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vocations, World News Ahead of the World Day for Consecrated Life Feb. 2 — an observance that was instituted in 1997 by St. John Paul II and is attached to the feast of the Presentation of the Lord — OSV News spoke with Father Jorge Torres, a priest of the Diocese of Orlando, Florida, and executive director of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated Life And Vocations.
School’s head cook uses her culinary skills to help kids grow in their faith February 1, 2025By Amber Walling OSV News Filed Under: News, Schools, World News Stephanie Nix will be the first person to tell you that she did not take the head cook position at the school just because she loves to prepare food. For her, it’s helping kids grow in their faith.
Audited financials show claims the church profits from refugee work ‘just wrong’ January 31, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Claims that the U.S. bishops’ conference profits from its partnership with the government to assist refugee populations that qualify for federal assistance, and that the Catholic Church facilitates illegal immigration are “just wrong,” said William Canny, the U.S. bishops’ migration director.
Senators grill RFK Jr. on abortion, vaccine views in HHS confirmation hearings January 31, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News In a pair of January confirmation hearings, senators considered President Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of Health and Human Services.
Amid violent clashes, Colombian church crucial in assisting devastated Catatumbo communities January 31, 2025By Eduardo Campos Lima OSV News Filed Under: News, World News The armed confrontation between two guerrilla organizations in Catatumbo, a region in the northern part of Colombia, has caused at least 80 deaths and the displacement of 48,000 residents since Jan. 16.
Eucharistic revival event shares ways to ‘walk with’ persons hurt by the church January 31, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Eucharist, News, World News Walk With One embraces the idea that everyone can — indeed, must — evangelize, and aims to equip them for sharing the Good News of Jesus’ love and compassion.
Sister Ann Elizabeth Hartnett, S.S.N.D., dies at 88 January 31, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for School Sister of Notre Dame Ann Elizabeth (Mary Benedictus) Hartnett was offered Nov. 19 at Villa Assumpta in Baltimore. Sister Ann died Nov. 7 at Stella Maris. She was 88.
Help purify, restore relationships, pope tells judges at Vatican tribunal January 31, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, World News Concern for the salvation of souls is what guides the work of church tribunals and the implementation of reforms regarding the marriage annulment process, Pope Francis said.
Upstate N.Y. site honoring St. Kateri, Jesuit martyrs confirmed a national shrine January 31, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has designated Our Lady of Martyrs Shrine in Auriesville, N.Y., as a national shrine for pilgrims, the sanctuary announced Jan. 30.
Bishops across U.S. defend migrants, calling for immigration reform in ‘justice and mercy’ January 31, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News The United States is a “nation with a proud legacy of welcome to immigrants” that also “needs secure, safe, sturdy borders,” said Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York.
