A mother’s prayer leads her son to move from a military career to the priesthood December 14, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Vocations, World News While in the military, Danny Herman felt a higher calling and entered the seminary with the Catholic Extension Society supporting his seminary education.
8 ways to celebrate Jubilee 2025 without leaving your diocese December 14, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, World News While numerous events are planned in Rome and at the Vatican to mark the Jubilee 2025, this Holy Year is for the whole church. Here are some ways to celebrate without traveling farther than your local cathedral.
Two women join Vatican council that implements synod, prepares next one December 13, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News For the first time, women will serve on the Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod, the committee that oversees implementation of the most recent synod and prepares the next assembly.
Trust in God, humanity makes world shine brighter, papal preacher says December 13, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Advent, News, Vatican, World News Courageous trust in God, oneself and others is needed to see the good in one’s life and to be able to embrace a difficult and imperfect world, said the preacher of the papal household.
Vatican registers Italian LGBTQ+ group for Holy Year pilgrimage December 13, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News An Italian association for LGBTQ+ Christians, their parents and the priests and religious who minister with them is among the many groups registered to make a pilgrimage together through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.
U.S. Catholics invited to support Nagasaki Bell Project honoring Japanese city’s Catholic legacy December 13, 2024By Mark Zimmermann OSV News Filed Under: News, World News A scholar who has written about the moral implications of atomic weapons and now is writing a book on the historic legacy of faith of Catholics of Nagasaki, Japan, is leading the Nagasaki Bell Project.
‘A great woman of faith’: Catholic Extension honors Catholic Charities USA head December 13, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, News, World News In presenting Catholic Extension Society’s 2024 Spirit of Francis Award to Kerry Alys Robinson, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, Father Jack Wall, Catholic Extension’s president, called Robinson “a great mentor of faith, hope, love and leadership.”
Polish Catholics welcome new Warsaw archbishop’s ‘synodal commitment’ December 13, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, World News When a new archbishop takes charge of Poland’s key Warsaw Archdiocese Dec. 14, his progress will be watched closely by those favoring change in the country’s Catholic Church.
El Papa Francisco: La maternidad de María es la esencia de Guadalupe December 12, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: En Español Reducir el mensaje de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe a otra cosa que no sea una expresión de la maternidad universal de María disminuye la verdadera esencia de la icónica devoción mariana, dijo el Papa Francisco.
Pope: Mary’s motherhood is the essence of Guadalupe December 12, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Hispanic Ministry, News, Vatican, World News Reducing the message of Our Lady of Guadalupe to anything other than an expression of Mary’s universal motherhood diminishes the true essence of the iconic Marian devotion, Pope Francis said.
Nuns, children almost killed in Russia’s St. Nicholas Day attack on Zaporizhzhia December 12, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, War in Ukraine, World News Basilan Sisters and some 80 children in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia narrowly avoided being killed in a deadly Dec. 6 strike by Russia, as they celebrated a liturgy marking the feast of St. Nicholas.
Mercy High School launches capital campaign December 12, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Giving, Local News, News, Schools Mercy High School, a North Baltimore all-girls Catholic secondary school, launched Dec. 12 a $10 million capital campaign, “The Spirit of Mercy: Advancing the Legacy of the Sisters of Mercy.”
