Host of new ‘The Rosary in a Year’ podcast hopes people ‘fall in love’ with the prayer November 2, 2024By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, social media, World News A new podcast about the rosary promises to deepen listeners’ love of the Marian devotion and draw them closer to Jesus and his mother, Mary, in the new year.
Joy, poverty endear a beloved ‘little’ community in Kansas to others November 2, 2024By Tom Hoopes OSV News Filed Under: News, Vocations, World News Little Brothers and Little Sisters of the Lamb have made a big impact on those they have encountered for different reasons.
Nuncio en EE.UU.: ‘No olviden que hay 65 millones de hispanos en este país, todos de origen católico, pero viven un cambio cultural tremendo’ November 2, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized En la noche del pasado 16 de octubre en la nunciatura de la Santa Sede en Washington D.C., el Comité de Diversidad Cultural en la Iglesia de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de los Estados Unidos (USCCB) y el Subcomité de Asuntos Hispanos, en cabeza de su presidente el Mons. Oscar Cantú, obispo de San José; convocaron a líderes de organizaciones católicas y líderes de la pastoral hispana de las diferentes diócesis del país.
Hispanic Catholics’ enthusiasm for mission is ‘part of your DNA,’ says pope’s ambassador November 2, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: Hispanic Ministry, News, World News As Hispanic Heritage Month drew to a close, dozens of leaders of Catholic organizations and Hispanic pastoral leaders gathered at the apostolic nunciature of the Holy See in Washington, brought together by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Cultural Diversity in the Church of and its Subcommittee on Hispanic Affairs.
St. Mary’s Seminary faculty member named coadjutor, future bishop of Oslo, Norway November 1, 2024By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishops, Colleges, Feature, Local News, News Sulpician Monsignor Fredrik Hansen, who also serves as assistant professor of pastoral studies at St. Mary’s Seminary, said he’s excited to return home and that his time in Baltimore has served him well.
Everyone can be a saint by following the Beatitudes, pope says November 1, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News God wants everyone to be a saint, and the clearest path to achieving that goal is loving service to others, Pope Francis said.
New students at Vatican’s school for artisans include an American November 1, 2024By Carol Glatz Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Vatican, World News A unique school at the Vatican dedicated to encouraging young people to practice traditional crafts and skills that risk dying out has accepted a student from the United States to attend its specialized courses.
Vatican Christmas stamps celebrate Holy Year opening November 1, 2024By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News With the Holy Year 2025 beginning on Christmas Eve, the Vatican’s 2024 Christmas stamps feature the Jubilee message of hope as well as a prayer for peace.
Declaring saints: How the canonization process works November 1, 2024By Michael R. Heinlein Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News All Saints Day on Nov. 1 is an annual reminder that we are surrounded by a “cloud of witnesses” that are worshipping the Lord and praying for us, but how, exactly, is someone formally named a saint?
As Poles remember murdered priest, Catholic researchers’ work on communism’s martyrs continues November 1, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Saints, World News In late October, while thousands gathered across the Polish capital to commemorate the 1984 kidnapping and brutal murder of Solidarity chaplain Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko, patient work continued at the Jesuit order’s archive in Warsaw to document the fate of other communist-era victims.
Harris, Trump make closing arguments: Here’s what to expect in the election’s final days November 1, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump made their closing arguments of the 2024 campaign in separate events in the final stretch of the 2024 campaign cycle.
Vatican opens information point for pilgrims visiting St. Peter’s October 31, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Approximately 40,000 visitors enter St. Peter’s Basilica each day, and now they can gain deeper insights into what they are seeing inside the world’s largest church.