Chicago-style hotdogs, pizza, the White Sox just a few of new pope’s Windy City faves May 14, 2025By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Vatican, World News As details of Pope Leo’s past life come to light one thing, many are struck by his Chicago roots and his Chicago-ness.
Termite damage is latest challenge Alabama cathedral has withstood in its 175 years May 5, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News The Archdiocese of Mobile announced April 25 that engineers have deemed the west end of the Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception as unsafe due to extensive termite damage.
Pilgrims venerating ‘holy tunic’ of Jesus in France pray for cardinals in Rome May 1, 2025By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Arts & Culture, News, World News As cardinals gather in Rome ahead of the May 7 conclave, thousands of pilgrims are flocking to the Basilica of St. Denis in Argenteuil, France, to venerate what’s believed to be the holy tunic of Jesus — the seamless robe described in the Gospels.
Lessons of suffering in the ‘Stabat Mater’ April 21, 2025By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Commentary What the “Stabat Mater” conveys, the sorrows of Mary witnessing the crucifixion of her son, is worth pondering.
Barcelona rejoices as famed architect Antoni Gaudí is declared venerable April 19, 2025By Rocio Franch Oviedo OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Saints, World News In a a joyful milestone for the church and lovers of sacred art, Pope Francis declared famed Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí venerable April 14, recognizing his heroic virtues in a decree announced during a Vatican audience with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro.
Passion Project: Icons and holy relic inspire devotion at Western Maryland parish April 16, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Easter, Feature, Local News, News The amateur artists labored on a Thursday evening in March inside the parish hall at St. Peter the Apostle in Oakland, in Garrett County.
Spanish bishops under scrutiny for church-government accord over Valley of the Fallen April 13, 2025By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News Catholic groups have criticized Spain’s bishops for consenting to government redevelopment of a key national memorial complex near Madrid, amid fears of a continuing church decline across the traditionally Catholic country.
‘A Love Letter to Chaplains’: Exhibit honors contributions of military chaplains in World War I April 13, 2025By Jack Figge OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News Opened in May 2024, the Sacred Service exhibit commemorates and educates visitors on the critical service that chaplains played during the First World War.
Two popes who built St. Peter’s Basilica face each other fully restored April 11, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Vatican, World News Two popes who played instrumental roles in building the world’s largest church now gaze at one another with renewed clarity in the apse of St. Peter’s Basilica.
Art center continues to promote Rupnik art as alleged survivors hail mosaic coverages April 8, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News As dioceses and shrines are questioning how best to limit the use of artwork created by Slovenian Father Marko Rupnik, who is accused of sexual, spiritual and psychological abuse over three decades, the art center he founded continued to promote his latest mosaics at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Aparecida in Brazil.
Monk Manual collaboration with CFRs fosters sensitivity to God’s voice April 5, 2025By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News The journal, “Mysteries and Medicines,” was created in collaboration between the planning and journaling tool Monk Manual and the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, a religious order widely known by their Latin-based religious initials “CFR.” It shares its name with an album released in October by Brother Isaiah, a friar and popular Catholic musician.
A saint with a song: Blessed Carlo Acutis honored in ‘Corpus Christi’ single, video April 5, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Saints, World News Blessed Carlo Acutis, the Italian teen set to be canonized April 27, has been hailed as a model for modern youth — and now, the soon-to-be-saint and his devotion to the Eucharist have been honored in a new single and video.
