Celebrating the gift of salvation all Christmas season long December 26, 2024By D.D. Emmons OSV News Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Feature There are feasts and events in the first month of the year that help us assimilate the miracle of Christmas Day and understand who this new child is, his divinity and the meaning of his birth.
Gaza: For humanitarian workers, civilians, 2024 proves to be year of suffering, loss December 26, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News With a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon barely holding, as both sides accuse each other of violations, hopes for even a fragile peace seem impossible for those living and aiding people in Gaza.
OSV’s 2024 Catholics of the Year December 26, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, Uncategorized, World News Looking back at the year, editors at OSV, in their longstanding tradition of shining a light on exemplary signs of faith, have named the following 10 individuals Catholics of the Year for 2024.
Loyola accepts 11 ventures for Baltipreneurs Accelerator December 26, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Social Justice Loyola University Maryland announced that its Simon Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship accepted 11 new ventures for the center’s 2024-25 Baltipreneurs Accelerator.
St. Paul parishioner delivers hope with grassroots outreach December 26, 2024By Kurt Jensen Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Social Justice The Towson University graduate, 62, found his calling when he established the St. Paul Grassroots and Cold Weather Shelter ministries.
Pope urges war-torn world to walk through door of peace on Christmas December 25, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News As millions of pilgrims prepare to cross through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis called on individuals, nations and the global community to take a transformative step toward peace and reconciliation by walking through the “door of salvation” that is Jesus Christ.
Pope at Christmas: Jesus’ birth brings hope for world of justice, peace December 25, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News Celebrating Christmas Mass after opening the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis said the birth of Jesus fills Christians with hope and the courage to work for peace and justice.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo! What was the Star of Bethlehem? December 25, 2024By Peter D. Brown OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Christmas, Feature, News, World News Like much else the Bible recounts, the star of the Magi was a special intervention in the world by God, probably carried out with the intermediation of one of his angels. It was a Christmas miracle.
The Christmas octave: Continuing the celebration December 25, 2024By D.D. Emmons OSV News Filed Under: Christmas, Feature Every day of the Christmas octave is filled with meaning that reflects back on the Nativity — not just the birth of Christ, but the impact and reality of the birth.
Pope opens Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, launching ‘Jubilee of Hope’ December 24, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News In the quiet of Christmas Eve, Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, launching what he called a “Jubilee of Hope.”
The story of the L.A. miracle that will make Pier Giorgio Frassati a saint December 24, 2024By Pablo Kay OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News This odd combination of circumstances would eventually prove providential, confounding medical authorities, changing the life of this anonymous seminarian, and forever tying him to another young man who had been dead for almost 100 years: Pier Giorgio Frassati, who in August will be declared a saint of the Catholic Church on account of the miracle of Juan Gutierrez’s ankle.
Biden commutes most federal death-row sentences to life in prison December 23, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Several days after speaking with Pope Francis, President Joe Biden announced Dec. 23 that he would commute most existing federal death sentences to life in prison.
