By the afternoon of Feb. 2, there were 67 crosses standing under a leaden gray sky — one for each victim from the Washington aviation disaster, 64 on the jet and three crew on the helicopter.
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Pope will prepare papal document to help church promote children’s rights
Wrapping up a Vatican summit on the rights of children, Pope Francis announced he was going to publish a papal document dedicated to children.
Ceasefire overshadows Gaza’s humanitarian crisis, pontifical charity says
The long-awaited and elusive ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has silenced bombs and halted air raids on the Gaza Strip, for the time being, but the humanitarian situation there is dire, the regional director of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association reported.
Radio Interview: Catholic Men’s Spirituality
Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talked with two experts on Catholic Men’s Spirituality to get their take on how best to encourage and support men looking to develop and enhance their Catholic faith, so they can be better men, able to serve others, whether as husbands, fathers, priests or single lay men.
Presentation in the temple shows how God lives among us, pope says
The presentation of Jesus in the temple of Jerusalem shows that God’s closeness to humanity is not confined to a place of worship but is manifested in his living among people, Pope Francis said.
Nothing is worth sacrificing the life of a child, pope tells world leaders
It is unacceptable that a child’s right to life and a dignified childhood should be sacrificed to “the idols” of power, profit, ideology and nationalistic self-interest, Pope Francis told a group of world experts and leaders.
St. John the Evangelist in Severna Park undergoing dramatic renovation
After years of planning, St. John the Evangelist Church in Severna Park is undergoing extensive renovations that will give the house of worship a completely new look and an opportunity to highlight its patron saint.
For 125 years, society has had a mission to produce Catholic resources for the blind
The Xavier Society for the Blind is celebrating 125 years of helping generations of Catholics, either blind or vision-impaired, participate in worship through braille texts, large-type books and audio books.
Sts. Louis and Zélie: St. Thérèse’s parents are models of love and devotion
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
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.
Audited financials show claims the church profits from refugee work ‘just wrong’
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
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.