Be ‘heralds of hope,’ pope asks priests in homily for chrism Mass April 17, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments Especially in a Jubilee Year, but also every day, priests are called to continual conversion so that they can authentically preach the good news of hope, Pope Francis wrote in the homily he prepared for the Holy Thursday chrism Mass.
Novena to St. Gianna to unite faithful in prayer for pregnant, parenting moms in need April 17, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News Thousands of Catholics across the country will unite in prayer for pregnant and parenting moms in need during an April 19-27 novena inspired by St. Gianna Beretta Molla, an Italian doctor, wife and mother who sacrificed her own life for the life of her child.
‘Waking up to God’: Desire for community, renewed faith interest may explain U.S. boost in numbers of new Catholics April 17, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Easter, Evangelization, Feature, News, World News At the April 19 Easter Vigil at parishes across America, the church will welcome many new Catholics.
What happened Holy Thursday night? One Polish nun says she knows April 17, 2025By Agnieszka Bugala OSV News Filed Under: Divine Worship, Easter, News, World News A hidden chapter of Christ’s Passion has come to light through the mystical revelations of Servant of God Sister Leonia Nastal, a Polish nun whose spiritual diary offers harrowing details of Jesus’ imprisonment before the crucifixion.
Church accompanies scarred Cambodians 50 years into the Khmer Rouge genocide April 17, 2025By Simone Orendain Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News On the 50th anniversary of when the Khmer Rouge took power in Cambodia and left close to 2 million people dead, the Catholic Church there, still a fledgling minority, is making strides, according to religious missionaries who have spent significant years of service in the southeast Asian country.
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.
Top-performing students honored as Distinctive Scholars April 16, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools The Archdiocese of Baltimore honored the academic excellence of three seniors from each of the 17 Catholic Catholic high schools within the Archdiocese of Baltimore during the 33rd annual Distinctive Scholars Convocation, held April 10 at The Catholic High School of Baltimore.
Daughters of Charity, DePaul University expand digital collection of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s papers, letters April 16, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Saints As the 50th anniversary of the canonization of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton approaches Sept. 14, many of her family’s documents are being made public digitally.
Pope sends ‘generous’ donation to aid Myanmar quake victims April 16, 2025By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has sent “a generous contribution” to Myanmar to help people impacted by a major earthquake in late March.
JD Vance announces trip to Rome, meeting at Vatican April 16, 2025By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News U.S. Vice President JD Vance will be in Rome April 18 and has meetings planned with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, his office said.
Pope thanks medical team that cared for him during hospitalization April 16, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis personally thanked the health care workers and medical staff who cared for him in Rome’s Gemelli hospital for 38 days while he recovered from respiratory infections.
Ukrainians wounded, weary but believe in God and have hope, says Bishop Vincke after USCCB delegation’s visit April 16, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, War in Ukraine, World News With Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine now in its fourth year, Ukrainians are deeply wounded but nonetheless have hope, a Kansas bishop recently told OSV News.
