Indiana college’s outdoor sacred space dedicated to Mary is place for prayer, Mass, meditation September 16, 2024By Kasia Balsabaugh OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, World News A Holy Cross College student’s vision for an outdoor sacred space became reality this semester with the new Our Lady of Holy Cross Shrine dedicated Sept. 4.
Mind and heart: Church must combat mental health crisis, sister says September 15, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Health Care, News, World News Sister Carneiro, a specialist in social work, ethics and human resources, linked the global mental health crisis to the fragmentation of community life and the loss of widely held values that once brought people together.
Detroit author shows a ‘Catholic love story is the best love story’ in debut novel September 15, 2024By Gabriella Patti OSV News Filed Under: Books, Marriage & Family Life, News, World News Author Rebecca W. Martin has debuted her first novel, “Love in the Eternal City” (Chrism Press), a Catholic romance that not only tells the love story between a Swiss Guard and an American expat, but also serves as Martin’s own love letter to the city of Rome.
Chaplain at sea: Retired Iowa diocesan priest ministers to the faithful on cruises September 15, 2024By Barb Arland-Fye OSV News Filed Under: News, World News, Worship & Sacraments When the sea is rocky, distributing Communion during Mass aboard a cruise ship can be challenging, but Father Bill Reynolds maintains a steady presence.
Irish Loreto Sisters pass blessing of education to another generation — and need support September 14, 2024By Sarah Mac Donald OSV News Filed Under: Missions, News, World News Decades of conflict ahead of independence in 2011, followed by civil war and famine, has taken its toll on South Sudan’s education and health systems.
Consecrated virgin ‘gives all, day and night,’ amid Russia’s war in Ukraine September 14, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, Vocations, War in Ukraine, World News A consecrated virgin in Ukraine told OSV News she is grateful for her vocation, which enables her to “give all, day and night,” to those impoverished by Russia’s decade-long war against her nation.
Russian forces fear Ukrainian identity, persecute Ukrainian Catholics, says exiled bishop September 14, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, War in Ukraine, World News During a September visit to Ukraine, OSV News sat down with Bishop Stepan Meniok, a Redemptorist and bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church’s Donetsk Exarchate.
Both U.S. presidential candidates espouse anti-life views, pope says September 13, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News Asked what a U.S. Catholic given a choice between voting for a person who supports abortion or one who supports closing borders and deporting migrants, Pope Francis said one must choose “the lesser evil.”
Pope expresses solidarity with Vietnam flood victims; local Caritas agency rushes to help September 13, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, World News More than 100 people, including a Catholic religious sister, are still listed as missing after Typhoon Yagi, the most powerful storm to hit Asia this year, left at least 233 dead in northern Vietnam.
Tradition will meet subtle modernity in restored Notre Dame Cathedral September 13, 2024By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News The excitement is mounting in Paris ahead of the Dec. 8 reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral with only a few cranes remaining on the outside of the iconic French church.
Sister of Mercy Mary Judith Schmelz, chemistry professor and school administrator, dies at 99 September 13, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Uncategorized A funeral Mass was offered Sept. 11 at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart for Sister of Mercy Mary Judith Schmelz, who died Sept. 4 at Convent at Springwell, her community’s retirement home in Mount Washington. She was 99.
Pope thrives, hits main themes of his pontificate during Asia-Pacific trip September 13, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The 87-year-old Pope Francis not only survived the longest trip of his pontificate, but he drew energy from the crowds who came to see him, and he seemed to enjoy his 12-day visit to Asia and the Pacific.
