The most desired gift January 5, 2025By Effie Caldarola OSV News Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Uncategorized Sometimes, maintaining hope challenges our faith.
Controversy stirs over bar’s location in former sanctuary of closed Frederick chapel January 3, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Uncategorized, Western Vicariate The Wye Oak Tavern at Visitation Frederick, the new hotel in Frederick, has made quite a stir since its opening on Dec. 19 and not because it is run by Frederick’s famous chefs, brothers Bryan and Michael Voltaggio.
Ascension to sell 9 Illinois hospitals to for-profit health system January 3, 2025By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized The largest Catholic health system in Illinois cleared a significant step in the process of trying to sell more than half of its hospitals in the state to a for-profit health system.
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.
Here is what to expect on Notre Dame de Paris reopening weekend December 6, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized Five years after Parisians lined the streets of their city, wiping their tears as Notre Dame Cathedral burned, the faithful will have their jewel back as it victoriously reopens Dec. 7 and 8.
El Salvador charges ex-president for ’89 Jesuit slayings November 22, 2024By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized El Salvador has ordered a former president to stand trial for the 1989 murders of six Jesuits, their housekeeper and her 16-year-old daughter — a notorious crime from the Central American country’s civil war, which has languished in the realm of impunity.
Top Vatican diplomat says Russia must act first to end Ukraine war November 18, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Uncategorized As the 1,000th day since Russia launched its large-scale invasion of Ukraine approached, the Vatican secretary of state said he hoped the milestone would “awaken a sense of responsibility in everyone, especially those who can stop the ongoing carnage.”
Question Corner: What’s the scriptural basis for praying for dead and venerating relics? November 13, 2024By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner, Uncategorized The Catholic customs of praying for the souls of the dead, praying to the saints who have gone before us in earthly life, and of venerating relics are based primarily in the church’s long-standing tradition and theology rather than explicit scriptural “prooftexts.” However, the Bible does indeed allude to these practices.
U.S. bishops elect Archbishop Hebda as treasurer-elect, five new committee chairs November 12, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2024, Uncategorized, World News Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis was elected treasurer of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Nov. 12 in Baltimore, bringing valuable experience from his own archdiocese to the conference post.
Pope: Catholic education must be committed to service November 12, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Uncategorized A Catholic institution of higher education is not merely a university with a “distinguished adjective in its name,” Pope Francis said, rather it bears a commitment to teaching and acting in service of others and in line with the Gospels.
Talitha Kum trains nuns, youth against human trafficking and forced marriage in Bangladesh November 9, 2024By Stephan Uttom Rozario OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized Talitha Kum Bangladesh is empowering religious sisters and youth communities in the South Asian country to fight against human trafficking, child marriage and forced marriage with its new training program.
Newman on conversion November 8, 2024By Russell Shaw OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized Despite significant opposition, someone persists in a life-changing decision at least partly because the opposition has the unanticipated consequence of reinforcing the determination to persist.
