Spain’s famed Camino wraps up the year with a record half million pilgrims January 8, 2025By Andreas Drouve OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News The boom in the number of pilgrims on Spain’s famous El Camino de Santiago, or the Way of St. James, hit a record of almost half a million last year. Among them were 38,000 Americans.
Ahead of U.S. Franciscans’ synod, friars say ‘communal discernment’ long-held tradition for order January 8, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: News, Synodality, Vocations, World News While “synodality” might be a new concept to Catholics surprised by the Vatican’s request that dioceses worldwide engage in community discernment from 2021-2024, the U.S. friars of the Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe — humble as they are — would still like to gently remind us it’s something Franciscans like themselves have been doing for centuries.
Notre Dame’s first concert a ‘moment of grace’ for young composer of Marianchoral piece January 8, 2025By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, World News With places fully booked at Paris’ iconic cathedral for months ahead, Notre Dame is not only back to its former glory but also to its full concert schedule.
Philadelphia archbishop unveils new evangelization plan with 50 ‘missionary hubs’ January 7, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, World News Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez of Philadelphia has announced a new initiative to open hearts, rather than shutter parishes, in countering declining numbers both of faithful and of active priests in an archdiocese he has long called home.
India’s Syro-Malabar Catholic Church begins synod amid liturgy row January 7, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Synodality, World News A crucial meeting of the India-based Eastern Catholic Syro-Malabar Church’s synod of bishops began amid a simmering decades-old liturgy dispute over the rubrics of Mass.
St. Peter’s Holy Door sees more than half million pilgrims in two weeks January 7, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News More than half a million pilgrims crossed the threshold of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in the first two weeks after Pope Francis opened it.
New Washington cardinal’s tenure to overlap with second Trump administration January 7, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News With his appointment as new archbishop of Washington Jan. 6, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy’s term in the nation’s capital will begin shortly after President-elect Donald Trump begins his second stint in the White House, possibly creating flashpoints between the pair during their time in the nation’s capital over immigration and a host of other issues.
‘Jesus was her everything’: The ‘Fastest Nun in the West’ moves closer to canonization January 7, 2025By Zoey Maraist OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Saints, World News A religious sister who befriended Billy the Kid, calmed a lynch mob and testified against human trafficking is one step closer to canonization.
Family credits ‘Little Cajun Saint’ for healthy ‘miracle child’ born after dire diagnosis January 7, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News A young Catholic family in New York state is crediting their newborn baby’s apparent healing in the womb from a potentially fatal diagnosis to the intercession of Charlene Marie Richard, a devout Catholic girl who died of leukemia in Louisiana — and is now on the path to possible sainthood.
Washington’s new archbishop seeks to ‘know and understand this magnificent community of faith’ January 6, 2025By Richard Szczepanowski OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, World News Hours after Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of San Diego was announced Jan. 6 as the new archbishop of Washington, the prelate praised his new archdiocese as “truly sacramental in the rich diversity of its traditions and perspectives.”
SEEK25 conferences in U.S., Germany energize young Catholics to share hope in Jesus January 6, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, World News The excitement in the air was palpable as more than 17,000 Catholics descended on the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City Jan. 1-5 for SEEK25.
SEEK conference in D.C. features hope, healing and eucharistic encounter January 6, 2025By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, World News Thousands of college students, gathered in the nation’s capital Jan. 3 and pondered these questions as part of an evening of reflection and eucharistic adoration at the Fellowship of Catholic University Students’ 2025 SEEK conference.
