Shrine Mass marks centennial of first priestly ordinations at ‘Mary’s House’ in Washington August 26, 2024By Richard Szczepanowski OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vocations, World News As part of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception’s continuing celebration marking 100 years of worship at “Mary’s House,” as it’s often called, Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory offered a Mass of thanksgiving for all the priests who were ordained or otherwise connected to the church.
Pope expresses concern about religious freedom in Ukraine August 26, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News “Please, let no Christian church be abolished directly or indirectly: the churches are not to be touched,” Pope Francis said about a Ukrainian law banning the Russian Orthodox Church, which President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed Aug. 24, Ukrainian independence day.
Rhode Islanders pray seeds of faith planted during street ministry at congress take root August 26, 2024By Jennifer Barton OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Evangelization, News, World News Fruitful stories from the 10th National Eucharistic Congress will continue to surface in the days and years following, as revival sweeps across the nation by the grace of God. Some stories may never be fully told.
Latin American religious denounce failure of regional governments to address migrants’ plight August 25, 2024By Rhina Guidos OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News For men and women religious from across Latin America, the new U.S.-Panama deportation agreement is one more measure by governments to punish the poor for emigrating, while failing to offer solutions to the problems that force them to leave and failing to approve measures to help them cross borders safely.
Biritual priests seen as witnesses to the Catholic Church’s ‘great unity’ in liturgical diversity August 25, 2024By Kiki Hayden OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments The Catholic Church is made up of two dozen “Catholic churches,” each belonging to seven ritual families — Alexandrian, Armenian, Byzantine, Chaldean, Latin, Maronite and Syriac — and each church in that ritual family having its own distinctive traditions and liturgical variations.
Olympics chaplain calls on Catholics to get ready to evangelize at L.A.’s 2028 games August 24, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, Olympics, World News With Los Angeles set to host the summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2028, the Catholic Church in the U.S. is “in the quad” — a four-year-period of training between the global competitions — to hone its evangelization game, a priest and former Olympian told OSV News.
Adoring, receiving Eucharist makes Christians into missionaries, pope says August 24, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Eucharist, News, Vatican, World News When Christians spend time with Jesus in adoration or receive him in the Eucharist, they cannot help but spread his love with others, Pope Francis said.
Pandemic is officially over, but will Communion chalices make comeback at Mass? August 23, 2024By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments After the federal government declared a health emergency in 2020 over the COVID-19 pandemic, Catholic churches in the U.S. scrambled to figure out how to provide the Eucharist, the sacrament that is the “source and summit of the Christian life” while keeping people safe from contagion.
Minnesota kayaker’s goal is to pray rosary on every lake in Twin Cities urban metro area August 23, 2024By Josh McGovern OSV News Filed Under: News, World News, Youth Ministry Scott Kieffer, the director of discipleship for St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Community in Maple Grove, Minn., is 29 lakes away from completing his endeavor to pray a rosary in the 250 to 300 lakes in the Twin Cities urban metro area.
Harris accepts Democratic nomination, lays out case for ‘next great chapter’ August 23, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News Vice President Kamala Harris argued the nation is ready for the “next great chapter” of its story as she formally accepted her party’s presidential nomination for president during remarks at the Democratic National Convention Aug. 22.
U.S. bishops’ diocesan survey sets new baseline for Hispanic ministry in parishes nationwide August 23, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, News, World News The U.S. bishops’ Subcommittee on Hispanic Affairs conducted a survey of dioceses and archdioceses in the country’s 14 episcopal regions and released its results Aug. 21.
Vatican approves devotion at site of Marian apparition in Spain August 23, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Devotions at a Marian shrine in Spain that communicate Mary’s “close and affectionate presence” can and should continue, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith said.
