Declaring saints: How the canonization process works November 1, 2024By Michael R. Heinlein Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News All Saints Day on Nov. 1 is an annual reminder that we are surrounded by a “cloud of witnesses” that are worshipping the Lord and praying for us, but how, exactly, is someone formally named a saint?
Harris, Trump make closing arguments: Here’s what to expect in the election’s final days November 1, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump made their closing arguments of the 2024 campaign in separate events in the final stretch of the 2024 campaign cycle.
As Poles remember murdered priest, Catholic researchers’ work on communism’s martyrs continues November 1, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Saints, World News In late October, while thousands gathered across the Polish capital to commemorate the 1984 kidnapping and brutal murder of Solidarity chaplain Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko, patient work continued at the Jesuit order’s archive in Warsaw to document the fate of other communist-era victims.
Vatican opens information point for pilgrims visiting St. Peter’s October 31, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Approximately 40,000 visitors enter St. Peter’s Basilica each day, and now they can gain deeper insights into what they are seeing inside the world’s largest church.
Pope to Catholic educators: Stay resilient despite secularization October 31, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Schools, Vatican, World News Young people need “big-hearted educators” to guide them through the complexities of modernity, Pope Francis told leaders in Catholic education.
Pope urges prayers for parents who have lost a child October 31, 2024By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News When a child dies, there is not much anyone can say to the mother or father, Pope Francis said, but Catholics must pray for them and be close to them.
Pope asks Vatican media to reduce spending as they share the Gospel October 31, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Journalism, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis told members and staff of the Dicastery for Communication that the Vatican and the Catholic Church need their expertise to share the Gospel, but he also asked them to find creative ways to do it while cutting their expenses.
Catholics face competing economic visions with wide-ranging impact on Election Day October 31, 2024By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News In the final days of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign, it’s a question on the minds of many a political pundit: Will Americans find themselves fixated on the economy, and how will they vote with their wallets and pocketbooks between now and Election Day, Nov. 5?
Much-courted Catholic vote expected to be narrowly divided on Election Day October 30, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News Catholic voters are among the key constituencies that candidates are seeking to win in 2024, as surveys and analysts indicate they are on track to be closely divided at the polls.
Missouri bishop prohibits hymns with doctrinal errors or credibly accused composers October 30, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Child & Youth Protection, News, World News Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City, Mo., has issued a decree prohibiting certain hymns due to theological error or their composition by persons credibly accused of abuse.
King, bishops decry ‘devastation,’ send condolences after dozens die in Spain’s floods October 30, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, World News The archbishop of Valencia expressed “grave concern” and said Mass for those affected after at least 63 people are feared dead, and many more went missing amid torrential rains that caused massive flooding in southeastern Spain.
Texas nuns dismiss their removal from Carmelite order, religious life as ‘moot’ October 30, 2024By Maria Wiering Filed Under: News, World News Members of a women’s religious community in Arlington, Texas, have been dismissed from the Carmelite order and Catholic religious life, according to Oct. 28 statements from Bishop Michael F. Olson of Fort Worth and Mother Marie of the Incarnation, whom a Vatican office appointed as the community’s major superior in April.
