Life Fest’s second year focuses on building a culture of life through love January 16, 2024By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, News, Respect Life, World News Just ahead of the 51st March for Life in Washington, the Sisters of Life and the Knights of Columbus are hosting their second Life Fest with a focus on solidarity with mothers in need and commissioning a new generation committed to the cause of defending the dignity of all human life with love.
Bishop O’Connell of Trenton, N.J., undergoes emergency heart surgery in Rome January 5, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, World News Bishop David M. O’Connell of Trenton, 68, suffered a heart attack Jan. 4 while in Rome and was taken to Santo Spirito hospital where he had emergency surgery to open a completely closed artery, according to a Jan. 5 diocesan statement.
How to be more thoughtful about your screen time January 2, 2024By Sister Hosea Rupprecht OSV News Filed Under: Commentary As you consider the new year, perhaps God is inspiring you to spend less time looking at a screen and more time looking at the people and places around you.
Media must show, promote respect for human dignity, pope says November 28, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, Vatican, World News An important part of the mission of Catholic media is to forgo the shocking, sensational or superficial when such stories present the people involved as less than human and unworthy of respect, Pope Francis said.
Eucharistic miracle science may bolster, but should not distract, from faith, say experts August 31, 2023By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News The alleged duplication of the Eucharist is under investigation by the Holy See’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith as a potential eucharistic miracle.
Florida priest urges Catholic leaders to recognize Dutch saint as modern patron of journalists July 24, 2023By William Cone OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News As local Catholics and faithful worldwide prepare to mark the July 27 second anniversary of the feast day of St. Titus Brandsma, a Carmelite priest and martyr credited with appealing to God for a miraculous cure in the Diocese of Palm Beach, people are taking notice of the extraordinary courage he demonstrated in opposing Nazi oppression in his homeland of the Netherlands.
Sink or swim July 5, 2023By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church God is waiting patiently for each of us, loving us right where we are, recognizing that our path is uniquely our own.
10 Saints who can bring us close to the Eucharist June 25, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Saints One would guess that most saints would have a devotion to the Eucharist, but here are 10 saints to learn more about and ask to intercede for us during the National Eucharistic Revival. Blessed Carlo Acutis Born in 1991, Blessed Carlo Acutis was a young Italian boy who had a great love for Jesus in […]
A First Communion, the school year ending, and a happy potato (7 Quick Takes) June 10, 2023By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window ~1~ Two of our nieces made their First Communions this spring—one in New England and one here in Baltimore. We missed the one in New England, but I managed to get to the Mass in Baltimore where our niece received Jesus in the Eucharist for the first time. It was wonderful to be with her […]
Cathedral of Mary Our Queen will host Corpus Christi celebration June 6, 2023By Mary Clifford Morrell Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News June marks the beginning of the “Year of Parish Revival,” the second year of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ three-year plan for a National Eucharistic Revival.
7 saints you can call on for help October 28, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window, Saints Saints are friends who are in heaven, and we can invite them into the ordinary moments of our day.
Archdiocese of Baltimore concludes Year of the Eucharist with special Corpus Christi Mass June 20, 2022By Matthew Liptak Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News Archbishop William E. Lori closed the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Year of the Eucharist with a special Mass on the Feast of Corpus Christi June 19 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.