Two Jewish students were attacked on the campus of Catholic-run DePaul University in Chicago Nov. 6 and the school’s president said he was “appalled” by the incident. The attack was part of a wave of anti-Jewish hostility in the Chicago area in recent weeks.

Catholic aid workers in Cuba are responding to back-to-back natural disasters on the island, after a hurricane and an earthquake struck the island within four days of each other.

With so many families lacking either home, renters or flood insurance, the slow business of finding temporary housing or rebuilding what was damaged after a storm requires time and usually an abundance of private and charitable resources.

Edward “Eddie” Maurer III embodies a deep understanding of faith and connection. A naval veteran and retired engineer, he recently celebrated his 81st birthday, reflecting with gratitude on God’s guiding presence throughout his life. His military service, steeped in his Catholic faith, was a testament to shared beliefs among the armed forces.

The recent expulsions of members from Sodalitium Christianae Vitae are part of a long and serious process that is needed before the church can consider going the route of completely dissolving the controversial lay movement, said Peruvian Cardinal Pedro Barreto Jimeno.

PARIS (OSV News) — In a side chapel not far from the relics of Paris’ patroness St. Genevieve in the Church of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, an easel holds a simple poster requesting prayers under the title “Notre Dame de Paris.” “Let us pray for the people of Paris,” it reads. “Let us pray for the Paris archbishop, […]

An attack on a convent and adjacent hospital in Haiti “shows how desperate” that nation has become “and will continue to be,” Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami told OSV News.

Derry-born Sister Clare Crockett was a promising actress with little interest in religion when she went on a Holy Week retreat in Spain in 2000 that changed her life.

The Sisters of St. Joseph Welcome Center offers in-person and online courses in literacy and citizenship and is accredited by the U.S. Department of Justice to assist immigrants with the naturalization process. Some 58 volunteer teachers work with more than 150 students.

Cardinal-designate Koovakad, 51, is the second youngest of the new cardinals the pope will create.