National
News Briefs: March 3, 2024
U.S. Bishops Launch Teaching Initiative Called ‘Love Means More’ WASHINGTON (OSV News) – “Love Means More,” a new teaching initiative of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has a statement […]
National
News Briefs: February 25, 2024
Dates for Second Synod Assembly Announced VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The second assembly of the Synod of Bishops on synodality will meet October 2-27 and will be preceded by several […]
Special
A Reading List for Catholics During Black History Month
By Kenneth Craycraft While ersatz celebrations of February as Black History Month have existed from as early as 1970, it became officially recognized in the United States in 1976. In […]
National
News Briefs: February 18, 2024
Financial Aid Available for National Eucharistic Congress INDIANAPOLIS (OSV News) – Organizers of the National Eucharistic Congress are making it easier for cash-strapped Catholic families to attend the July 17-21 […]
Diocese
CRS Rice Bowl Program Funds Vital Assistance to Poor
Ahead of the upcoming Lenten season, parishes across the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend will be participating in the annual Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl Program by distributing the cardboard […]
National
Lent with ‘The Chosen’
By Sister Hosea Rupprecht (OSV News) – Season 4 of “The Chosen,” the wildly popular series on the life of Jesus that began its existence as a crowd-funded streaming series, […]
National
News Briefs: February 11, 2024
Dicastery Warns Changing Words in Sacraments Can Make Them Invalid VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Officials with the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith said they continue to receive reports […]
National
News Briefs: February 4, 2024
Ohio Lawmakers Veto Governor Over New Gender Law COLUMBUS, Ohio (OSV News) – Ohio lawmakers voted on Wednesday, January 24, to override Republican Governor Mike DeWine’s recent veto of legislation […]
National
News Briefs: January 28, 2024
Bishop Dorsonville of Louisiana Dies Unexpectedly at 63 SCHRIEVER, Louisiana (OSV News) – Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, January 19, […]
National
Reflect on King’s Teachings to Confront ‘Evils of Racism’
WASHINGTON, D.C. (OSV News) – The federal holiday honoring Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave Americans a time to “pause and reflect” on his “indelible legacy” and “his rallying […]
National
News Briefs: January 21, 2024
Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez Released, Exiled MEXICO CITY (OSV News) – Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa has been released from prison and sent into exile along with 18 imprisoned churchmen […]
National
After 100 Days of War, Christians’ Testimony ‘True Miracle’
By Michael Kelly (OSV News) – In the shadow of darkness, eight children in Gaza City beamed with joy as they received their first Communion. As the world marked 100 […]