WASHINGTON, D.C. (OSV News) – Areas of critical concern for religious liberty in the United States include political and anti-religious violence, “unjust terms and conditions on federal grants, and unreliability of government,” access […]
(OSV News) – Pope Leo XIV prayed with the sick at the Lourdes grotto in the Vatican Gardens on Wednesday, February 11, asking Our Lady of Lourdes to accompany all […]
(OSV News) – We sell our faith short, and so we sell our Lent short. At least I do. I have spent most of my life thinking of the faith as a series of rules I […]
(OSV News) – The history of the Church in the United States is a chronicle of evangelization. Most of the Americans in the eternal hall of fame are distinguished as […]
Pope Leo: Human Trafficking Is a ‘Grave Crime Against Humanity’ VATICAN CITY (Vatican News) – Ahead of the 12th World Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking, Pope Leo […]
(OSV News) – Leigh Fitzpatrick Snead wanted to write the book she wished she had as a young woman struggling with infertility. “Most infertility books ended in pregnancy that I was […]
(OSV News) – Among the beautiful, meaningful and solemn ceremonies of the Catholic Church is the gathering of the faithful on Ash Wednesday. This special day begins our Lenten journey. It is the […]
(OSV News) – Venerable Fulton J. Sheen will soon be beatified, now that the Vatican has given the green light, officials with the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, announced on Monday, February […]
Pope: Scripture Is a Living Reality that Develops, Grows in Tradition VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The word of God is not “fossilized” but rather develops and grows in tradition, Pope […]
(OSV News) – The great marriage myth of our time is that happy marriages “just happen.” When we were first married, we – like many young couples – were under the impression […]
The following is the message of the Holy Father Leo XIV for the 34th World Day of the Sick, on the theme “The compassion of the Samaritan: loving by bearing […]
(OSV News) – Amid soaring domestic and global tensions, the head of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has called for a Holy Hour for peace as “a moment of renewal […]
