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Candlelight vigils urge New York governor to veto physician-assisted suicide bill
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- With Advent having begun just six days prior -- a spiritual season marked by themes of hope, peace, love and joy...
More than 11 million have visited Notre Dame since its reopening...
PARIS -- Notre Dame de Paris celebrated the first anniversary of its reopening Dec. 7 with a major milestone: more than 11 million people...
Three months after fatal shooting, Minneapolis church at Annunciation parish is...
MINNEAPOLIS -- On a cold, wintery day, with the congregation gathered around Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis and Auxiliary Bishops...
Celebrate St. Nicholas Day with ‘The Smoking Bishop,’ the boozy brew...
By Sarah Robsdottir, OSV News
"A merry Christmas, Bob!" said Scrooge, with an earnestness that could not be mistaken, as he clapped him on the...
Bishop Carlassare of South Sudan: ‘God’s love mends what we break,...
A Catholic bishop in South Sudan said the young and wounded nation was living the parable of Christmas, although violence, poverty and divisions appeared...
View from the treehouse: Accompanying Dad on his final journey...
By Barb Arland-Fye
OSV News
Dad seemed preoccupied when we arrived at my parents' home on a Saturday night in late September. Newly diagnosed with a...
Churches, temples become emergency camps as Cyclone Ditwah hits Sri Lanka
Churches and temples in Sri Lanka have been turned into emergency relief camps for thousands left stranded by Cyclone Ditwah, which brought heavy rains,...
First pontiff to go to Maronite St. Charbel’s tomb, Pope Leo...
In the Mount Lebanon region of Jbeil, perched on top of a hill at an altitude of 1,200 meters, from where in the distance...
U.S. theologian George Weigel honored for defense of human dignity in...
American theologian and author George Weigel was honored Nov. 30 with the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's Blessed Omelyan Kovch Award at the National Opera...
‘You can feel God present,’ says teen from Kentucky parish attending...
INDIANAPOLIS -- For anyone who has not attended the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis, the number of young Catholic participants can be overwhelming.
A...