VATICAN CITY -- As the Biden administration and state governments look at ways to expand or restrict access to abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs ruling, Pope Francis prayed that God would strengthen people's commitment to protecting human...
Not in Washington for the 2023 March for Life? Have no fear. Pro-life advocates from around the country can mark the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision by virtually participating in events being...
One of the primary ways throwaway culture works — especially in a consumer culture like ours, which tries to hide the equal dignity of those found to be too burdensome or otherwise inconvenient — is by using language that...
Sunday Scripture readings, January 22, 2023: Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Is 8:23—9:3, Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14, 1 Cor 1:10-13, 17 Mt 4:12-23 or 4:12-17
Miracles await, but we need to be attentive, open, ready for God
In 1957, Reader's Digest published...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.-- Cardinal Justin Rigali, 87, is "awake, alert and resting comfortably" after being hospitalized Jan. 16 for "what we can only describe as a 'medical condition,'" a spokesman for the Diocese of Knoxville told OSV News.
Since his retirement...
Like St. Teresa of Avila, I have a skull on my desk. Two, actually -- one plain and one riotously decorated in green and purple. I think they're funny; they remind me not to take myself, or the world,...
As Theodore McCarrick faces criminal charges for allegedly sexually abusing a 16-year-old boy, the disgraced former cardinal's legal defense team is now claiming he is in steep mental and physical decline and therefore not able to stand trial.
McCarrick’s lawyers...
A songwriting competition aims to inspire new Catholic music as a part of the U.S. Catholic bishops' Eucharistic Revival initiative.
The Eucharistic Revival Musical Competition, sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat for Evangelization and Catechesis, seeks entries...
I attended SEEK23, the annual conference of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS), At the beginning of January.
Our Sisters have attended this event for many years and we have seen it evolve from a modest gathering of several...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis' fifth trip to the African continent will highlight gestures of peace and reconciliation, consoling the victims of violence but also emphasizing the importance of each person sowing peace in the family, the neighborhood and...