Thousands of Catholic students, young adults, parishioners, clergy, and missionaries flooded the Greater Columbus Convention Center on the first of the year.
Their goal? To start the year in prayer.
Organized annually by FOCUS, an international Catholic outreach organization, the SEEK...
WILMINGTON – Saint Mark's girls basketball team was supposed to be home for their matchup against Tower Hill on Dec. 3, but instead they had to play on the road. The Spartans looked plenty comfortable inside Weaver Gymnasium as...
By Joe Ruff / The Catholic Spirit, OSV News
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A bishop's golden crosier, or hooked staff symbolizing his office, found in a Minnesota scrapyard has drawn the man who discovered it into a journey back to...
The new "Knives Out" movie is out on Netflix, and Catholic commentators are rightly fascinated by its winsome portrayal of a young Catholic priest, the protagonist accused of committing the film's locked-room murder.
Most reviews have zeroed in on a...
Q: If the church's new year begins on the first Sunday of Advent, then why is the secular New Year's Day (Jan. 1) a holy day of obligation?
A: You are correct that the church's liturgical new year begins usually...
VATICAN CITY -- Before the final countdown to the New Year, Christians should take a moment to remember all God's blessings of the past year and to reflect honestly on how they responded to those graces, Pope Leo XIV...
Scripture readings for Jan. 4, 2026, Epiphany of the Lord
Is 60:1-6 Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13 Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6 Mt 2:1-12
This Epiphany Sunday, the star of the Gospel is -- literally -- the star.
Here is the original GPS device,...
Bishop Earl K. Fernandes of Columbus, Ohio, has granted a dispensation from Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation to Catholics without authorization to stay in the United States, as well as those who "reasonably fear" being pursued...
On Dec. 21, Puerto Rico's Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón approved Law 183-2025, which amends the Civil Code of Puerto Rico and recognizes the unborn child or "nasciturus" -- a Latin legal term referring to "conceived but not born" -- as...
SALISBURY, Md. – Salesianum overcame an eight-point halftime deficit only to see Varina (Va.) rally to tie the game late in the fourth quarter, then outlast the Sals for a 75-70 win in double overtime at the Governors Challenge...