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On Holy Thursday, Pope Leo XIV calls for mission rooted in...
VATICAN CITY-- Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to reject comfort, power and domination and instead embrace a mission rooted in self-giving love, even when...
Parents push lower-tech childhood with landline phone initiative
LEAWOOD, Kan. (OSV News) -- Kids at Nativity Parish School skated like it's 1999 in February to kick off what their moms hope will...
From Maryland to the Carolinas: The growth of Catholicism in the...
In this continuing series on the origins of Catholicism in the 50 states, the story now turns southward. From Maryland, founded as a haven...
Pope Leo XIV highlights vital role of laity in spreading the...
VATICAN CITY -- Laypeople are not passive members but active participants in the Church's mission, called to live and spread the Gospel in everyday...
7,000 show up in faith, prayer for Palm Sunday Path on...
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- On the front lawn of the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, more than 7,000 Christians from different denominations gathered...
Bishops lead El Paso march against mass deportation on feast of...
EL PASO, Texas -- On March 24, to commemorate the feast day of the martyr St. Óscar Romero, hundreds of people joined in a...
Good Friday’s veneration of the cross demands we must accompany Jesus...
By Father Romanus Cessario, O.P. , OSV News
On Good Friday, the altars of the world stand bare. In place of the daily Eucharistic action,...
A guide to Holy Week, the most sacred time of year...
By Heidi Busse, OSV News
The week between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday, Holy Week, is the most sacred time of year. During this special...
War in Ukraine: Historic monastery, church damaged in overnight Russian drone...
LVIV, Ukraine -- A historic Bernardine monastery complex and the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in the western Ukraine city of Lviv were hit...
Legendary American evangelist Archbishop Fulton Sheen to be beatified Sept. 24...
VATICAN CITY -- Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen will be beatified on Sept. 24 in St. Louis, the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints announced...