Whatever the outcome of America's Nov. 5 presidential election, migrant and refugee advocates are predicting a challenging environment, said participants in a Sept. 24 video conference tackling the topic of how election results may impact Central America and those...
Ukraine's struggle against Russia's war is "prophetic," showing that "the defense of God-given dignity … happens at the price of one's body and blood," said Metropolitan Archbishop Borys A. Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia.
OSV News accompanied...
Father Edward J. Fahey Jr., a priest of the Diocese of Wilmington, died unexpectedly Sept. 20. He was 63.
Father Fahey was a native of Neptune, N.J., who graduated from public schools there and earned a degree in business administration...
VATICAN CITY -- Following an investigation into an influential Peru-based Catholic movement that has expanded across Latin America and the United States, Pope Francis has expelled 10 members from its ranks for physical and spiritual abuse.
The group, Sodalitium Christianae...
Ending poverty, ensuring nuclear disarmament and regulating artificial intelligence, or AI, were among the issues highlighted by the Holy See at the 2024 United Nations Summit of the Future, held Sept. 22-23 in New York at U.N. headquarters.
The summit...
WILMINGTON — For the third straight game, Salesianum’s soccer team went to overtime against a tough out-of-state opponent, but on Sept. 25, 100 minutes was not enough. The Sals and the Phelps School (Pa.) played to an entertaining 3-3...
The leaves are turning, the temps are dropping – it must be October in the Diocese of Wilmington. There are lots of opportunities to enjoy family and faith activities, including the Eucharistic Congress on Oct. 5 in Ocean City,...
Archbishop-elect Richard G. Henning said his experience at the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis in July had a profound effect on him. He will likely refer to that event and try to replicate some of the atmosphere when he...
By Caroline de Sury , OSV News
PARIS -- For three days, Paris welcomed several thousand participants from around the globe who took part in the 38th "International Meeting for Peace," organized Sept. 22-24 by the Community of Sant'Egidio.
In a...
Scripture readings for Sept. 29, 2024, Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Nm 11:25-29 Ps 19:8, 10, 12-13, 14 Jas 5:1-6 Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48
You can never predict how God might seek to work in the world, or what instruments he...