Walking around my neighborhood this fall, I saw many skeletons. Bones seemed to protrude from every lawn.
One evening, taking a walk in the encroaching darkness, a skeleton I hadn't spotted noticed me. It was an action-activated Halloween display. My...
In his travels, Michael S. Carter remembers encountering the bodies of several saints considered incorrupt or resistant to natural decay.
"It's just so unique to behold a person that lived centuries ago with whom we can feel a connection through...
Q: In an earlier column, you said that purgatory was a state outside of time and that we can't talk about how long someone spends in purgatory in terms of years. But then why do you sometimes see old...
America's Appalachian region is a mountainous land of contrasts -- a stunning and rugged terrain stretching through 423 counties and 13 states from southern New York to northern Mississippi, home to abundant natural resources and populated by proud and...
A longtime Catholic writer and editor of prominent Catholic publications is facing federal charges of possessing child pornography and enticing a minor to create such child sexual abuse material. The charges allege multiple minor victims.
OSV News has confirmed with...
PHILADELPHIA -- Standing in the rear of St. Benedict Church in Philadelphia, part of St. Athanasius Parish, Father Joseph Okonski, the pastor, surveyed a few remaining cans of food on tables temporarily set up behind the last pews.
"This past...
JERUSALEM -- In the Gaza Strip, the fragile calm following the Oct. 13 Israel-Hamas peace deal has brought little relief to the enclave's small Christian community.
While portions of aid were delivered after the Oct. 13 visit by President Donald...
ROME -- Pope Leo XIV's recognition of St. John Henry Newman as a "doctor of the church" will be an ecumenical celebration, a sign of esteem for the excellence and ongoing relevance of his teaching, first as an Anglican...
As a paramilitary group announced the capture of el-Fasher, the besieged capital of Sudan's North Darfur state, Catholic Church leaders amplified calls for the protection of "forgotten" civilians -- including thousands of children -- trapped in the western Sudanese...
WILMINGTON — Delaware Military Academy scored a touchdown with a little more than three minutes remaining to take a 13-6 lead over Saint Mark’s in the girls’ flag football championship game on Oct. 29 at Abessinio Stadium, and the...