Patriarchs and heads of the churches in Jerusalem said in a joint Oct. 14 statement they "rejoice at the recent enactment of the ceasefire in Gaza, and the release of those held captive," which they hailed as "auspicious moment,"...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's Catholic bishops are urging lawmakers and policymakers at every level of government to work toward lasting solutions to the challenges and opportunities brought by immigrants and immigration to this country.
"We urge our elected officials...
During his pontificate, Pope Benedict XVI said that there was one prayer that he wished all Catholics would learn to use. Can you guess what it is?
Guess again — not the Rosary. Nope. Not the Divine Mercy Chaplet either.
Here...
Scripture readings for Oct. 19, 2025, Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Ex 17:8-13 Ps 121:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 2 Tm 3:14-4:2 Lk 18:1-8
Luke tells us immediately what this parable is about.
What the disciples are to learn is that they ought...
Thanks to the availability of instantaneous, global communication and our addiction to it, 21st century humans are permitted — perhaps condemned is a better word — to witness daily episodes of brutality and violence and, particularly over the past...
On this episode of Catholic Forum, after a news update from The Dialog and The Dialog.org, we talk to Ms. Michele Linder, Executive Director of Catholic Cemeteries of the Diocese of Wilmington.
Michele and her staff see their work as more than a...
Full-time employees of the Diocese of Wilmington or related church ministry aren't typically in it for the money, but Saint Mark’s High School has started a scholarship program for the children of those men and women in an attempt...
WASHINGTON -- Immigrant priests, seminarians and religious in the U.S. are among those impacted by immigration enforcement policy, advocates and analysts told OSV News.
Bishop Joseph J. Tyson of the Diocese of Yakima in central Washington wrote in a recent...
ROME -- "Allowing millions of human beings to live -- and die -- as victims of hunger is a collective failure, an ethical aberration, a historical fault," Pope Leo XIV said on World Food Day.
The pope drove across Rome...
As Venezuelans await the upcoming canonization of the South American country's first saints -- Blessed José Gregório Hernández and Blessed María Carmen Elena Rendiles Martínez -- both the church and the government prepare for the unprecedented event, promoting restoration...