WASHINGTON -- Sixty years after the March on Washington, there is still work to be done to make the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream a reality, a Georgetown University panel said Aug. 28.
On Aug. 28, 1963, more...
NEW YORK -- The national kickoff for the annual A-Cross America Relay for Life, began early Aug. 26 in Manhattan, with a group walking and praying for the end of abortion.
Participants met at 8 a.m. in front of Planned...
California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against a school district in the state Aug. 28, asking a judge to block that district's requirement that parents be notified if their child seeks to change their pronouns or gender...
SÃO PAULO -- Church activists in the Amazon are worried about the Brazilian government's plan to exploit oil in a marine area close to the mouth of the Amazon River.
Oil drilling, an issue discussed in different meetings over the...
With National Suicide Prevention Month approaching in September, Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia -- just a few miles from the nation's capital -- is urging mental health discussion and engagement, rather than avoidance and...
Sunday Scripture readings, September 3, 2023, 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jer 20:7-9 Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 Rom 12:1-2 Mt 16:21-27
Gospel asks us to step outside our comfort zone and consider: What does God think?
It’s probably the last thing...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis continues to make surprise additions to the College of Cardinals with plenty of "firsts," and perhaps the most surprising of those "firsts" this time is just how many cardinal electors there will be.
The pope...
As they open their doors for a new academic year, the nation's Catholic schools are enjoying overall strong growth, along with a firm commitment to mission, experts told OSV News.
"Our school system has grown two years in a row,"...
VATICAN CITY -- Although Russia's continuing war on Ukraine may make peace seem an impossible dream, Pope Francis urged young Russian Catholics to sow seeds of reconciliation and peace however they can.
But the pope also told them never to...
Visitors spent the weekend streaming into St. Elizabeth parish in Wilmington beginning Aug. 26 to get a glimpse of relics of the late Italian teenager Blessed Carlo Acutis.
Relics are a very deep and ancient Catholic tradition, according to Father...