January was National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, leading up to the Feb. 8 feast of St. Josephine Bakhita. St. Josephine Bakhita was a young southern Sudanese girl who was kidnapped and sold into slavery. She eventually was...
WASHINGTON-- The Senate voted Feb. 8 to proceed with debate on a bill that would provide military and humanitarian aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, among other measures.
An official with Catholic Relief Services applauded the inclusion of humanitarian aid...
Q: In the past few weeks, due to extreme weather, I've missed Mass a couple of times. My parish has a Facebook channel, so I watched the services there instead. I wasn't able to receive Communion. In talking to...
By Simcha Fisher, OSV News
Have you looked at your calendar lately? Have you noticed that, in 2024, the most dark and difficult annual day of self-examination and penitence falls, by some terrible misfortune, on the exact same day as...
By Silvio Cuéllar, OSV News
This February, we celebrate Valentine's Day, the day of love and friendship. February 14 is also Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent.
At first glance, many will think that we will not be able to celebrate...
By D.D. Emmons
OSV News
As the penitential season of Lent begins, we Catholics, like Christians everywhere, prepare to commemorate the passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Just a few short weeks ago, we celebrated his birth, and now the church...
VATICAN CITY -- All forms of clerical abuse begin with a priest thinking he is better than others and somehow over them, Pope Francis said.
"We can live our priestly ministry well only immersed in the priestly people from whom...
BEAR — This one certainly had a postseason feel leading up to the game, and the on-court action that followed definitely did not disappoint. Ursuline and Caravel, ranked first and second in the state in girls basketball, respectively, by...
PARIS -- The reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral, scheduled for Dec. 8, will be "six months of celebration and praise," the archbishop of Paris said in a pastoral letter. The iconic cathedral will reopen five years and 10 months...
When Saint Mark’s and St. Elizabeth kicked off Catholic Schools Week with a boys basketball game at the St. E Center, the night did not start with a tipoff, but a tip of the hat.
Players from both teams took...