Disgraced former cardinal McCarrick dies at 94
(OSV News) -- The disgraced former cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, removed from the clerical state in 2019 after revelations of credible allegations of...
Read More(OSV News) -- The disgraced former cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, removed from the clerical state in 2019 after revelations of credible allegations of...
Read MoreOXFORD, England (OSV News) -- The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales has urged renewed opposition to a draft law on assisted suicide, amid...
Read More(OSV News) -- Two women religious were murdered March 31 by armed gangs in the city of Mirebalais, Haiti, as long-standing violence continues to further...
Read More(OSV News) -- A representative of the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal said it is not considering the removal of artwork by Father Marko Rupnik...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Christians should not see the Nicene Creed simply as a list of things they believe, but they should look at it with awe because it...
Read More(OSV News) -- Father Toma Majcen, a Conventual Franciscan, is the only Catholic parish priest in Greenland, working alongside two fellow Franciscan...
Read More(OSV News) -- On the 100th anniversary of his priestly ordination, St. Josemaría Escrivá is topping the Amazon charts. The Spanish saint's book...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- During his second week back at the Vatican after a long hospitalization, Pope Francis continued to follow his doctors' orders to...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Catholic Church is a new and reconciled humanity thanks to the gift of the Holy Spirit, which is the source of communion, harmony...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Even when a person seems totally lost and unable to find a way back to God, the Lord is already looking for him or her, said the...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Technology should be used to improve people's lives and to connect people as members of one human family, Pope Francis said. However,...
Read More(OSV News) -- On March 28, a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit the Mandalay-Sagaing region in southwestern Myanmar, causing multistory buildings to...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Even on his worst days in Rome's Gemelli hospital, Pope Francis was governing the Catholic Church, although on some days, he did...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has cleared the way for the canonizations of three blesseds: an Armenian Catholic archbishop martyred during the Armenian...
Read More(OSV News) -- People in Myanmar are in desperate need of humanitarian supplies and medical support as the death toll from the devastating earthquake that...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis' condition remains stable, and an X-ray showed there has been a slight improvement regarding his lingering lung infection,...
Read More(OSV News) -- Does Easter belong to Jesus Christ, or to a calendar? For Pope Francis, the answer is clear: "Easter belongs to Christ!" the pontiff declared...
Read MoreROME (CNS) -- The Jesuits have written to 20 women who have accused Father Marko Rupnik of sexual, psychological and spiritual abuse, offering to work...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The number of Catholics and permanent deacons in the world rose in 2023, while the number of seminarians, priests, men and women...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Jesus seeks out people in their woundedness and isolation to offer healing and hope, even when they feel furthest from God, Pope...
Read MoreROME (CNS) -- For Pope Francis' medical team at Rome's Gemelli hospital, Feb. 28 was the worst day. "For the first time I saw tears in the eyes of some...
Read More(OSV News) -- Spanish bishops marked International Day for Life March 25 by demanding a better environment for "stable families," as pro-life campaigners...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Those who work to keep children and vulnerable adults safe are serving and honoring Christ, Pope Francis said in a written message. "Abuse...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Even though its focus was mainly scientific, a Vatican-sponsored conference on aging and longevity could not ignore the ongoing convalescence...
Read MoreROME (CNS) -- Immediately before leaving Rome's Gemelli hospital after more than five weeks of treatment for breathing difficulties, double pneumonia and...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis will return to his residence in the Vatican March 23 after spending 38 days in Rome's Gemelli hospital for treatment...
Read More(OSV News) -- The apostolic nuncio to Ukraine said that recent events regarding Ukraine have shown that the only true weapon that can bring peace is prayer. As...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The papal preacher urged cardinals and senior officials of the Roman Curia to remain firmly anchored in Christ through lives of humility,...
Read More(OSV News) -- A young seminarian has become the latest victim of killings in Nigeria, the West African country where attack and kidnapping of Catholic...
Read More(OSV News) -- As Pope Francis celebrates 12th anniversary of his election in the hospital, the papal biographer told OSV News that the pontiff has "given...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) --A painting of Christ being laid in the tomb, long hidden under layers of overpainting and forgotten by history, will once again be...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla confirmed their plans to meet at the Vatican with Pope Francis in early April in an...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis spent the night without a breathing mask, the Vatican press office said March 18, indicating that his need for supplemental...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- While anchored in the hope that comes from Jesus' resurrection, Catholics should not forget the "tears, despair and destruction everywhere"...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Catholic Church needs to expand its safeguarding efforts to include the new threats and opportunities posed by artificial intelligence,...
Read MorePARIS (OSV News) -- The traditional "Lenten Conferences" resumed at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris this Lenten season, for the first time since the fire...
Read More(OSV News) -- As President Donald Trump held new talks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin March 18, followed by a call with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis no longer needs the "noninvasive mechanical ventilation" he has used most nights since experiencing a breathing "crisis"...
Read MoreROME (CNS) -- People in the world of news and communications need to understand the full importance of words, Pope Francis wrote. While war offers no...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has been able to spend brief moments of the day without any supplemental oxygen, which is yet another sign of the gradual...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Shroud of Turin, one of Catholicism's most valued devotional items, will be digitally showcased during the Holy Year 2025, allowing...
Read MoreROME (CNS) -- For the first time since Pope Francis was hospitalized in mid-February, the Vatican press office released a photograph of him March 16; the...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- After more than a month in the hospital, Pope Francis' condition continues to be stable, the Vatican said March 15, and he gradually...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has approved the next phase of the Synod of Bishops on synodality, launching a three-year implementation process that...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As the United States continues to attempt to broker a ceasefire deal between Russia and Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Failing to attend or celebrate Mass is not just skipping a religious obligation -- it is a sign that one's spiritual hunger is withering,...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Defending the life of the unborn should be a sign of being in solidarity "with all the discarded of the world," Pope Francis said...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis' condition continued to be stable with further slight improvements March 11, the Vatican press office said. The pope's...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis' condition continues to be stable and a chest x-ray "confirmed the improvements recorded in the previous days," his...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Death, even that of a pope, should not be seen as a tragedy but as a transition filled with Christian hope, the preacher of the papal...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As Pope Francis prepared to spend the 12th anniversary of his election at Rome's Gemelli hospital, people at the Vatican and around...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis is no longer considered in imminent danger from his lung infection, but he will remain in Rome's Gemelli hospital for...
Read MoreTURIN, Italy (OSV News) -- It's been 500 days since the Oct. 27, 2023, papal lifting of the statute of limitations in the case of Father Marko Rupnik,...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The devil, who lies and sows divisions, tests everyone, even Jesus, Pope Francis said in a written homily. Satan tries to convince...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As Pope Francis' condition remains stable, which is a sign of continued improvement, he followed the start of the Lenten retreat...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The world needs the "miracle of tenderness" brought by people who accompany those experiencing illness or adversity, Pope Francis...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis continues to rest, pray, follow his doctors' prescribed therapies and work a bit throughout the day, the Vatican press...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- On his 21st day in Rome's Gemelli hospital, Pope Francis recorded a 27-second audio message thanking people for their prayers. Played...
Read More(OSV News) -- Dau Kieu Giang, who baptized a child when she was an atheist and Communist Party member, is now getting ready to be baptized herself during...
Read MoreROME (CNS) -- Like St. John Paul II, Pope Francis knows the "cross of Christ is never abandoned" and that everything is in God's hands, said Cardinal Stanislaw...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The original statue of Our Lady of Fatima will make a rare journey from its shrine in Portugal to Rome in October 2025 for a Jubilee...
Read MoreROME (CNS) -- The journey of Lent "unfolds amid the remembrance of our fragility and the hope that, at the end of the road, the Risen Lord is waiting for...
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