Bishop Reed: 'I watch the dads in my parish very closely'
Bishop Robert P. Reed is an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston, pastor of St. Patrick and Sacred Heart parishes in Watertown, Massachusetts,...
Read MoreBishop Robert P. Reed is an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston, pastor of St. Patrick and Sacred Heart parishes in Watertown, Massachusetts,...
Read MoreNEW HAVEN, Conn. (OSV News) -- A short documentary just released by the Knights of Columbus highlights the life, ministry and selfless service of Father...
Read More(OSV News) -- A film making its U.S. debut recounts the life of a beloved 20th-century saint -- and the movie's star told OSV News he "fell in love with...
Read More(OSV News) -- Ahead of the U.S. bishops' meeting in Orlando, Florida, June 14-16, Bishop Joseph N. Perry said that new investigations by church institutions...
Read More(OSV News) -- More than 20 years ago, Toni McFadden took the abortion pill to end her pregnancy. She was a high school senior, the "good girl" in her family,...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The greatest way of life is serving others, and those in political power must see themselves as servants, too, Pope Francis said. "Yet,...
Read MoreGOWER, Mo. (OSV News) -- Thousands flocked to a rural Missouri monastery over the Memorial Day weekend to venerate the apparently incorrupt body of a Benedictine...
Read More(OSV News) -- For parents still wondering if social media can be harmful to their children's mental health, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy had a...
Read MoreWEST ROXBURY -- Pentecost seemed to come early as members of the archdiocese's Asian communities gathered at Holy Name Parish for a Marian procession...
Read MoreThe Archdiocese of Boston announced May 30 that Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley has appointed Father Cristiano Guilherme Borro Barbosa as episcopal...
Read MoreBOSTON -- The Board of Trustees of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Boston (CCAB) announced May 30 that Kelley Tuthill has been appointed as its...
Read MoreNATICK -- In 2013, St. Benedict's Classical Academy opened with just 25 students. Today, it boasts an enrollment of 250 students, and a faculty of...
Read MoreLast Friday, I met at the cathedral with the Archbishop Joseph Vu Van Thien of Hanoi, who came accompanied by some of his priests and seminarians. We have...
Read MoreThe rapid and sustained growth of both the general population and especially of the Catholic population in Nevada has resulted in the decision of Pope...
Read MoreNEW YORK (OSV News) -- Here are some television program notes for the week of June 11, with their TV Parental Guidelines ratings if available. They have...
Read More(OSV News) -- The following are capsule reviews of theatrical movies on network and cable television the week of June 11. Please note that televised versions...
Read MoreNEW YORK (OSV News) – Can there ever be too many iterations of everybody's favorite amalgam of arachnid and human? Not according to the sequel "Spider-Man...
Read More(OSV News) -- Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., signed a bill into law May 30 legalizing recreational marijuana use in Minnesota just a month after a similar law...
Read MoreDUBLIN (OSV News) -- Once a Catholic giant, Ireland is becoming less religious, census data shows. Just over half of the residents of the Irish capital,...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As first Communion season winds down and wedding fever rises, Catholic counters are busy. The Central Office of Church Statistics,...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES (OSV News) -- Washington Nationals starting pitcher Trevor Williams, known for his devout Catholic faith and prominent tattoos, expressed his...
Read More(OSV News) -- The Holy See has declared Bishop Michael F. Olson of Fort Worth to be "pontifical commissary" of the Monastery of Saint Joseph of the Discalced...
Read More(OSV News) -- From national television newscasts to radio shows to podcasts, media across France this Pentecost were mesmerized by an annual pilgrimage...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The most powerful and effective method of evangelization is to live according to what one teaches and preaches, Pope Francis said. "I...
Read More(OSV News) -- Ahead of Memorial Day weekend, a community of contemplative Benedictine sisters in rural Missouri were preparing for as many as 10,000 pilgrims...
Read MoreThe Archdiocese of Boston announced May 30 that Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley has appointed Father Cristiano Guilherme Borro Barbosa as episcopal...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Of the more than 1,300 Marian images crowned around the world, one of the first to receive this honor does not have a crown today. For...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis called on the international community to work concretely against torture and to guarantee support to victims and their...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Pope Francis has created the ecclesiastical province of Las Vegas, comprised of the Archdiocese of Las Vegas and the suffragan...
Read MorePORTSMOUTH, R.I. (OSV News) -- Although such ceremonies are normally held on a military base, it seemed most appropriate that the promotion of chaplain...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Catholics should make an "examination of conscience" about how they use social media, how they allow it to influence them and about...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Catholic Church's current Synod of Bishops should not be a "parliament for demanding rights," but a "journey in accordance with...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- World No Tobacco Day is observed every May 31 to highlight the harmful effects of tobacco on people's health and the environment. Because...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES (OSV News) -- The Archdiocese of Los Angeles called on "all Catholics and people of goodwill to stand against bigotry and hate in any form"...
Read MoreBOSTON -- Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley ordained five men from four different countries to the archdiocesan priesthood in a Mass at the Cathedral...
Read MoreBOSTON -- Over 250 guests gathered at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum on May 17 to attend Catholic Charities of Boston's annual...
Read MoreBRIGHTON -- Bridget Whyte had not attended a Mass in 25 years. But when her children were about to start CCD, she decided to bring them to a Mass so they...
Read MoreFRAMINGHAM -- The priests of the archdiocese received a refresher course in liturgical celebration during their annual Spring Convocation, which was held...
Read MoreLast Friday, I attended the wake of Marylou Parrish, the mother of Father Bryan Parrish, who had been living with her husband at St. Patrick's Manor...
Read MoreNEW YORK (OSV News) – Catholic viewers are bound to take an interest in a TV show whose main character is a nun. Given the prevailing outlook of the...
Read MoreNEW YORK (OSV News) -- The following are capsule reviews of theatrical movies on network and cable television the week of June 4. Please note that televised...
Read More(OSV News) -- Here are some television program notes for the week of June 4, with their TV Parental Guidelines ratings if available. They have not been...
Read MoreNEW YORK (OSV News) – Way back in the days of Watergate, a youthful, little-known author published a short story that played on some of the stereotypical...
Read MoreCOLUMBIA, S.C. (OSV News) -- In a 27-19 vote late May 23, the South Carolina Senate passed a six-week ban on most abortions, sending the measure to Republican...
Read MoreMEXICO CITY (OSV News) -- A parish priest was shot dead as he drove on a rural Mexican highway May 22, marking yet another attack in what has become the...
Read More(OSV News) -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul released a May 23 report revealing decades of abuse by Catholic clergy against almost 2,000 children.The...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Christians should pray on Pentecost that the Holy Spirit would give them the courage and strength to share the Gospel, Pope Francis...
Read More(OSV News) -- When pop punk band Simple Plan sing their platinum-selling hit tune "I'm Just a Kid," adult listeners might be forgiven for thinking the...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES (OSV News) -- The Archdiocese of Los Angeles called on "all Catholics and people of goodwill to stand against bigotry and hate in any form"...
Read More(OSV News) -- One of the leading figures in the Catholic Church's effort to protect children from sexual abuse, Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston, is...
Read More(OSV News) -- When Pope Benedict XVI instituted the Day of Prayer for Catholics in China in 2007, Aloysius Jin Luxian was bishop of Shanghai. That year,...
Read More(OSV News) -- The Scottish Catholic bishops have signed a public statement of protest against a bill to legalize assisted suicide in their country. They...
Read MoreKRAKOW, Poland (OSV News) -- For 17 years, the media ethics conference at the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow has gathered media researchers...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis will visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Fátima during his trip to Portugal for World Youth Day 2023, the Vatican said. In...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis formally recognized the martyrdom of an Italian priest shot by Nazi soldiers after they discovered he was helping his...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Global security cannot be guaranteed through stockpiling nuclear weapons but must be centered on an "equitable distribution of the...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has asked Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna to lead a mission "to help ease tensions in the conflict in Ukraine,"...
Read MoreLINCOLN, Neb. (OSV News) -- Nebraska lawmakers passed a measure May 19 prohibiting abortion at 12 weeks gestation and banning gender-altering surgeries...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES (OSV News) -- After criticism from Catholic groups and local fans, the Los Angeles Dodgers removed a self-described "leading-edge order of...
Read More(OSV News) -- Two U.S. and two Japanese bishops have issued a joint letter to leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) nations, calling on them to take "concrete...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The man who drove past two security checkpoints to enter a Vatican courtyard May 18 was taken to the psychiatric ward of a hospital...
Read More(OSV News) -- The South Carolina House of Representatives approved on May 17 a ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, paving the way for a...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A popular blog that closely monitors the Vatican has reported that Pope Francis wants to send envoys to Moscow and Kyiv to begin...
Read More(OSV News) -- The Diocese of Oakland, California, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to address more than 330 lawsuits from survivors of alleged clerical...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican has pulled from circulation a World Youth Day stamp of Pope Francis with young people in an image that resembles propaganda...
Read MoreIf this special Spring Vocation Section is any indication, the genuine affection of the Roman Catholic faithful for their priests continues to be very...
Read More[Message for the 60th day of prayer for vocations] Dear brothers and sisters, dear young people! This is now the 60th time that we are celebrating...
Read MoreBRIGHTON -- Many future priests begin their journeys to the priesthood through serving at the altar. This was even more true for Father Paul Born, who...
Read MoreCHESTNUT HILL -- When Father Jose Ignacio Montero Burgos became a transitional deacon, his ordination cards had the verse from Isaiah 55:8, "'My thoughts...
Read MoreBRIGHTON -- Father Rodrigo Martinez always wanted to have a career that would help people. Now, he sees that all along, God has been calling him to be...
Read MoreBRIGHTON -- Looking back, Father Peter Schirripa can see how his family planted the seeds of his vocation to the priesthood. He grew up in Lexington with...
Read MoreBRIGHTON -- Father Alphonsus Hien Quang Vu believes his vocation was sown in him before he was born. He was his parents' first child, and when his...
Read MoreIt began as a typical movie night. "God Bless the Child" was ABC's Sunday Night Movie on March 21, 1988, and on a whim, Jim Orcutt and his wife Terry...
Read MoreThe Missionaries of La Salette have promoted vocations, like all religious communities, throughout our history. Recently, we reached into uncharted waters,...
Read MoreArchbishop Gregory M. Aymond of New Orleans will ordain four Jesuit deacons to the priesthood at the sacred liturgy of ordination at Holy Name of Jesus...
Read More"Pray to the Lord of the harvest to send workers" for his Church (cf. Matthew 9, 38). Casting an anxious gaze on the boundless expanse of verdant spiritual...
Read MoreSo, what is a vocation? The root word for vocation is "vocare," which is Latin for "to call." God has created each one of us for a particular calling...
Read MoreOn April 30, the Catholic Church marked the 60th annual World Day of Prayer for Vocations. Celebrated on the Fourth Sunday of Easter, the World Day of...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Parents in the U.S. are more likely to prioritize passing on their religious views to their children rather than their political...
Read More(OSV News) -- On May 11, when the Title 42 public health order comes to an end, processing of migrants will be fully reinstated under Title 8, a measure...
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