Generating life requires having hope in life’s meaning, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A “sickness” that is widespread in the world is not believing in the meaning and beauty of life, and, consequently,…
Marriage is an exclusive union requiring ‘tender care,’ Vatican says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The foundation of sacramental marriage is the unity of the spouses, a bond so intense and grace-filled that it is…
Catholic agencies strategize how to serve homeless amid major US policy change
By Kurt Jensen, OSV News WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The Trump administration has issued plans for a complete turnaround in homelessness policy, which involves…
Gunmen abduct students in Nigerian Catholic school in worsening attacks on Christians
By Ngala Killian Chimton, OSV News (OSV News) — An unspecified number of students and teachers have been kidnapped from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, adding to…
US bishops name head of racial justice committee
By Gina Christian , OSV News (OSV News) — The U.S. bishops have named Bishop Daniel E. Garcia of Austin, Texas, as the first-ever…
Believers must care for the poor and creation, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — If people do not see themselves as “caretakers of the garden of creation, we end up becoming its destroyers,” Pope…
New Barna data shows Gen Z leads in weekly in-person church attendance
(OSV News) — They were the first generation to have technology at their fingertips from birth — “digital natives” who grew up with the Internet,…
Obispos consagrarán Estados Unidos al Sagrado Corazón de Jesús con motivo del 250 aniversario de la fundación del país
Por Gina Christian, OSV News BALTIMORE (OSV News) — Cuando Estados Unidos celebre su 250.º aniversario el año que viene, los obispos estadounidenses consagrarán la nación…
Bishops approve new National Eucharistic Congress for summer 2029
BALTIMORE (OSV News) — The U.S. bishops have given the green light to hold the 11th National Eucharistic Congress in the summer of 2029, in a Nov….
La nueva versión en inglés de la Biblia se llamará ‘The Catholic American Bible’; habrá una traducción del Nuevo Testamento disponible en español
(OSV News) — Según el obispo Steven J. Lopes, presidente del Comité de Culto Divino de la Conferencia de los Obispos Católicos de Estados Unidos,…