WASHINGTON — As the U.S. Catholic Church prepares to commemorate National Vocation Awareness Week Nov. 3-9, the faithful are being encouraged to “pray with gratitude” for those who…
By Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — When a child dies, there is not much anyone can say to the mother or father, Pope…
By OSV News VALENCIA, Spain — Pope Francis, the king of Spain, bishops and politicians decried the devastation and loss of life in southeast…
By William Schmitt, OSV News ALBANY, N.Y. — An award-winning, one-man play that made its U.S. public premiere in the Diocese of Albany was…
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The Catholic Church must put more effort into ensuring that the sacrament of confirmation is…
By Katie Yoder, OSV News A new podcast about the rosary promises to deepen listeners’ love of the Marian devotion and draw them closer…
By Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Three years after he asked the world’s Catholics to walk together in faith on a…
Por Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service CIUDAD DEL VATICANO — Tres años después de que invitara a los católicos de todo el mundo a…
By Gina Christian, OSV News Pope Francis’ new encyclical on the Sacred Heart of Jesus is being hailed as “a simple and powerful cure”…
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Members of the Synod of Bishops experienced a new way of being church and are…