Nicaragua extinguishes legal status for religious orders, evangelical congregations
By David Agren, OSV News The Nicaraguan government has extinguished the legal status of more than 25 Catholic organizations, including religious orders such as…
Parishes respond with prayer, outreach amid historic Northeast floods
By Gina Christian, OSV News Catholics in Connecticut are working to help those impacted by what one lawmaker described as “historic, unprecedented flooding” Aug….
Woman religious who was Our Lady of Akita visionary dies at 93 on feast of Assumption
By Gina Christian, Maria Wiering, OSV News A Japanese woman religious and Marian visionary has died some five decades after witnessing the miraculous weeping…
Death penalty fuels ‘poison’ of revenge in society, pope says
By Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Capital punishment promotes a deadly attitude of revenge and denies the possibility of change in…
World Humanitarian Day highlights tragic record sacrifice of aid workers in war zones
By Junno Arocho Esteves, OSV News As the world commemorates World Humanitarian Day 2024, the latest figures on the dire circumstances aid workers face…
Educators say special needs, developmental disabilities on rise, blame screen time, pandemic
By Tom Tracy, OSV News MIAMI — Two key educators associated with Head Start of Miami-Dade County in Southern Florida and Catholic Charities of…
Sharing God’s love can make a difference in the world, cardinal says
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Knowing that one is loved by God and loving God in return provides a firm…
Hundreds line river banks for procession of boats ferrying Eucharist down the Mississippi
By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe, OSV News “There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most…
Prayers, power grid repairs follow Ernesto hitting Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands
By Gina Christian, OSV News Prayers and power grid repairs are underway in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, as Hurricane Ernesto roared…
New USCCB secretariat will advocate for ‘just policies’ that ‘promote human dignity’
By Kate Scanlon, OSV News WASHINGTON — Jill Rauh, the executive director of a newly created secretariat at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops,…