Pope hospitalized for tests, bronchitis treatment
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — After suffering from bronchitis for more than a week and having obvious difficulty breathing, the…
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CRS, Caritas warn USAID shutdown will harm millions globally
byBy Gina Christian, OSV News Catholic Relief Services and Caritas agencies throughout the world are warning that the Trump administration’s freezing of the U.S….
‘Martyr of the Amazon’: Recalling Sister Dorothy Stang’s ministry 20 years after her murder
byBy Junno Arocho Esteves, OSV News Deep in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, a new species of screech owl, dubbed the Xingu screech…
Pray, do penance, everything possible for peace, pope says at audience
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — People were born to help communities thrive, not to kill others, Pope Francis said. “Please…
Pope to U.S.: Migration policies built on force, not truth, ‘will end badly’
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has urged U.S. Catholics and people of goodwill to not give in to…
The sick come to Lourdes to find peace, heal internally, US pilgrimage organizer says
byBy Caroline de Sury, OSV News Even though a pilgrimage peak is some months away, the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes celebrated its…
African Catholics join forces against human trafficking in unprecedented campaign
byBy Ngala Killian Chimton, OSV News YAOUNDE, Cameroon — Marches and Masses in more than 30 African countries were organized Feb. 8 to raise…
Higher mission: Military, police recommit to faith during Jubilee
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service ROME — A group of U.S. pilgrims who crossed the threshold of the Holy Door at the Basilica…
US Sunday Mass attendance back to pre-pandemic levels
byBy Gina Christian, OSV News Sunday Mass attendance in person at Catholic churches in the U.S. is back to pre-pandemic levels — although just…
Bishop Barron: Marriage ‘a source of hope’ and ‘antidote to loneliness’
byBy Gina Christian, OSV News Ahead of national and international celebrations of matrimony, Bishop Robert E. Barron said that marriage is “a source of…