‘It will be breathtaking,’ Notre Dame’s chief architect says; iconic cathedral reopens Dec. 8
byBy Caroline de Sury PARIS (OSV News) — Philippe Villeneuve, Notre Dame Cathedral’s chief architect, learned about the 2019 fire 300 miles from Paris…
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Cultivate solidarity through prayer, adoration, pope tells donors
byBy Justin McLellan VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Today’s “growing culture of indifference and individualism” must be countered with prayer and adoration, which inspires solidarity…
Pope asks Bible scholars to highlight Jesus’ care for those who suffer
byBy Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In the Bible, Jesus never explains suffering, but he reaches out to those who are hurting, heals…
Pope condemns culture that views people with disabilities as ‘burdens’
byBy Justin McLellan VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Today’s “throwaway culture,” driven by “profit, efficiency and success,” marginalizes people with disabilities and threatens their God-given…
Pope Francis grants plenary indulgences for National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, Congress participants
byBy Maria Wiering (OSV News) — Participants in the National Eucharistic Congress and related National Eucharistic Pilgrimage now have opportunities to receive plenary indulgences, Archbishop…
Everyone has the same human dignity no matter what, cardinal says
byBy Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith’s document on human dignity highlights Pope Francis’ decade-long insistence…
‘Caitlin Clark has the world by her fingertips’: Iowa Hawkeyes basketball superstar supported by Catholic faith, family
byBy John Knebels, OSV News Wearing scrubs en route to the hospital to begin her day, a health care specialist was asked how much…
Pope meets with family members of Hamas hostages
byBy Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Eight people united in their anguish carried into the papal library posters bearing the…
Vatican says abortion, surrogacy, war, poverty are attacks on human dignity
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Being a Christian means defending human dignity and that includes opposing abortion, the death…
Pope marks 800th anniversary of St. Francis of Assisi’s stigmata
byBy Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The wounds of Christ’s passion and death and the stigmata given to some Christians over the centuries…