At audience, pope talks about St. Joseph, comments on world events
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — St. Joseph is the perfect model of listening to the Lord and quietly putting his…
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Canon, civil law collide on seal of confession, says expert
byBy Gina Christian, OSV News Proposed legislation looking to repeal clergy-penitent protections in at least two states is in a head-on collision with the…
Guiding souls: Jubilee volunteers lead pilgrims across Holy Door
byBy Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service ROME — Before the millions of pilgrims expected to come to Rome during the Holy Year 2025 cross…
Catholics in social ministry told to build bridges with God’s help ‘organizing hope’
byBy Kimberley Heatherington, OSV News WASHINGTON — The theme of bridge-building in community outreach and organizing spanned several presentations at the 2025 Catholic Social…
Amid horrors of Holocaust, Polish Franciscan mother superior saved hundreds of Jewish children
byBy Alina Petrowa-Wasilewicz, OSV News WARSAW, Poland — “I will not send away any Jewish child,” assured Mother Matylda Getter, superior of the Warsaw…
Bishops across Europe remember Holocaust victims, urge world to fight rising antisemitism
byBy Jonathan Luxmoore, OSV News Church leaders across Europe marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp with calls to…
Catholic communication must engage with the world, pope says
byBy Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Church communications cannot exist in an “enclosure” in which Catholics merely talk among themselves and…
Catholic K-12 excellence shows kids ‘the vision of life in Jesus Christ,’ says USCCB leader
byBy Gina Christian, OSV News Ahead of national Catholic Schools Week 2025 (Jan. 26-Feb. 1), OSV News spoke with Mary Pat Donoghue, executive director…
US bishops’ pro-life chair praises House for voting to protect babies who survive abortion
byBy Simone Orendain, OSV News The pro-life chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops lauded U.S. House passage of a bill Jan. 23…
At National Prayer Vigil for Life, young people challenged ‘to be a light in our culture’
byBy Julie Asher, OSV News WASHINGTON — In a basilica “adorned with beautiful mosaic art,” the “most impressive” mosaic was “the gathering of people…