Catholic Church mourns deaths in Bangladesh military plane crash
byBy Stephan Uttom Rozario, OSV News DHAKA, Bangladesh — In Bangladesh, grief and shock gripped the capital, Dhaka, after a military jet crashed into…
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Christ is not absent from Gaza, but crucified in the wounded, patriarchs say after visit
byBy Judith Sudilovsky, OSV News JERUSALEM — Amid the destruction witnessed during their July 18–20 pastoral visit to Gaza, following the Israeli shelling of…
Is NFP finally breaking into medical schools?
byBy Zoey Maraist, OSV News Dr. Marguerite Duane didn’t know about fertility awareness-based family planning until she had finished medical school. When she learned…
Cardinal Tomasi: Religious communities can play key roles in nuclear disarmament
byBy Gina Christian, OSV News Religious communities can “contribute to the global architecture of disarmament and restraint” in several “specific ways” that foster dialogue,…
Pope celebrates Apollo 11 anniversary with peek at the heavens, call to astronaut
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Peering at the sunlit skies through a Vatican-owned space telescope and calling the last surviving…
Archbishop Wenski leads Knights on Bikes to pray rosary at Alligator Alcatraz
byBy Gina Christian, OSV News Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami and some 25 Knights of Columbus saddled up their motorcycles to pray a…
Patriarch’s visit hailed ‘a miracle,’ while parishioners in Gaza feel horror, desperation
byBy Judith Sudilovsky, OSV News JERUSALEM — Parishioners of Gaza’s Holy Family Church are feeling “horror” and almost a sense of “desperation” after an…
Pope, Palestinian president discuss humanitarian tragedy in Gaza during phone call
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The humanitarian tragedy in the Gaza Strip and the need for urgent assistance were part…
Gaza’s Catholic pastor recalls ‘terrible’ attack as Parolin decries ‘war without limits’
byBy OSV News GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Father Gabriel Romanelli, lightly injured in the leg during the Israeli military strike on the Holy…
Rhode Island celebrates Pope Leo declaration that baby’s healing was a true miracle
byBy Gina Christian, OSV News Rhode Islanders are celebrating Pope Leo XIV’s declaration that the healing of a baby born in their state back…