Sister Jean, beloved Loyola icon and chaplain of men’s basketball team, dies at 106
byBy John Knebels , OSV News She prayed with college basketball players before games, counseled them after losses, and reminded them that faith, not…
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Just societies respect religious liberty, pope says
byVATICAN CITY (CNS) — Religious freedom is “a cornerstone of any just society” and contributes to building peace, Pope Leo XIV said. Welcoming a…
Pope meets pilgrimage of Chicago labor union leaders
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Greeting a pilgrimage of labor union leaders from Chicago, Pope Leo XIV thanked them…
Holy Land patriarch welcomes announcement of initial peace deal ‘with joy’ as ‘first step’
byBy Judith Sudilovsky , OSV News JERUSALEM (OSV News) — The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem welcomed “with joy” the announcement of an initial agreement…
Church must ‘walk poor with the poor’ to serve Christ, says Pope Leo in new exhortation
byBy Gina Christian , OSV News (OSV News) — In his first apostolic exhortation, Pope Leo XIV has taken up the call of Pope…
Catholic ministries that inter abandoned cremated remains are about ‘honoring the dead’
byNEW ORLEANS (OSV News) — A funeral urn filled with ashes was found abandoned in 2022 on a park bench in Tennessee, more than…
Vatican confirms papal trip to Turkey, Lebanon Nov. 27-Dec. 2
byVATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV’s first papal trip abroad will be to Turkey and Lebanon Nov. 27-Dec. 2, the Vatican press office…
Pope to young people: Friendship with Jesus leads to love, not propaganda
byVATICAN CITY (CNS) — True disciples of Christ listen to and understand others, and they always speak the truth, even in the presence of…
Men, women in the law can be ‘architects of hope’ to nation, cardinal says at Red Mass
byBy Mark Zimmermann / Catholic Standard, OSV News WASHINGTON (OSV News) — At the Red Mass celebrated on the day before the Supreme Court’s new…
Proclaiming the Gospel includes welcoming migrants, pope says at Jubilee
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The joint celebration of the Jubilee of Migrants and the Jubilee of the Missions…