Pope Francis calls his envoy to Ukraine; ‘The papal blessing is protecting us, we feel it,’ says local bishop
byBy Paulina Guzik, OSV News As Ukraine experienced a deadly weekend with a barrage of attacks from Russia on Kryvyi Rih and Kyiv, the…
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Upcoming appeal to help sustain more than 70 mission dioceses in the US
byBy OSV News Donations to the annual Catholic Home Missions Appeal will help support more than 70 “home mission dioceses” in the U.S., as…
Pope begins to receive very limited visits, Vatican says
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — As Pope Francis continues his recovery at the Vatican, he is very slowly beginning to…
Bishops end cooperative agreements with US government after work suspended
byBy Kate Scanlon, OSV News WASHINGTON — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said it would not renew its cooperative agreements with the federal…
Ailing pope surprises pilgrims during Jubilee of the sick
byBy Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — With thousands of infirmed people and those who care for them gathered in St. Peter’s…
10 reasons to come back to the Catholic Church
byBy Lorene Hanley Duquin, OSV News “You Can’t Go Home Again” is the title of a once-famous novel by Thomas Wolfe. There is deep…
Greenland’s only Catholic priest calls his ‘rewarding, demanding’ mission a ‘dream job’
byBy Gina Christian, OSV News Father Tomaž Majcen, a Conventual Franciscan, is the only Catholic parish priest in Greenland, working alongside two fellow Franciscan…
Archbishop of Mandalay encourages hope as death toll in Myanmar surpasses 3,000
by(OSV News) — Burmese Archbishop Marco Tin Win of Mandalay said that despite the suffering caused by the deadly earthquake, the people of Myanmar…
Kansas pastor fatally shot; Archbishop Naumann of Kansas City prays for priest and perpetrator
by(OSV News) — The pastor of a parish in Seneca, Kansas, was shot in his rectory and later died of his injuries at a…
Pope is following doctors’ orders for his convalescence, Vatican says
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — During his second week back at the Vatican after a long hospitalization, Pope Francis…