Pope declares Spanish mystic ‘blessed,’ advances other sainthood causes
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Using what the Vatican called an “equipollent” or equivalent beatification, Pope Francis recognized as “blessed”…
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Catholic finance expert: Planning, self-awareness, priorities key to managing Christmas spending
byBy Gina Christian, OSV News With U.S. household debt approaching $18 trillion as the Christmas shopping season kicks off, a Catholic financial expert is offering practical…
St. Peter’s Basilica launches magazine, installs new webcams
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — To help people who cannot travel to Rome but want to pray at the tomb…
Rwandan genocide shaped his vision of priesthood, Japanese cardinal-designate says
byBy Simone Orendain, OSV News Archbishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo, a recently announced cardinal-designate, first met Pope Francis on the first Friday of…
Parish prayer shawl ministry brings ‘a hug from God’ around the globe
byBy Gina Christian, OSV News A prayer shawl ministry at a Pennsylvania parish is wrapping hundreds around the world in what members call “a…
‘Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints,’ streaming, Fox Nation
byBy John Mulderig, OSV News NEW YORK — A celebrated filmmaker takes a fresh look at lives of sanctity in the docudrama series “Martin…
Lebanon’s hospitals are on the front lines amid ongoing violence of war
byBy Leo Morawiecki, OSV News BEIRUT — In Lebanon, hospitals and the health care sector have become the front and center of attention —…
Vatican to study how to address ‘spiritual abuse’ in church law
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Dicastery for Legislative Texts are…
Pope asks St. John Paul II institute to study threats to marriage, family
byBy Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The Catholic Church must respond to cultural challenges facing marriage and family life with unity…
Final synod document is magisterial, must be accepted, pope says
byBy Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Doubling down on the centrality of synodality in the Catholic Church, Pope Francis said that…