Holding back emotions, Catholic youth minister calls day of school shooting ‘surreal’
byBy Andrew Nelson, OSV News WINDER, Ga. — “I could really use my prayers right now. My school is getting shot up.” The message…
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United in love, young people can change Papua New Guinea, pope says
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea — In Papua New Guinea, the term “wantok” means people who share a…
Pope arrives in Timor-Leste, confronts some of nation’s problems
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service DILI, Timor-Leste — The faith that sustained the hope of the people of Timor-Leste in their struggle for…
International Eucharistic Congress begins in Ecuador with call to fraternity
byBy Eduardo Campos Lima, OSV News – The 53rd edition of the International Eucharistic Congress began Sept. 8 in Quito, Ecuador, with a strong…
All people are gifts from God with a mission to share love, pope says
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea — Building enthusiasm for living and sharing the Christian faith is not a…
Faith is a way of life, not a label, pope says in Papua New Guinea
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea — In a country where most people identify as Christians and where the…
Pope in Papua New Guinea: No to fear, yes to God and each other
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea — God calls Christians to have the courage to be open to faith…
Notre Dame theologian urges Catholics to see the body of Christ in the migrant
byBy Jill Boughton, OSV News SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The first thing Holy Cross Father Daniel G. Groody, a theologian, had to figure out…
Catholics, evangelicals explore common ground rooted in shared ‘love of Jesus Christ’
byBy OSV News CINCINNATI (OSV — A group of Catholics and evangelicals has released a one-page document that identifies areas of common ground among…
Raleigh Catholics strive to accompany migrant farmworkers in oft ‘forgotten’ counties
byBy Maria-Pia Chin, OSV News RALEIGH, N.C. — As volunteers from a rural parish and farmworkers mostly hailing from Mexico set up for an…