‘Miracle girl’: Baltimore native’s childhood cure from leukemia helped canonize America’s first saint 50 years ago
byEASTON, Md. (OSV News) — It has been a half century since Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton was declared a saint Sept. 14, 1975, but the…
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Pope calls for ‘covenant of humanity,’ promoting care, aid, trust
byVATICAN CITY (CNS) — Great spiritual traditions and mature critical thinking enable humanity to go beyond ethnicities, clans and cliques, which recognize only those…
Migrants are not enemies, just brothers and sisters in need, pope says
byVATICAN CITY (CNS) — At a time when people feel powerless to help migrants and refugees, Christians must continue to insist that “there is…
Catholic delegation went to Holy Land as ‘pilgrims of hope,’ says Baltimore archbishop
byBy Christopher Gunty, OSV News BALTIMORE —Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore and leaders of the Knights of Columbus and Catholic Near East Welfare Association visited…
Pope erects new diocese in China, names new bishop
byVATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV formally suppressed two dioceses in China and erected a new one, which already had been operating without the Vatican’s…
At canonization Mass, two mothers stand out as giants of confidence in God
by(OSV News) — The Catholic Church has its first millennial saint. At a packed canonization Mass in Rome, with 80,000 attending, it was the face of…
New auxiliary ordained for New Jersey archdiocese is first Nicaraguan-born bishop in US
byBy Kurt Jensen, OSV News Pedro Bismarck Chau made history in Newark, New Jersey, Sept. 8 as the first Nicaraguan-born bishop in the United…
Dialogue, joint aid show world religion is force for good, pope says
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — When people of different religions work together to serve people in need, they show the…
Pope: Church needs to promote greater study, understanding of Mary
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The Catholic Church needs the theological study and model of Mary, Pope Leo XIV said,…
New young saints encourage faithful to live life to the full, pope says
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY – The greatest risk in life is to waste it by not seeking to follow God’s…