On New Year’s, pope calls for real commitment to respect human life
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Marking the feast of Mary, Mother of God, and the start of the new year,…
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Jimmy Carter, first president to host a pope at the White House, dies at 100
byBy Kate Scanlon, OSV News WASHINGTON — Former President Jimmy Carter died Dec. 29 at his home in Plains, Georgia, his presidential library announced….
Pope accepts invitation to Ukraine, major archbishop says, but nothing is ‘guaranteed’
byBy OSV News Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych set Ukrainian hopes high for the Jubilee Year by saying that Pope Francis accepted an…
Pope urges war-torn world to walk through door of peace on Christmas
byBy Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — As millions of pilgrims prepare to cross through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica,…
Amid unprecedented chaos in Haiti, missionaries bring Christmas hope
byBy Eduardo Campos Lima, OSV News In Haiti, where insecurity has devastated daily life since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, many religious…
3,000 Catholic school kids, Black Eyed Peas members make new Christmas song
byhttps://clients.osvnews.com/scripts/sccmgcgi.dll#:~:text=https%3A//www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DD217azQ3Pkg By Simone Orendain, OSV News As many as 3,000 Catholic school children from poor families in the Philippines made their pop music debut…
Biden commutes most federal death-row sentences to life in prison
byBy Kate Scanlon, OSV News WASHINGTON — Several days after speaking with Pope Francis, President Joe Biden announced Dec. 23 that he would commute…
Report: Most US executions in 2024 come down to 4 states
byBy Kate Scanlon, OSV News WASHINGTON — Just four states were responsible for three-quarters of the executions that took place in the U.S. in…
Kyiv’s St. Nicholas Catholic church suffers damage during Russian morning attack
byBy OSV News KYIV, Ukraine — During a Dec. 20 Russian missile strike on Kyiv, Catholic St. Nicholas Church, a significant architectural monument of the Ukrainian…
Former America magazine editor-in-chief Matt Malone plans to leave Jesuits, priesthood
byBy OSV News Former America magazine editor-in-chief Father Matt Malone plans to leave the Jesuit order and petition to be dispensed from the obligations…