Women religious empower, educate exploited tea plantation workers in Sri Lanka
byBy Thomas Scaria, OSV News PUSSELLAWA, Sri Lanka — Behind every cup of world-famous Ceylon tea, there is a story of exploitation and bonded…
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Love for Christ calls father and son to ordained ministry in Indianapolis Archdiocese
byBy Sean Gallagher, OSV News INDIANAPOLIS — This spring Deacon Tom Hosty and his son Liam made history, becoming the first father and son…
CRS calls House version of foreign spending bill ‘inconsistent’ with US ‘values, interests’
byBy Kate Scanlon, OSV News WASHINGTON — Catholic Relief Services, the international relief and development agency of the Catholic Church in the U.S., criticized…
Pilgrimage called ‘an amazing witness of processing all across America with Jesus’
byBy Todd Habinger, OSV News NORTONVILLE, Kan. — Five-year-old Hannah Lock had lots of questions about the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage that passed through Nortonville…
Buenos Aires parish serves under Argentine pope’s rule: ‘poor church for the poor’
byBy Michael Kelly, OSV News BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — In his native Argentina, Pope Francis’ vision of “a poor church, for the poor” is…
Judge says effort to shut down Catholic ministry to migrants violates Texas’ religious freedom act
byBy Kate Scanlon A state judge July 2 denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s effort to shut down Annunciation House in El Paso, Texas,…
Pope praises release of two Ukrainian priests from Russian captivity
byBy Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis prayed in thanksgiving for the release of two Ukrainian Catholic priests who were…
Pope: Anointing of the sick offers strength to those seriously ill, elderly
byBy Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY — The sacrament of the anointing of the sick is not just for those who are nearing the end…
US bishops discuss anti-poverty arm, pastoral frameworks, groundbreaking proposals at spring meeting
byBy Peter Jesserer Smith, OSV News LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Gathered in Louisville for their Spring Plenary Assembly, the U.S. bishops’ June 12-14 meeting saw…
Pope holds private talks with Biden, other world leaders at G7 summit
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis met individually with several world leaders during the Group of Seven summit in…