Pope: Make sure confirmation is not last time parish sees young people
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The Catholic Church must put more effort into ensuring that the sacrament of confirmation is…
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Host of new ‘The Rosary in a Year’ podcast hopes people ‘fall in love’ with the prayer
byBy Katie Yoder, OSV News A new podcast about the rosary promises to deepen listeners’ love of the Marian devotion and draw them closer…
Pope warns against becoming a ‘sedentary’ church after synod’s close
byBy Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Three years after he asked the world’s Catholics to walk together in faith on a…
High school students learn about respect-life issues, volunteer
byThis October, several Catholic high schools’ Respect Life Clubs spent a day outside the classroom to engage in service and learn more about efforts…
Sacred Heart encyclical hailed as a ‘simple and powerful cure’ to rekindle love
byBy Gina Christian, OSV News Pope Francis’ new encyclical on the Sacred Heart of Jesus is being hailed as “a simple and powerful cure”…
Synod gave life to new way of being church, members say
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Members of the Synod of Bishops experienced a new way of being church and are…
Pope to open Holy Door at Rome prison at beginning of Jubilee 2025
byBy Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Two days after opening the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica to inaugurate the Holy…
By seeking better life, migrants teach hope, determination, pope says
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Migrants demonstrate what hope is, and the Catholic Church must support them to keep that…
Bishop stresses need for Catholics ‘to beware of the political rhetoric’
byBy Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — After a two-day trip to Ukraine Oct.19-20, Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore said that…
Brigidine Sisters care for Cuba’s poor and sick as nation suffers shortages, wage decline
byBy Joanna Kozakiewicz, OSV News HAVANA — Sister María Ángel Díaz Ledesma is a member of the Order of the Most Holy Savior of…