Amid darkness of Ukraine war, religious sisters bring light, hope and purpose to villages
byBy Katarzyna Szalajko, OSV News WARSAW, Poland — As the full-scale Russian invasion in Ukraine reached a tragic threshold of three years Feb. 24,…
US bishops urge faithful to join rosary for Pope Francis at 3 p.m. ET
byBy OSV News WASHINGTON — The U.S. bishops urged the faithful to join in on a call from Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro…
Faithful gather to pray Angelus at hospital as pope is still on oxygen
byBy Cindy Wooden and Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — While Italy’s main news agency reported that Pope Francis’ respiratory “crisis” had…
El estado del Papa sigue siendo ‘crítico’ y los signos de insuficiencia renal están bajo control
byPor Cindy Wooden y Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service CIUDAD DEL VATICANO — La condición del Papa Francisco seguía siendo “crítica” la noche del 23 de…
Pope’s condition still ‘critical’ with signs of renal insufficiency under control
byBy Cindy Wooden and Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ condition remained “critical” the evening of Feb. 23, his doctors…
Pope’s breathing ‘crisis’ reportedly passes, but he’s still on oxygen
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — While Italy’s main news agency reported that Pope Francis’ respiratory “crisis” had subsided, a Vatican…
Deacons are called to selflessness, men ordained at Jubilee Mass are told
byBy Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — “Being ordained is not an ascent but a descent, whereby we make ourselves small, lower…
El Papa sufre una ‘crisis’ respiratoria, los médicos dicen que el ‘diagnóstico es reservado’
byPor Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service CIUDAD DEL VATICANO — El Papa Francisco experimentó “una crisis respiratoria asmática prolongada, que también ha requerido la aplicación de…
Pope has respiratory ‘crisis,’ doctors say ‘prognosis reserved’
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis experienced “an asthmatic respiratory crisis of prolonged magnitude, which also required the use…
Israel devastated by ‘macabre’ return of child hostages’ bodies as ceasefire holds
byBy Judith Sudilovsky, OSV News JERUSALEM — Israel has identified three of the bodies of hostages returned Feb. 20 but said the body of…