'Great joy' as Vatican declares Miraculous Medal Shrine a minor basilica
PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) -- The Vatican decree elevating the Miraculous Medal Shrine in Philadelphia to the status of minor basilica brings "great joy"...
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Nicaragua's government ups Catholic persecution with secret trial convictions
(OSV News) -- Four clergymen, two seminarians and a diocesan journalist were convicted in Nicaragua on charges of conspiracy to undermine national integrity...
Read MorePastor accompanies Detroit Piston's assistant coach on path to joining the church
DETROIT (OSV News) -- Father John McKenzie first noticed Andrew Jones III in the halls of the National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica in Royal Oak,...
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Marriage is a gift from God that benefits everyone, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Marriage is not a ceremony, a social event, a mere formality or an abstract ideal, Pope Francis said. Marriage, according to Christian...
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Day of Consecrated Life is time to renew missionary zeal, cardinal says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The religious-order brothers, sisters and priests and the hermits, monks and consecrated virgins who serve God and the Catholic Church...
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Pope Benedict XVI suffered from insomnia, exhaustion, which led to his resignation, papal biographer says
ROME (OSV News) -- Pope Benedict XVI's biographer revealed that the late pontiff for years suffered from insomnia and exhaustion, which ultimately led...
Read MoreTwo schools, one community
Catholic education provides a faith-filled community that evangelizes students to be disciples of Jesus. In times of challenge, students have their faith...
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Xaverian Hawks lend a helping hand
At Xaverian Brothers High School, service is highly encouraged and it can be an impactful experience for the students who choose it. "Whether it is one...
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Adeodatus program connects students with Augustinian heritage
The patron saint of Austin Prep, St. Augustine, is one of the most consequential and well-known saints in the history of the Church, and his teachings...
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Making connections, fostering community
Fenwick prides itself on being intentional about community and centered on relationships. The students' connections with God, within themselves, with...
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Celebrating 10 years of Catholic, classical, character-focused education
Ten years. One mission. St. Benedict Classical Academy (SBCA), an independent Catholic classical school for children from preschool through grade six in...
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Malden Catholic nurturing students who thrive
One might say that resilience is an essential ingredient in the DNA of Malden Catholic and its students. It is a resilience rooted in institutional history,...
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Investing in Lawrence's three- to five-year-olds
The "incredible misunderstanding in America about the importance of education of two-and-a-half-year-olds, three-year- olds, and four-year-olds" has been...
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Newton Country Day students attend Teach-In for Justice
In October, six Newton Country Day School students joined more than 2,000 others in Washington, D.C., for the Ignatian Solidarity Network's 25th annual...
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Quincy Catholic Academy -- discover the joy!
Quincy Catholic Academy, established in 2010, continues to thrive and grow in its mission to educate its students in "faith and values formation, academic...
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Central Catholic Lawrence exploring the Great Outdoors
A variety of new and existing outdoor-based clubs and activities have been bringing members of the Central Catholic High School (CCHS) community outside...
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Reflections of a parent
Sparhawk Academy has three foundational maxims: Parents are the primary educators, boys will thrive when entrusted with age-appropriate freedom, and a...
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A mark of distinction at St. John's Prep
St. John's Prep has been recognized as an Apple Distinguished School for a three-year term, joining fewer than 700 schools in 38 countries worldwide...
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Cambridge is our campus
When I first started working at Matignon High School in 2008, as it was known for more than 70 years, most would affectionately describe the school as...
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The gift of a Catholic education
For many years now, the closing of my weekly newsletter states ... Thank you for entrusting us with your most precious gift ... your children! For over...
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From infancy to high school -- life-long learning
As the only parish school that offers an infant and toddler early learning center, a PreK-5 elementary school, a Middle School, a Bridge Program, and a...
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Celebrating Catholic Schools Week: We plant seeds and unifying love flares!
''I love my job! Being able to bring God's love to children every day gives meaning to my life." It was a dreary Friday afternoon when Beth...
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Where the Sisters taught
Date City (Section) Name 1885 Amesbury St. Joseph 1892 Arlington St. Agnes 1960 Arlington Arlington Catholic High School 1873 Boston (Jamaica Plain)...
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STREAM of Knowledge at St. John Paul II Catholic Academy
Students from K1 to grade eight at St. John Paul II Catholic Academy (SJPIICA) in Dorchester are learning about the career fields associated with STREAM...
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Excellence and opportunity
Today's students are driven. They crave more opportunity for growth than any textbook or course of study alone can give. They have access to effectively...
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Meeting the needs of children with a Strategic Educational Ecosystem
"I can do things you cannot; you can do things I cannot; together, we can do great things." -- St. Teresa of Calcutta. Cristo Rey Boston is laser-focused...
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Mission Grammar Scholars at Prince William's Earthshot Prize Initiative!
At Our Lady of Perpetual Help Mission Grammar School, scholars are immersed in a transformative student experience on the 133-year-old campus. In support...
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Catholic, exceptional, joyful, and rooted in Jesus Christ
Picture this: a school where the day begins with Mass, followed by Eucharistic Adoration and the opportunity to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation....
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God's Law: Protecting our fortress
At any Catholic Institution, faith formation is one of the most important components of the curriculum and life, and so it is at Cardinal Spellman. We...
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A STREAM of possibilities at St. Augustine School
Every day at St. Augustine School, we embrace our mission to form both saints and scholars. Just last year, this drive to provide a morally enriching and...
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Learning the value of values
The mission of the Saints Academy is to provide a rigorous academic program through innovative teaching practices that prepares students for the world...
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Loyola Academy provides unique middle school experience
Today, it is more important than ever to ensure middle school students receive high-quality academic instruction in a welcoming and inclusive environment....
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60 years of choral and academic excellence
Oh my, how time flies. St. Paul Choir School is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. Since 1963, St. Paul's has held fast to its motto, "replatur...
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Bellesini Academy helps Lawrence students achieve their dreams
Bellesini Academy is now in its third decade of serving young men and women in Lawrence, and its students and alumni are achieving remarkable success at...
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St. Joseph Prep student awarded Questbridge Scholarship to Wellesley
St. Joseph Prep Boston is pleased to announce that Edylene Altidor '23 has been recognized as a Questbridge Scholar. Through Questbrige, Edylene has...
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Faith, excellence, and service at Trinity
Faith. Excellence. Service. These are the core values for both Catholic Schools Week 2023 as well as the core values of our everyday life at Trinity Catholic...
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St. Michael Parish shares Living Rosary tradition
For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, families, friends, and parishioners of St. Michael's Parish in North Andover were able to join...
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Wonderful to be together again at St. John School!
Nestled in the heart of Boston's historic North End, St. John School has educated children since 1895. Welcoming students in pre-kindergarten three...
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Drama Club members celebrate their faith
Moments before each performance of an Our Lady of the Assumption School Drama Club play, the entire cast assembles in a room just off the stage. The students...
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TV program notes -- week of Feb. 5
(OSV News) -- Here are some television program notes for the week of Feb. 5, with their TV Parental Guidelines ratings if available. They have not been...
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TV film fare -- week of Feb. 5
(OSV News) -- The following are capsule reviews of theatrical movies on network and cable television the week of Feb 5. Please note that televised versions...
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Missing
(OSV News) -- In the 2018 thriller "Searching," John Cho played a doting father whose assumption that he knew everything he needed to about his teen daughter...
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McCarrick’s lawyers seek to prove disgraced former cardinal not competent to stand trial
(OSV News) -- As Theodore McCarrick faces criminal charges for allegedly sexually abusing a 16-year-old boy, the disgraced former cardinal's legal defense...
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Boston pilgrims participate in first post-Roe March for Life
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Although Roe v. Wade was overturned last year, the Archdiocese of Boston continued its tradition of participating in the National March...
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Cardinal celebrates with seminarians before March
Before participating in the March for Life on Jan. 20, Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley celebrated Mass for the Boston priests and seminarians from St....
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From Cardinal Seán's blog
Last Friday, I was visited by Sister Janet Gaudet, the provincial of the Missionary Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception who run Mount Alvernia...
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Obituary: Msgr. Laurence W. McGrath, longtime seminary librarian
Generations of seminarians at St. John Seminary knew him and his library. Msgr. Laurence W. McGrath died at Regina Cleri in Boston's West End on Jan....
Read MoreFormer priest Frank Pavone, head of Priests for Life, faces sexual misconduct allegations
(OSV News) -- Embattled former priest and pro-life activist Frank Pavone is facing accusations of sexual misconduct that took place prior to his laicization...
Read MoreUkraine's religious leaders renew invitation to pope to visit Kyiv
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Ukraine's religious leaders asked Pope Francis to visit Kyiv, said Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych, the head of the...
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Where in the world is Catholic Mass attendance highest?
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The nation with the best Catholic Mass attendance in the world could be Nigeria according to a new study published by the Center...
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Sinner and sage: Despite troubled life, Caravaggio mastered spiritual meanings
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Considered one of Caravaggio's best masterpieces, "The Entombment of Christ" was covetingly confiscated by the French for its newly...
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Machete-wielding attacker kills sacristan, severely injures priest and other faithful in southern Spain
(OSV News) -- A Moroccan national is under arrest after a horrific attack in several Catholic churches in the southern Spanish city of Algeciras, killing...
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Women help religions share wisdom, promote peace, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The world's religious traditions and their followers are called to offer wisdom to the world and to "infuse it with a spirit of warmth,...
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In interview, pope says criticism is annoying, but can be helpful
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Public criticism by cardinals and bishops is annoying -- "like a rash that bothers you a bit," Pope Francis said -- but differences...
Read MoreIowa enacts school choice bill, giving more opportunities for Catholic schools
(OSV News) -- A new law passed swiftly by the Iowa Legislature on Jan. 24 gives more families the opportunity to choose between sending their children...
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Pope thanks Ukrainian religious leaders for unity in the face of conflict
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As war ravages Ukraine, the country cannot be divided among religious confessions but must be united behind "mother Ukraine," Pope...
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Pope tells Knights of Malta to strengthen unity, reject lust for power
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Conflict and division hurt the mission of the Knights of Malta, and craving for power creates distance from Christ, Pope Francis...
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Mission begins by meeting Jesus in the Scriptures and Eucharist, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Having come to know Jesus through the Scriptures and in the Eucharist, Catholics are called to share with others the hope and joy...
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Christians must not be oppressed by guilt, but filled with joy, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Christians must not "put pressure on others" to convert or induce in them "feelings of guilt," but take a weight off their shoulders...
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Vatican rejects proposed governing council of bishops and laity in Germany
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Germany's bishops do not have the authority to establish a permanent decision-making body of bishops and laypeople that top Vatican...
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Archbishop calls for 'new awakening of love' at first post-Roe Requiem Mass
LOS ANGELES (OSV News) -- Some 3,000 people packed the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels here on the evening of Jan. 21 to pray for children lost to...
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Basketball sisters now play for God: College teammates head out on different paths, wind up on same journey 40 years later
MIAMI (OSV News) -- Divine intervention may be the only explanation for how two college teammates graduated, ventured off on different career paths miles...
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Pope, bishops call for peace as violent protests in Peru turn deadly
(OSV News) -- Peru’s bishops pleaded for peace as violent protests against the country’s current president and legislature have claimed the lives of...
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Ukrainian Catholic leader warns against Orthodox ban
(OSV News) -- The head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church has warned against moves by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's government to outlaw Orthodox communities...
Read MoreMonterey Park shooting a 'gut punch' for L.A.'s Chinese Catholics
LOS ANGELES (OSV News) -- Local Chinese Catholics celebrating the start of the Lunar New Year at Chinatown's Catholic parish also prayed for the victims...
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Mass media needs more kindness, truth spoken with charity, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The media and the field of communications need to exercise more kindness and share the truth with charity, Pope Francis said."Kindness...
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Archbishop Cordileone on recent mass shootings: 'We need to reclaim God at the center of our lives'
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (OSV News) -- Less than 48 hours after 11 people were killed and nine more injured at a dance hall Jan. 21 in Monterey Park, California,...
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Church must shift view 'from maintenance to mission,' New York Cardinal says
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (OSV News) -- During a visit to Florida's St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York encouraged South...
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California mystic's canonization cause progresses to Rome
(OSV News) -- "A faithful worshiper, he often prayed in the synagogues with his brother, Andrew. It was not at all uncommon to hear Simon praise Andrew's...
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Church tensions are not new or all bad, says Cardinal Hollerich
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis did not need to launch listening sessions for the Synod of Bishops for people to discover there are tensions in the...
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God's word, mercy must be shared with everyone, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Word of God, which heals and raises people up, is meant for everyone, Pope Francis said. Jesus "wants to reach those far away,...
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UPDATE: Long homilies are 'a disaster,' keep it under 10 minutes, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Lengthy, abstract homilies are "a disaster," so preaching should be limited to 10 minutes, Pope Francis said. Speaking off the cuff...
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Pro-life leaders at Georgetown explore 'humanizing our political system' after Dobbs
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Pro-life leaders explored new avenues to humanize politics post-Roe at the 24th annual Cardinal O'Connor Conference on Life on...
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'We are not yet done': March for Life holds first national event after overturn of Roe v. Wade
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Tens of thousands of pro-life advocates descended upon the nation's capital for the 50th March for Life Jan. 20 -- the first national...
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'Love is the answer': Life Fest rally opens new chapter of pro-life movement
(OSV News) -- Driving to Washington for a morning rally ahead of the 2023 March for Life, Pete and Tricia DeMaio did something unusual for a family road...
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Young people focus on the personal, not political, at 50th March for Life
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- With the Supreme Court this past June overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that asserted that abortion was a constitutional...
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First National Prayer Vigil for Life post-Roe calls Catholics to bring God's love into 'empty spaces'
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The pro-life movement has "much to celebrate" because Roe v. Wade "is no more," said Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington,...
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Pro-life thought leaders explore how to change hearts and minds post-Roe
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The pro-life movement should work to change hearts and minds on the issue of abortion by demonstrating "radical solidarity" with...
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Pope prays God will strengthen commitment to defending all human life
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As the Biden administration and state governments look at ways to expand or restrict access to abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court's...
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'Jordan is part of the Holy Land,' says ecumenical delegation of bishops during annual pilgrimage of the Holy Land Coordination
AMMAN, Jordan (OSV News) -- An ecumenical delegation of bishops from 11 countries participated in the annual pilgrimage of the Holy Land Coordination,...
Read MoreU.S. Supreme Court admits 'not possible' to identify Dobbs draft leaker
(OSV News) -- The U.S. Supreme Court revealed Jan. 19 that after a monthslong investigation by its marshal, it has yet to identify who leaked the draft...
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Catholic experts say addressing 'throwaway culture' must be priority post-Roe
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Efforts to build a consistent culture of life in the wake of the reversal of Roe v. Wade should seek to address what Pope Francis...
Read MoreHow the Catholic Church influenced the pro-life movement before and after Roe
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- While the nation's legal landscape regarding abortion has changed after the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's...
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Catholics look to night skies as new comet reveals 'the glory of God'
(OSV News) -- Psalm 19 reveals that, day in and day out, "the heavens declare the glory of God." But every now and then -- or sometimes every 50,000 years...
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The Pale Blue Eye
NEW YORK (OSV News) -- The idea of incorporating iconic author Edgar Allan Poe, the inventor of the modern detective story, into a whodunit would seem...
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Ticket to Paradise
NEW YORK – While the mostly agreeable comedy “Ticket to Paradise” (Universal) won’t necessarily transport viewers to cinematic heaven, it will...
Read MoreCatholics look to night skies as new comet reveals 'the glory of God'
ATCHISON, Kansas (OSV News) -- As Psalm 19 says, day in and day out, "the heavens declare the glory of God." But every now and then -- or sometimes every...
Read MorePreaching peace amid violence: Pope heads back to Africa
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis' fifth trip to the African continent will highlight gestures of peace and reconciliation, consoling the victims of violence...
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UPDATE: Iowa diocese issues pastoral guidance on gender dysphoria 'that begins with love'
(OSV News) -- New guidance and policies on ministering to people experiencing gender dysphoria released Jan. 16 by the Diocese of Des Moines, Iowa, call...
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Project Rachel helps bring healing to women after abortion
BRAINTREE -- Over 2,500 years ago, the prophet Jeremiah described Rachel, one of the matriarchs of Israel, "weeping for her children and refusing to be...
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Archdiocesan Pregnancy Help ministry assists mothers in need
BROCKTON -- Over nearly 50 years, Pregnancy Help has supported thousands of mothers and children by providing a range of free and confidential services...
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