New Hampshire becomes latest state to restrict sex-change surgeries for minors
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu signed into law a bill that restricts sex-change surgeries on minors, along with a bill that restricts access to female...
Read MoreNew Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu signed into law a bill that restricts sex-change surgeries on minors, along with a bill that restricts access to female...
Read MoreCOLOGNE, Germany (OSV News) -- "Country roads, take me home. To the place I belong," rang out through the packed Eurowings check-in counter in Cologne...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis expressed his condolences for the death of Nguyen Phu Trong, the general secretary of the Communist Party, and his appreciation...
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS (OSV News) -- As five days of the National Eucharistic Congress concluded with one final revival and a beautiful solemn Mass in Lucas Oil...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Any Catholic who participates in the celebration July 28 of the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly can receive a plenary...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When Pope Francis was once asked if a girl could ever grow up to become a deacon or join the clergy of the Catholic Church, he responded...
Read MoreBRAINTREE -- Jack Connors Jr., the Boston advertising mogul, legendary philanthropist, and founder of the Campaign for Catholic Schools, died in his Brookline...
Read MoreHULL -- When Father Scott Euvrard, pastor of St. Mary of the Assumption Parish in Hull, told parishioner MaryJane Silva that she was going to receive the...
Read MoreBRAINTREE -- Deacon Franklin Mejia, his wife Wendy, and their two children, 20-year-old Gabriel and 17-year-old Isabella, drove 16 hours from Boston to...
Read MoreBOSTON -- The Catholic Schools Foundation (CSF), one of the largest non-profit organizations in the Greater Boston area, which provides aid to low-income...
Read MoreThis week, on Monday, I traveled to St. Joseph Cathedral in Burlington, Vermont, for the ordination of Bishop John Joseph McDermott. He is replacing Archbishop...
Read MoreWhen he retired from active priestly ministry in June 2019, Father Thomas P. Donohoe, then pastor of St. Irene Parish, Carlisle, was the oldest active...
Read MoreNEW YORK (OSV News) The following are capsule reviews of theatrical movies available now for streaming or scheduled for broadcast on network or...
Read More(OSV News) -- About the same time Chicago-area native George Robert Newhart was inching his way from an accounting job toward a career in comedy, his older...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of State, visited Ukraine to hold high-level meetings, meet local Catholics and represent...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Premium brown paper was placed over significant portions of an extensive mosaic program in the St. John Paul II National Shrine...
Read MoreCHICAGO (OSV News) -- When the federal government completely lifted all health restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2023, churches in dioceses...
Read MoreJERUSALEM (OSV News) -- Since his return to Gaza City's Holy Family Parish in May, Father Gabriel Romanelli has been working to organize educational and...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican is installing a new set of nine bullet-proof and shatter-proof glass panels in front of one of its most famous works...
Read MoreCATONSVILLE, Md. (OSV News) -- Paul Whittaker expects to feel the stress when he watches his daughters, Juliette and Isabella Whittaker, run during this...
Read MoreVATICAN NEWS (CNS) -- In order to be compassionate and respond best to the needs of others, it is necessary to take time out to relax and not be anxious...
Read More(Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley issued the following statement July 23, 2024.) Jack Connors has gone to God and left us all with the legacy of a life...
Read More(OSV News) -- Whether you're 8 years old or in your 80s, at some point in your life you've probably struggled with the question, "Why do we have to go...
Read More(OSV News) -- The Eucharist is the summit of our faith, in which the entire story of our salvation is made real in a miraculous and powerful way. The...
Read MoreINDIANÁPOLIS (OSV News) -- Decenas de miles de católicos caminaron por las calles del centro de Indianápolis el 20 de julio en lo que el...
Read More(OSV News) -- En el Lucas Oil Stadium, el cuarto día del Congreso Eucarístico Nacional comenzó con una liturgia -- y una historia -- de...
Read More-- Cientos de sacerdotes, alrededor de 100 obispos, y varios cardenales concelebraron la Misa matutina en el Lucas Oil Stadium el 18 de julio, una liturgia...
Read MoreINDIANÁPOLIS (OSV News) -- El milagro de la Eucaristía, el verbo hecho carne, es la promesa de Cristo que proviene del amor llevado al...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- With world peace under serious threat, Pope Francis called on all nations to observe the Olympic truce and cease all conflicts for...
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS (OSV News) -- The five days of the 10th National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis could not have ended in a more fitting way -- with the...
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS (OSV News) -- A Eucharistic pilgrimage from Indianapolis to Los Angeles is being planned for spring 2025, Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of Crookston,...
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS (OSV News) -- The 10th National Eucharistic Congress will culminate with a Mass and commissioning on July 21, the event's final day. Celebrating...
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS (OSV News) -- From the first moments of the final nighttime revival session at Lucas Oil Stadium July 20, an electricity coursed through the...
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS (OSV News) -- Tens of thousands of Catholics walked through the streets of downtown Indianapolis July 20 for what Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens...
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS (OSV News) -- At Lucas Oil Stadium, Day 4 of the National Eucharistic Congress, began with a liturgy -- and a story -- from the church that...
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS (OSV News) -- For the tens of thousands of participants at the National Eucharistic Congress' third night of revival, Sister Josephine Garrett...
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS (OSV News) -- "Sweet anointing, cleansing love, merciful healer, unending love." Tony Meléndez sang to his guitar, telling the audience...
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS (OSV News) -- At the Mass for youth at the National Eucharistic Congress July 19, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for...
Read More(OSV News) -- Former President Donald Trump delivered a speech July 18 to accept the Republican nomination for president, pledging to reduce inflation...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- With world peace under serious threat, Pope Francis called on all nations to observe the Olympic truce and cease all conflicts for...
Read MorePARIS (OSV News) -- Even if the spotlight is now on sports stadiums ahead of the July 26 opening of the Summer Olympic Games, a Notre Dame Cathedral guide...
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS (OSV News) -- There are few Catholics in the country, and even the world, who dont know the name of Father Mike Schmitz. The college...
Read MoreST. PAUL, Minn. (OSV News) -- When Sue Taylor started on a Eucharistic procession from Como Regional Park in St. Paul to the Minnesota State Fairgrounds...
Read MoreFather James F. Rafferty was ordained on Feb. 2, 1963, it was at Holy Name church, West Roxbury. Four others were ordained at that same Ordination Mass...
Read MoreMedford native, Father John E. Schatzel died at Regina Cleri, Boston, on June 27, 2024. The only child of the late John and Mary (McHale) Schatzel, born...
Read MoreBRAINTREE -- Five people in the Archdiocese of Boston, three priests and two laypeople, are receiving special recognition from the Holy Father at Cardinal...
Read MorePope Francis turned to the Merrimack Valley, specifically to St. Anthony of Padua (Maronite) Parish and its pastor, Father Elie Mikhael, when looking for...
Read MoreCardinal Seán P. O'Malley, metropolitan archbishop of Boston, ordained another one of his suffragan bishops, Most Rev. John J. McDermott, as the...
Read More"In the schools, teach whatever is necessary to equip the students for life." These words of St. Julie Billiart, founder of the Sisters of Notre Dame de...
Read MoreNEW YORK (OSV News) The following are capsule reviews of theatrical movies available now for streaming or scheduled for broadcast on network or...
Read MoreNEW YORK (OSV News) Will the space race-themed romantic comedy "Fly Me to the Moon" (Columbia) fill moviegoers' hearts with song? Perhaps not, but...
Read MoreNEW YORK (OSV News) The last time Eddie Murphy appeared in the guise of Detroit police Det. Axel Foley, President Bill Clinton was in the second...
Read MoreNEW YORK (OSV News) In the mid-1990s, the parishioners of an East Texas Baptist church achieved something remarkable: By adopting 77 children, they...
Read MoreNEW YORK (OSV News) Though it comes across as somewhat unfocused, the animated comedy "Despicable Me 4" (Universal) retains much of the charm that...
Read More(OSV News) -- Delegates at the Republican National Convention approved a new party platform July 15 that largely reflects their nominee Donald Trump's...
Read MoreTURIN, Italy (OSV News) -- Alleged victims of Father Marko Rupnik welcomed the decisions of the Knights of Columbus and Lourdes sanctuary regarding the...
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS (OSV News) -- Absolute silence filled Lucas Oil Stadium as tens of thousands of people dropped to their knees to adore Jesus Christ in the...
Read MorePARIS (OSV News) -- French Catholics were shocked to learn July 17 of the "sexual assault or sexual harassment" allegations against the famed priest Abbé...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Vatican rulings on allegedly supernatural phenomena, such as Marian apparitions, will continue to be released publicly, but official...
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS (OSV News) -- The monstrance holding the Eucharist gleamed in the midday sun July 16 as pilgrims on the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage's...
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS (OSV News) -- The monstrance holding the Eucharist gleamed in the midday sun July 16 as pilgrims on the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage's...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Political discourse in the United States has devolved into people shouting at and not listening to each other, showing a need to...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Former President Donald Trump on July 15 named Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, a Catholic, as his running mate on the Republican ticket...
Read MoreMADRID (OSV News) -- Spanish bishops celebrated the success of the country's soccer team July 14 as the iconic players won their record fourth European...
Read More(OSV News) -- Catholic and civic leaders called for peace and unity in the hours after former President Donald Trump was grazed by a bullet and a spectator...
Read MoreSALT LAKE CITY (OSV News) -- A relic of St. Mary Magdalene was stolen from the Cathedral of the Madeleine on the morning of July 10. The theft was discovered...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican expressed its concern about the violence waged at a political rally in the United States and it offered its prayers for...
Read MoreCardinal Seán P. O'Malley relesed the following statement July 13 after news of an assassination attempt on former President and presidential candidate...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis met July 11 with Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, head of external church relations for the Moscow...
Read More(OSV News) -- The Nicaraguan government closed the country's most prominent Catholic radio station as the Sandinista regime continues to persecute the...
Read MoreLOUISVILLE, Ky. (OSV News) -- Singing hymns and praying the rosary, hundreds of Catholics from the Archdiocese of Louisville and the Archdiocese of Indianapolis...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The attorneys general of Idaho and West Virginia asked the Supreme Court on July 11 to uphold their states' laws requiring student...
Read More(OSV News) -- The Knights of Columbus has announced the Catholic fraternal organization will cover mosaics by ex-Jesuit Father Marko Rupnik at the St....
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican has made public its 1974 decision denying the authenticity of Marian apparitions alleged to have occurred in Amsterdam...
Read More(OSV News) -- The newly released working document for the Synod on Synodality offers inspiration, while revealing the journey is far from over in realizing...
Read MoreBROOKLYN, N.Y. (OSV News) -- An arena typically filled with fans cheering on the Brooklyn Nets had a different kind of excitement in the air July 7. The...
Read MoreHOUSTON (OSV News) -- Catholic aid organizations in the Galveston-Houston Archdiocese confirmed they cannot get to work just yet because of the power outage...
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