Journey toward Catholic-Orthodox unity began with an embrace, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The journey of reconciliation between Catholics and Orthodox began with an embrace almost 60 years ago, a sign of how important personal...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The journey of reconciliation between Catholics and Orthodox began with an embrace almost 60 years ago, a sign of how important personal...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Although he had an aide read his prepared talk to the people who had organized World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal, Pope Francis...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- "As you can see, I am alive," Pope Francis told a group of health care managers Nov. 30. At the brief meeting with participants...
Read MoreOWENSBORO, Ky. (OSV News) -- By the time he set off on his 16-day trip to Nigeria in October, Bishop William F. Medley of Owensboro had become something...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- All the Catholic Church's structures, including tribunals and faculties of canon law, must undergo a "pastoral and missionary conversion"...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Some 3,000 charismatic Catholics living in the Persian Gulf gathered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for praise and worship and to...
Read More(OSV News) -- Catholic school leaders in Northern Ireland have called on parents to reject a plan by the British government that they say would "impose...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Everyone must work together to end the silence surrounding abuse if it is to be eradicated from the church and communities, Pope...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Embracing poverty and modeling a fraternity that accepts everyone as a brother or sister, members of Franciscan orders are called...
Read MoreIsrael's war against Hamas, which began when the terrorist group launched a surprise attack on Israel Oct. 7, continued to rage throughout October...
Read MoreBUENOS AIRES (OSV News) -- The Nicaraguan government has released a series of photos and videos of imprisoned Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa...
Read MoreTURIN, Italy (OSV News) -- On Oct. 30, three days after Pope Francis lifted the statute of limitations and opened the path for a church trial and possible...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis told the prefects of Vatican dicasteries that he saw no reason for the Vatican to continue giving U.S. Cardinal Raymond...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- With a soft and raspy voice, Pope Francis began his weekly general audience by making the sign of the cross and explaining that "I'm...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- "With great regret," Pope Francis has accepted his doctors' advice to not travel to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 1-3 and is...
Read More(OSV News) -- Ukrainian church leaders have joined anniversary commemorations of the 1932-1933 Holodomor, or Great Famine, in which millions died in a...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Making places more accessible for people with disabilities requires removing physical barriers and adjusting attitudes to be more...
Read MoreWARSAW, Poland (OSV News) -- Tensions have flared between the presidents of the Catholic bishops' conferences of Germany and Poland over Germany's reform...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Be courageous in caring for and accompanying others, helping them to dream big, cultivating their unique gifts and flourishing, Pope...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- An important part of the mission of Catholic media is to forgo the shocking, sensational or superficial when such stories present...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis is breathing easier after undergoing intravenous antibiotic treatment for pulmonary inflammation, the director of the...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Explaining that he had a "problem with inflammation of my lungs," Pope Francis led the recitation of the Angelus prayer from the...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis underwent a CT scan at Rome's Gemelli Isola Hospital Nov. 25 to rule out pulmonary complications after canceling his...
Read MoreWUERZBURG, Germany (OSV News) -- Tensions between Rome and the majority of German bishops are again intensifying with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican...
Read MoreDUBLIN (OSV News) -- Irish police blame what they describe as a "lunatic, hooligan faction driven by far-right ideology" for a night of violence in Dublin...
Read MorePARIS (OSV News) -- If classical literature characters could become saints, France has a perfect example. The real bishop behind Victor Hugo's famous Les...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- With hopes growing for a temporary, humanitarian cease-fire, Pope Francis met at the Vatican Nov. 22 with relatives of Israelis held...
Read More(OSV News) -- The president of the Polish bishops' conference has bitterly criticized demands for liberal change by the church in neighboring Germany and...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Catholic Church and all its members must end silence about clerical sexual abuse and ensure cases are no longer covered up, Pope...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis expressed his concern about concrete initiatives individual dioceses and the Catholic Church in Germany as a whole are...
Read More(OSV News) -- The president of the Spanish bishops' conference has appealed for calm following mass protests against the planned release of jailed Catalan...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When Pope Francis visits Dubai in the United Arab Emirates Dec. 1-3 to address the opening of the U.N. Climate Change Conference,...
Read MoreBUENOS AIRES (OSV News) -- Upstart presidential candidate Javier Milei, who attacked Pope Francis as "filthy leftist," overwhelmingly won Argentina's presidential...
Read MoreSYDNEY (OSV News) -- Proposals from the Synod on Synodality can be judged by whether they call men and women to holiness, as the church does more work...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The material, cultural and spiritual poverties that exist in the world are a "scandal" that Christians are called to address by putting...
Read MoreNOTTINGHAM, England (OSV News) -- British bishops expressed their condolences to Dean and Claire Gregory, parents of 8-month-old Indi, who died Nov. 13...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In the month Catholics traditionally honor the dead, the Vatican Museums opened a new entrance to an ancient necropolis where carved...
Read MoreBARCELONA, Spain (OSV News) -- It seemed like one of Antonio Gaudí's dreams come true. On Nov. 12, the papal nuncio to Spain, Archbishop Bernardito...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As part of a plan to reduce its CO2 footprint, Vatican City State has launched a program to replace its existing vehicle fleet with...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Catholics are still forbidden from joining Masonic organizations and, with an increasing number of Catholics joining Masonic lodges...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has invited a community of Benedictine nuns from Argentina to move into the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican...
Read MoreNOTTINGHAM, England (OSV News) -- Indi Gregory, a British girl whose parents battled the British courts to have her life support extended, died at 1:45...
Read MoreLONDON (OSV News) -- Some of the most senior judges in the U.K. ruled late Nov. 10 that the Italian intervention in Indi Gregory's case to move the infant...
Read More(OSV News) -- Gathered at their plenary assembly in Lourdes Nov. 3-8, the French bishops discussed abortion, migration and mission -- the latter received...
Read MoreBUENOS AIRES (OSV News) -- Almost immediately after Pope Francis was elected in March 2013, Argentines expected him to visit. A flood of young Argentines...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis joined leaders of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem in praying for peace in Israel and Palestine,...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In a celebration of life, peace, joy and harmony, thousands of children representing young people on every continent greeted Pope...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- God seeks and loves those who are humble because it allows him to be a part of their lives, Pope Francis said. "This is Christian...
Read MoreNOTTINGHAM, England (OSV News) -- An appeal has been filed challenging a Nov. 8 ruling by a British judge that Indi Gregory's life support must be removed...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- If it would not cause scandal or confusion among other Catholics, "a transsexual -- even one who has undergone hormone treatment...
Read MoreROME (OSV News) -- The Italian government granted citizenship to Indi Gregory, an 8-month-old child suffering from a degenerative disease who is at the...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda, a top adviser to Pope Francis on matters involving canon law, denied reports the pope had asked him...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Christians and Jews are called to bear witness to God's word through dialogue and "to his peace with our actions," Pope Francis said...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Charismatic renewal movements should provide support and advice to bishops and priests by accompanying, guiding and deepening the...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Preaching one thing but doing another puts the authenticity and credibility of Christian witness at risk, Pope Francis said. Reflecting...
Read MoreWADOWICE, Poland (OSV News) -- In 1988, when he was a convicted drug addict serving time in prison, he thought of God as a severe Father who punishes rather...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In an hourlong interview with Italy's main news program, Pope Francis announced he would travel to Dubai in early December for the...
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