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Catholic high schools mourn alums among New Orleans victims
NOLA archbishop: ‘God always gives us hope, even in the midst of tragic situations’
New Orleans archbishop, others offer prayer and support for victims of ‘evil’ deadly New Year attack; FBI investigating as terrorism
OSV’s 2024 Catholics of the Year
Spectre of immigration raids on churches denounced by Arizona bishops
- World
Catholic priest in Belarus convicted of treason, sentenced to 11 years in penal colony
In the Jubilee Year, feed the hungry, says Catholic charity
Little highlanders from Poland win the internet with their midnight Mass caroling
OSV’s 2024 Catholics of the Year
Indigenous Christian village in Bangladesh burned down on Christmas
- Vatican
Migrants, refugees, victims of war have a right to education, pope says
Pope prays for victims of New Orleans attack
On New Year’s, pope calls for real commitment to respect human life
Pope gives thanks for Jubilee preparations at New Year’s Eve vespers
God wants all people to be saved; he forgives all who repent, pope says
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En Año Nuevo, el Papa pide un compromiso firme para respetar la vida humana
La Sagrada Familia es un modelo de la escucha mutua, dice el Papa
¿Cuál es el significado de un Año Jubilar?
Papa Francisco: Dios quiere que todas las personas se salven y perdona a todos los que se arrepienten
Jesuitas participan en ‘desgarradora’ búsqueda de restos de migrantes en desierto de Arizona
Opinion
(OSV News) — For most of us, New Year’s Day means both celebrating what’s ahead and learning from the year that’s ending. For Catholics,...
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So, at the end of 2023, I published my “Catholic Wish List” for 2024, laying out some hopes for the church that seemed, if...
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Good evening and Merry Christmas! Hope you are having a blessed Christmas octave and that the joy of celebrating the Child Jesus is with...
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While the word “mission” often calls to mind service in foreign countries, one group has focused for nearly a century on rural areas of...
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(OSV News) — Season four of “The Chosen,” the wildly popular series on the life of Jesus that began its existence as a crowd-funded...
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Today’s the feast of St. Apollonia, the patron saint of dentistry and toothaches — for the gristly reason her martyrdom involved Apollonia’s teeth being...
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Amid the distractions of everyday life, it is easy to miss the treasure of timeless wisdom the church has in the form of spiritual...
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Every evening the Church remembers the words of the elderly Simeon with the closing canticle of Compline: “Nunc dimittis servum tuum, Domine…” But in...
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Jb 7:1-4, 6-7Ps 147:1-2, 3-4, 5-61 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23Mk 1:29-39 We’ve all been there. At the end of a long day, the phone rings,...
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By Peter K. Kilpatrick It is fitting that as Catholic Schools Week begins and we mark the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, the patron...
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By Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens As 2024 began, I was in a hermitage in northern Minnesota doing a Holy Hour before Our Lord in...
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Every morning in the wee small hours lately, I read or listen to the daily Mass readings on the USCCB website as I feed...
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By Rita Buettner Maybe it’s because the excitement of the holidays has passed and the Christmas lights are disappearing. Maybe it’s because the time...
