On December 6, 2018, Colleen O’Rourke- Heredia received a life-altering phone call. After experiencing medical symptoms that summer, she had visited several doctors in search of an explanation. An oncologist was on the line with the results of a biopsy: Colleen had
One day, Jesuit Father Jorge Bergoglio, the future Pope Francis, wanted to make sure a group of visitors did not go home hungry, so he whipped up a huge omelet loaded with onions and potatoes.
One of those guests, Claudio Perusini, who still
LOS ANGELES (OSV News) -- Five years ago, Rosy Oros lay comatose in a hospital bed in Mexico -- some 1,500 miles away from home -- after experiencing complications from a medical procedure that had taken a drastic toll on her body
The alleged March 5 duplication of the Eucharist at St. Thomas Church in Thomaston is now under investigation by the Holy See's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith as a potential Eucharistic miracle. If authenticated, it would join about 100 church-recognized
World Youth Day is known as an event that can and does change lives, but when a teenager said she has regained her sight during the Portuguese youth fair, it electrified both Portugal and Spain on Aug. 6.
‘Never, never lose faith,’ says man whose miraculous cure as child led to St. Kateri Tekakwitha’s canonization
Recent college graduate Jake Finkbonner drew his inspiration to become a physician from the doctors who rushed to rescue him from an aggressive flesh-eating bacteria that tore through his face more than 17 years ago. They had help: Finkbonner's family and community
A possible Eucharistic miracle in Connecticut is now under investigation by the Vatican. Archbishop Leonard P. Blair told a Hartford television news station May 2 that the Dicastery (formerly Congregation) for the Doctrine of the Faith will examine whether an apparent multiplication
A new short film reveals the little-known story of how Catholic priests in a Nazi concentration camp placed their lives in the hands of St. Joseph. “Here they are, prisoners facing almost certain death, vulnerable, weak — just as Christ the little
‘God showed up in a very powerful, powerful way’: Archdiocese of Hartford investigating possible Eucharistic miracle
The Archdiocese of Hartford is investigating a possible Eucharistic miracle at one of its parishes, where Communion hosts seemingly multiplied during a March 5 Sunday Mass.
Father Joseph Crowley, pastor of St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish in Thomaston, Connecticut, said in a YouTube livestream
An Ohio priest told OSV News "the hand of the Lord" prevented a train derailment in his town from turning deadly.
Some 50 cars from a freight train derailed at approximately 9 p.m. EST Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio, near the Pennsylvania