Maria Wiering is senior writer for OSV News.
A community of Carmelite nuns in Arlington, Texas, has filed for a temporary restraining order against Vatican-imposed leadership, underscoring their rejection of a Vatican decision to place its governance under a national Carmelite association. The legal maneuver continues a yearlong feud with
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York said he and other members of a delegation traveling in Israel and Palestine "feel safe and secure" April 14, after Israel defended itself overnight from unprecedented Iranian drone strikes and missiles.
"That wasn't true in the
Participants in the National Eucharistic Congress and related National Eucharistic Pilgrimage now have opportunities to receive plenary indulgences, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, announced April 9.
"It is with gratitude to the Holy Father that we
For plummeting worldwide fertility rates to change course, people must find courage to "do the hard thing" of raising large families, and that courage comes from faith, said Catherine Ruth Pakaluk, an economist at The Catholic University of America in Washington.
"We live
This summer's National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis will provide a "Steubenville conference" experience for teenagers, while parents with children can expect full-family formation in a track designed to engage adults and kids together, according to congress leaders.
Planned for July 17-21 at Lucas
Charlie McCullough is one of 24 young adults who will be journeying with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament along four National Eucharistic Pilgrimage routes leading to the National Eucharistic Congress. The "perpetual pilgrims" will begin their treks May 17-19 -- the weekend
In March 2017, Will Peterson and his friend David Cable stepped out Peterson's front door in Lexington, Kentucky, to begin a pilgrimage. Their destination was the Trappist Abbey of Gethsemani, some 70 miles away.
The journey is 75 minutes by car along the
The tens of thousands of Catholics planning to attend the five-day 10th National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis in July will experience large-scale liturgies, dynamic speakers, and opportunities for quiet prayer and faith-sharing, with six different "impact session" tracks tailored to their peer
On May 18-19, groups of eight young adults will leave San Francisco; New Haven, Connecticut; San Juan, Texas; and Itasca State Park in Minnesota.
For eight weeks they'll travel, mostly on foot, along four routes through major U.S. cities, small towns and countryside
Sociologist Tricia C. Bruce has dedicated her career to trying to understand American Catholics' attitudes and behavior. She will draw on that experience in her new role as a consultor to the General Secretariat of the Synod, which she expects to include