Maria Wiering is senior writer for OSV News.
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
Super Bowl LVIII watchers can expect to see at least three faith-based commercials during the televised Feb. 11 showdown in Las Vegas between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers.
The Catholic prayer app Hallow plans to run a 30-second commercial
Controversy sparked by a recent document from the Holy See on blessings for people in "irregular situations," including same-sex relationships, "gives all of us an opportunity to go deeper in our concern and outreach to individuals who are living in irregular/sinful relationships,"
As U.S. Catholic schools prepare to celebrate Catholic Schools Week Jan. 28-Feb. 3, national Catholic school experts told OSV News that school leaders should be thinking deeply about Catholic mission and creatively about partnerships, including with the current boom in homeschooling.
Despite threats of blizzard-like conditions, only clouds moved through southwestern Indiana Jan. 13 as the Diocese of Evansville held its first-ever Eucharistic congress. An estimated 1,700 Catholics braved the cold to attend the Saturday event.
"Donum Vitae" is a document that, nearly 40 years ago, made explicit the church's teaching about in vitro fertilization and related practices, including gestational surrogacy -- a teaching that in January 2024 made headlines after Pope Francis called for a worldwide ban
In the world of time management, monasticism has been touted as a source of tools for achieving a desired lifestyle. Headlines in Forbes, Fast Company, Business Insider and elsewhere in 2023 highlighted the productivity hack of going "monk mode" -- a period
"I deem deplorable the practice of so-called surrogate motherhood, which represents a grave violation of the dignity of the woman and the child, based on the exploitation of situations of the mother's material needs. A child is always a gift and never
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The Sisters of Life and Knights of Columbus announced Dec. 21 that they will be teaming up for a second year to host Life Fest in conjunction with the National March for Life in January. The event will