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Michelle Duppong's family members get a lot of prayer requests, especially for healing from grave illnesses and dire prognoses, that ask for the intercession of the recently declared "Servant of God."
"It's amazing," Sara Stark, 41, Duppong's older sister, told OSV News. "I've
There was no shortage of emotions pulsing through the crowd of 150-plus Jan. 5 in Little Falls for the first of five BREAD Talks planned by the Diocese of St. Cloud.
"I can feel a revival happening," said Kelli Kleinschnitz, director of faith
(OSV News) — Are science and religion fundamentally opposed to each other? That common notion has “worked a lot of mischief,” said Bishop Robert Barron, who launched a new conference Jan. 13-14 to show how the Catholic Church champions “the unity of
Catholic aid organizations are warning that increasing attacks by Russian missiles are preventing supply access to Ukraine, after 44 civilians, including four children, were killed when a Russian missile struck an apartment block in Dnipro Jan. 13, and a Catholic volunteer lost
The officially recognized site of Jesus' baptism drew thousands of Catholics and others nationwide to the east bank of the Jordan River Jan. 13 for a special Mass as COVID-19 restrictions dropped.
Families, youth, dignitaries, nuns and priests joined the pilgrims' throng gathered
Ahead of Valentine's Day -- the most popular day for couples to get engaged, according to the wedding planning website WeddingWire -- marriage ministry experts say the practice of personal accompaniment could become a worldwide trend in Catholic marriage preparation, due to
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is best honored when people "recall to mind and heart that the issues Dr. King placed before our nation have not been adequately accomplished," and strive to continue his work, Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory said during a
Deadly violence hit Christians in Africa Jan. 15, with a Catholic priest in northern Nigeria burned to death and as many as 17 Christians killed in a blast in eastern Congo.
In Nigeria, Father Isaac Achi was burned to death at his residence
This year for the first time the Walk for Life West Coast in San Francisco takes place "in a country where the so-called right to kill an unborn child is no longer the law of the land," Eva Muntean, co-chair of the
Catholics "must act" for racial justice, starting with personal conversion, to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s struggle and eliminate racial injustices in society, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops stated.
Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese of