WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Against gray skies and falling snow, thousands of people flocked Jan. 19 to the nation's capital for the national March for Life, gathering them under the theme "for every woman, for every child," showing their resolve amid the
For two days, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops met in plenary assembly in Baltimore advancing key issues related to liturgy, living out the faith, including in the public square, and retooling the conference to better serve the church's mission.
However, the bishops'
Excitement about the impacts of the National Eucharistic Revival in local dioceses, support for the nomination of St. John Henry Newman as a doctor of the church, and the approval of supplements to the bishops' teaching document on "Faithful Citizenship" featured strongly
The first public day of the U.S. Catholic bishops' fall plenary assembly in Baltimore saw elections to important posts, while public presentations chiefly centered on synodality, the use of technology in the liturgy and advancing the cause for canonization of a champion
Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, discusses with OSV News his experience of the Synod on Synodality and where he sees some of the things discussed could benefit the church's evangelizing mission now.
The synod report, a synthesis of the Oct. 4-29 meeting, is fundamentally an instrument for discernment, and it is designed to elicit further reflection and response from the whole church. The synod's next session in Rome will have the task of making
"Clericalism is a whip, it is a scourge, it is a form of worldliness that defiles and damages the face of the Lord's bride; it enslaves God's holy and faithful people," Pope Francis told some 400 voting members and observers gathered for
The global Synod on Synodality has been two years in the making, but even as the synod's universal stage in Rome is underway, the synod's public discussions are revealing how this process is starting to free the church to realize the vision
Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus Patrick Kelly discusses in this interview how he sees discipleship of Christ at the heart of the Knights' faith, charity and identity -- and the personal difference he believes Knights can make on the church
At the Knights of Columbus annual convention in Orlando, Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly had a message for the 2,300 Knights and family members gathered Aug. 1 to hear his report on the state of the world's largest Catholic fraternal order.
"As Knights, what