Celebrities who convert to Catholicism can be an inspiration, a call to caution -- and above all an occasion for personally recommitting to the faith, two evangelization experts told OSV News.
Entering the church "is a process that a lot of people go
When three members of St. Ann Parish in East Baltimore sat down with leaders of the 'Dicastery' for the Causes of Saints at the Vatican in late October to advocate for sainthood for six Black potential saints from the United States, they
At the brief meeting with participants in a seminar on the ethics of health care management, the pope said he was suffering from a "bronchial condition. Thank God it was not pneumonia," but he said it was a very serious bronchial infection.
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On Oct. 30, three days after Pope Francis lifted the statute of limitations and opened the path for a church trial and possible removal from the priesthood for former Jesuit and mosaic artist Father Marko Rupnik, a woman previously known as Anna
Three orders of women religious were honored for their long ministry of education, pastoral outreach and witness to the Gospel.
Metropolitan Archbishop Borys A. Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia conferred the 2023 Metropolitan Service Award on the Jesus, Lover of
Pope Francis told the prefects of Vatican dicasteries that he saw no reason for the Vatican to continue giving U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke a monthly salary and questioned why the Vatican should be providing him with a free apartment in Rome,
For abortion’s opponents, it has been a frustrating year.
When it came to the courts, the pro-life movement scored its most significant victory when the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022 reversed its 1973 decision calling abortion a constitutional right.
When it has come to
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- With a soft and raspy voice, Pope Francis began his weekly general audience by making the sign of the cross and explaining that "I'm still not well with this flu, and my voice isn't great," so he would
Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend urged the board of trustees of St. Mary’s College to correct a new admissions policy that “departs from fundamental Catholic teaching on the nature of woman.” St. Mary’s College, a Catholic women’s college that
"The joy of the Gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus. Those who accept his offer of salvation are set free from sin, sorrow, inner emptiness and loneliness. With Christ joy is constantly born anew," Pope Francis wrote
Priests who leave public ministry often leave behind a trail of bewildered souls seeking understanding and resolution. The recent public episode involving the soon-to-be-laicized Father Alex Crow of the Archdiocese of Mobile is one such scenario. But what faithful Catholic today cannot