Artist Eileen Cunis has designed and created a processional banner of Mary Mother of the Eucharist that recently was accepted for the National Eucharistic Revival Art Exhibit, and will travel from Connecticut to Indiana. As delighted as Cunis is to have her
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The pro-life cause will confront new challenges in the coming decades, with physician-assisted suicide in particular emerging as a growing threat to human life, Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston told attendees of the 25th annual Cardinal O'Connor
In his latest Letter to Parents, Leonard DeLorenzo addresses how parents’ witness to the Eucharist impacts their children. DeLorenzo’s father attended daily Mass. He writes: “The most important thing he did for us, though, was that he went to Mass every morning.
"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
"What do you want to be when you grow up?" is a question our young people frequently hear, and probably find annoying. No more so, however, than the adults who hear, "What are you doing to help them find their way?"
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When they learned their 23-year-old son Michael Echaniz had been murdered in March 2022, John and Sharon Echaniz began a journey through the stages of grief, and (although they admit there is work to be done) they offered their son's killer forgiveness.
The Nine Days for Life Novena, an initiative led by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities, has become a beacon of hope and healing for many. Anne Ferreira, assistant director of education and outreach for the Secretariat of
Catholic historian and author Phillip Campbell debunks three myths about Saint Brigid of Kildare. Visitors to the Kildare today will likely be told that the church (whose name means “church of the oak” in Gaelic) was once the site of a pre-Christian
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
Simcha Fisher interviews sacred artist Mattie Karr who uses her art to evangelize, and encourage others to slow down and gaze on the beauty that draws them to God. Karr paints and draws sacred and liturgical art and also does commissions with
An actor who recently portrayed a beloved saint on screen has now fully come into the Catholic Church in real life.
Shia LaBeouf, a Hollywood veteran and star of director Abel Ferrara's film "Padre Pio," received the sacrament of confirmation, completing his initiation