Russian occupiers launched an attack Aug. 22 on St. Teresa of the Child of Jesus Roman Catholic Church in the town of Skadovsk, located in the Kherson region in eastern Ukraine, Bishop Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk of Odessa-Simferopol confirmed on Facebook.
"A group of armed
As the Church marks the feast of St. John the Baptist, Our Sunday Visitor invites readers to explore the oldest church in the United States — La Catedral Metropolitana Basílica de San Juan Bautista (or the Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of St. John
When the Christian duty to share the Good News is brought up, it is usually in the context of verbalizing something. Artistic works, however, can complement words or show the way to salvation even more clearly. Indeed, when words fall short in
At Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church in New Orleans, there hangs behind the sanctuary's altar of worship a mural known as the "Dance of Holy Innocence."
But this work, measuring 45 feet high by 25 feet wide, and the church
Nearly 2,000 years have passed since Jesus Christ told St. Peter the gates of hell would not prevail against the church -- but as the congregation of St. Peter Claver Catholic Church in Lexington knows too well, the effects of time, between
Last summer, Father Patrick Briscoe, editor of Our Sunday Visitor, received a startling early morning text message from a Dominican brother. He shared a photo of the wall of one of their churches that had been tagged by graffiti. The vandal(s) had
A man was arrested Jan. 5 after he destroyed the top of the altar at the Subiaco Abbey Church, stealing two reliquaries containing six relics, Arkansas Catholic, newspaper of the Diocese of Little Rock, reported.
Abbot Elijah Owens, OSB, said one of the
OSV publisher Scott Richert recalls a night 36 years ago when he wandered the cold and lonely streets of Lansing. Michigan. Having drifted away from the Faith, Richert recalls that he found shelter from the cold inside a Catholic parish: “What all
Early morning thunderstorms are blamed for a fire that broke out in Rockford's oldest Catholic church Aug. 8.
Firefighters on the scene suspected lightning ignited the flames that destroyed the roof on the back quarter of the 136-year-old church building, although an official
A few columns back, Ava Lalor wrote about how we can pray the Mass well, offering some ideas for how to prepare before the liturgy begins and how to participate throughout. Despite her best intentions, she writes, “I still get distracted and