Publisher Scott Richert writes that after 15 months of working from home, life is slowly returning to normal back at the OSV office, signified especially by the fact that OSV’s chaplain, Msgr. Owen Campion, recently returned the Eucharist to the tabernacle inside
The bishops of the province of Baltimore and the Archdiocese of Washington announced June 2 they would be lifting the dispensation of the Sunday and holy day Mass obligation that was granted at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020.
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The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on Catholic schools has been well-documented, with the National Catholic Educational Association reporting earlier this year that enrollment across the board in the 2020-2021 academic year is down 6.4%. COVID’s financial pressures are also expected to push hundreds
Imploring Catholics of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to return to the celebration of Mass in person, Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez launched a major initiative for that purpose on Pentecost Sunday, May 23.
He described the initiative, titled "Nothing Compares to Being There," in
Graciela Torres has two developmentally challenged children. Getting them an education on the outskirts of Moquegua, a small city in southern Peru, was never easy. Arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic made it much harder.
In addition to being a mom and breadwinner, Torres
With declining COVID-19 infection rates and hospitalizations, combined with the growing percentage of Americans who have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, more Church leaders believe the time is right to rescind the dispensations from attending Mass on Sundays. Some bishops announced
OSV publisher Scott Richert writes about his family’s first Mass since Catholics in the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, could worship in their parish churches without social distancing and wearing masks. He writes: “Being greeted at the front door to Sts.
The Our Sunday Visitor Editorial Board addresses how the Church can respond amid new COVID-19 guidelines regarding vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals. They write: “The new guidelines, which you certainly by now know, stated that fully vaccinated individuals no longer have to wear
Amid thousands dying daily of COVID-19, even in rural areas of India, the pandemic has taken a heavy toll on church leaders.
Dozens of priests, scores of nuns and hundreds of laypeople have died during the second surge since mid-April.
Bishop Basil Bhuriya, 65,
As India faces a massive surge in new infections and deaths caused by COVID-19, Pope Francis said he was praying for all those affected by the huge health emergency.
With so many in India suffering, "I am writing to convey my heartfelt solidarity