NEW YORK (OSV News) -- "Catacombs by Candlelight" perhaps conjures images of a subterranean tour in Rome led by a guide wearing a headlamp. In New York, it's the name of a revenue-generating history lesson told while exploring the cemetery and burial
Catholic bishops in South Korea expressed sorrow and offered prayers after more than 150 people died in a stampede during Halloween celebrations in Seoul. They also called for a detailed investigation to identify the cause of the incident.
Officials are concerned that the
With the arrival of Halloween, we’re given another way to consider good versus evil, the struggle for redemption, and the cost of choosing the wrong side. Horror movies seem an unlikely venue for spiritual reflection, but the good ones make the darkness
A reader asks: “I’ve been reading about apparitions where Our Lady revealed to the children in Fátima and to Sister Mariana in Quito, Ecuador, that some souls spend the rest of time in purgatory, some bishops and religious for 80 to 100
Scott P. Richert writes in his All Things New column this week that from a young age, he was fascinated by the interplay of darkness and light. Growing up in a small village in west Michigan, without the light pollution of an
In his latest column for Our Sunday Visitor, Monsignor Owen Campion looks at the origins of Halloween and All Saints Day, reminding readers that while darkness and evil of the world reign on All Hallows Eve, on All Saints Day we are