Catholics in Ukraine feel the prayers of Christians around the world, said Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych, major archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church.
"We do not just believe, but feel the power of your prayer, which stops the war and is the
OSV columnist David Mills looks closely at a friendship that had dissolved, writing: “I spend some time at every Mass thanking God for my friends, bringing to mind a picture of each one as I pray for them, partly as a way
A reader asks, “Are ghosts real? And, if so, how do we help them move on to eternal salvation?” In his latest column, Monsignor Charles Pope gives his answer: “There is no binding Church teaching on the existence or meaning of ghosts.
Mexico's Catholic leaders are calling for a day of prayer as violence continues crippling the country and priests and bishops raise their voice on an issue that puts them in conflict with Mexico's popular president.
The Mexican bishops' conference, the Jesuits and Mexican
In a new essay for Our Sunday Visitor, Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, director of the Conscience Project, examines the importance of the Supreme Court’s decision on Monday in which it ruled that a public school assistant football coach was wrongfully fired for praying after
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Monday that a high school football coach who lost his job because he knelt on the field following games to say a silent prayer had a constitutional right to pray as he did under the First
New York Ukrainian Catholics and other worshippers found community and solace June 11 at St. Patrick's Cathedral where Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York and Archbishop Borys Gudziak, head of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, led an evening memorial prayer
Associate editor Ava Lalor reflects on how she easily gets distracted during the Mass: “Despite the fact that I can quote much of the prayers that the priest alone says, I often zone out and go on auto-pilot. Instead of focussing on
In the not-so-distant past, stating publicly that the victims of tragedies — such as mass shootings — would be included in one’s thoughts and prayers was seen as an act of love. Now, though, writes the Our Sunday Visitor Editorial Board, “thoughts
Cutting through the throngs of tourists following guides around St. Peter's Basilica, a group of pilgrims led by the basilica's pastor followed a "Marian itinerary" with special prayers to mark the month of Mary.
Conventual Franciscan Father Agnello Stoia, who became pastor of