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Ham radio expedition to remote island includes Vatican representative

By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY — For the last two weeks of January, the Vatican City State flag flapped in the strong sea breeze...

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2024-02-01T15:23:58-05:00January 26th, 2024|National/World News|

Love is the only path to Christian unity, pope says

By Cindy Wooden ROME — Divided Christians will draw closer to one another only by loving God and loving their neighbors, serving one another...

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2024-02-01T15:24:20-05:00January 25th, 2024|National/World News|

Though retired, Bishop Perry will continue to lead USCCB’s anti-racism committee

Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City spoke during a Nov. 14, 2023, session of the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore. He presented the action item requiring a vote to reauthorize [...]
2023-11-15T10:47:08-05:00November 14th, 2023|Catholic News, National/World News|

Share joy of God’s love, sow seeds of hope in world, pope tells youths

Pope Francis signaled that hundreds of thousands of young people are not loud enough after he asked them to repeat that there is space for “everyone, everyone, everyone” in the church. The pope’s remarks came at the World Youth Day welcome [...]
2023-11-15T10:47:10-05:00November 14th, 2023|Catholic News, National/World News|

Pope entrusts prayers for peace to Mary, assumed into heaven

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — On the feast of Mary’s assumption into heaven, Pope Francis entrusted to her people’s prayers for peace,...

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2023-08-16T10:19:15-04:00August 15th, 2023|angelus, National/World News, pope, prayer|

Village in Poland prepares for Ulma family’s beatification, tells story of their heroism in face of Nazis

By Paulina Guzik KRAKOW, Poland (OSV News) — A few years ago, people of the little village of Markowa, in southeastern Poland, would never...

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2023-08-16T10:19:19-04:00August 15th, 2023|beatification, National/World News, Poland, ulma|

Kerry Alys Robinson named as next Catholic Charities USA president and CEO

Kerry Alys Robinson has been named as the next president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, the group that spearheads the domestic humanitarian work of the Catholic Church in the United States, the charity said July 25. (OSV News photo/Catholic Charities USA)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Kerry Alys [...]
2023-07-31T12:27:27-04:00July 28th, 2023|Catholic News, National/World News|

Greek church leaders urge ‘learning of lessons’ amid devastating fires

A firefighter walked next to rising flames as a wildfire burns near the village of Vati, on the island of Rhodes, Greece, July 25. (OSV News photo/Nicolas Economou, Reuters)
By Jonathan Luxmoore Catholics in Greece have called for lessons to be learned after a [...]
2023-07-31T12:27:32-04:00July 28th, 2023|Catholic News, National/World News|

Annual Father Augustus Tolton procession to be joined by National Eucharistic Pilgrimage

Father Augustus Tolton, born into slavery, was the first recognized Black American ordained to the priesthood and is a candidate for sainthood. An annual procession to the gravesite of Father Tolton, one of six Black Catholic candidates for sainthood, will be joined July 9, 2024, by pilgrims walking [...]
2023-07-14T11:15:56-04:00July 13th, 2023|Catholic News, National/World News|

Global synod’s first-ever discussion of ‘LGBTQ+ people’ raises important pastoral questions

People prayed during the closing Mass for the Outreach LGBTQ Catholic Ministry Conference at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle in New York City June 18, 2023. Following the Vatican’s working document publication, Catholic groups involved in ministry to persons [...]
2023-07-14T11:16:07-04:00July 12th, 2023|Catholic News, National/World News|