As 40 years have passed since the murder of Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko, one of their church's most famous priests, Polish ...

Ahead of World Mission Sunday -- which the Catholic Church celebrates on the second to last Sunday in October, and which in 2024 falls on Oct. 20 -- OSV News spoke with Kevin Foy, execut ...

Now that the slate for president and vice president have been firmed up by both parties, the issue of immigration certainly is paramount in their presentations. Even more so is the spending that is do ...

All Souls' Day together with Halloween (All Saints' Eve) and All Saints' Day formerly made up a triduum devoted on the remembrance of the dead (Allhallowtide). that climbing it is hardest at the start ...

The celebration of World Mission Sunday is a popular day for a pope to canonize new saints -- not only those who ministered or gave up their lives in lands traditionally known as ...

That's what we've heard really matters in our elections. Economic growth and the consequent effects on our standard of living. It's a dangerous train of thought if you think about it. Isn& ...

A natural marriage is not a sacramental marriage, but this does not mean that a natural marriage is somehow sinful or bad. It's good to recall that holy Old Testament figures like Abraham and Sarah ...

When Chris Bartlett told a parish group his wife had miscarried, he recalls the women gathering around to console her and share their own stories of miscarriage and loss. The men patted ...

Atomic bomb survivors and members of Nihon Hidankyo, a country-wide organisation of atomic and hydrogen bomb sufferers, including Assistant Secretary General Toshiko Hamanaka, Co- ...

U.S. Supreme Court justices on Oct. 15 appeared skeptical of a challenge from a U.S. citizen about her non-citizen spouse's revoked visa after authorities found the spouse had ...

The 368 synod members were to discuss the "places" section of the working document through the morning of Oct. 18. The final week of the synod would be devoted to discussing, amending and approving a ...

Since the 2018 Synod of Bishops on young people, listening has emerged as a central element in overcoming the structural and cultural barriers to unity and participation in the C ...