Holy Year 2025 holds ecumenical promise, pope says
Pope Francis listens as an aide reads excerpts from "Spes Non Confundit," ("Hope Does Not Disappoint"), his document proclaiming the...
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Proclaiming Holy Year, pope says it is time to strengthen and share hope
The Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican is seen with a garland of flowers May 9, 2024,...
Mightier than the sword: Words are a Swiss Guard’s best weapon
New recruits of the Pontifical Swiss Guard receive assistance in putting on their armor in preparation for a training session...
Pier Giorgio Frassati could be canonized during 2025 Jubilee, cardinal says
Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who died at the age of 24 in 1925, is beloved by many Catholic young people...
US bishops’ pro-life chair: ‘Dignitas Infinita’ speaks truth in love with ‘clarity’
By Gina Christian, OSV News (OSV News) -- A new Vatican declaration on human dignity presents "clarity" in charity, amid...
Vatican says abortion, surrogacy, war, poverty are attacks on human dignity
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Being a Christian means defending human dignity and that includes opposing abortion, the death penalty, gender transition...
Three ways to find silence in our digital age
By Sister Hosea Rupprecht, OSV News One day, I was running an errand that took me along the Pacific Coast...
Eclipse seen as a way to pray, ‘engage with the work of God’s hands’
By Mike Latona, OSV News ROCHESTER, N.Y. (OSV News) -- An astronomy buff since childhood, Father Robert Schrader anticipates quite...
The Year of Mercy was instructive; the Year of Prayer may be immersive
By Elizabeth Scalia, OSV News St. Philip Neri once had a penitent confess to indulging in gossip. He advised the...
Church has a crucial role in combating polarization, ‘Civilize it’ panelists say
By Kate Scanlon, OSV News WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The church has a crucial role in combating the rise of...
