By Maria Wiering OSV News JAMESTOWN, Colo. — Backcountry camping, whitewater rafting and rock climbing are key draws for campers at Camp Wojtyla, a Catholic camp in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. Named for Karol Wojtyla — better known to the world as St. John Paul II — the camp experience is immersion in both adventure and […]
Famed Lenten lectures return at Notre Dame Cathedral
By Caroline de Sury OSV News PARIS — The traditional “Lenten Conferences” have resumed at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris this Lenten season, for the first time since the fire of April 15, 2019. Lent 2025 is also marked by record participation in Ash Wednesday Masses in France and a record number of catechumens preparing […]
Make the most of Jubilee Year pilgrimages
By Maria Wiering OSV News At the request of the Holy See, Catholic dioceses worldwide have designated local cathedrals, other churches and shrines as local pilgrimage sites during the 2025 Jubilee Year. While none outside of Rome have designated Holy Doors — as cathedrals did for the 2015 Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy — these sites […]
Stations of the Cross are not limited to Lenten season
By D.D. Emmons OSV News The Way of the Cross is one of the most personal, meditative and graphic of any Catholic devotion. We spiritually join Jesus on the “via dolorosa” (sorrowful way) leading to the place of the skull, suffering with him as he struggles to carry the cross on that first Good Friday. […]
Exercise hope on path to renewal
By Erin O’Leary OSV News Lent gets its name from a word meaning “springtime,” the time of year when the hours of daylight are lengthening and the sun is bringing back its warmth and light. The Lenten season, indeed all of springtime, is a time of hope: We deepen our relationship with Christ through our […]
Commentary: Throughout papacy, Francis has challenged us to serve periphery
By Greg Erlandson OSV News Pope Francis’ most recent encounter with mortality has captured the world’s attention. As of this writing he remains in the hospital fighting double pneumonia with a “reserved” prognosis. God willing, he returns to his duties, but it has been obvious that the 88-year-old pontiff has ongoing health issues as befits […]
News analysis: Administration’s actions imperil those who fled crises abroad
By Gina Christian OSV News As part of swift and sweeping changes to immigration policy, the Trump administration is aiming to end or severely curtail two forms of immigration status that have been granted to hundreds of thousands escaping war, disaster, violence and humanitarian crises — Temporary Protected Status and humanitarian parole. Both offer time-bound […]
Pro-life event takes on somber tone amid wildfires
By Mike Cisneros, Theresa Cisneros and Natalie Romano OSV News LOS ANGELES — At last year’s OneLife LA event, it rained so much that attendees were thoroughly soaked. At this year’s event, participants prayed for even a few drops to fall — anything to help combat the still-burning wildfires that have ripped through so much […]
March for Life organization announces speakers for Washington, D.C., event
By Kate Scanlon OSV News WASHINGTON — Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., and Bishop Daniel E. Thomas of Toledo, Ohio, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Pro-Life Activities, will be among the speakers at the 52nd annual March for Life, the group said Jan. 9. DeSantis, a Catholic who ran an unsuccessful bid for the 2024 […]
New Washington cardinal arrives at pivotal political moment
By Kate Scanlon OSV News WASHINGTON — With his appointment as new archbishop of Washington Jan. 6, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy’s term in the nation’s capital will begin shortly after President-elect Donald Trump begins his second stint in the White House, possibly creating flashpoints between the pair during their time in the nation’s capital over […]
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