QUESTION CORNER Q: Is there an authoritative recommended single source of information on all the many Roman Catholic traditions such as behavior and rituals in church and prayers for appropriate occasions? (United Kingdom) A: No, unfortunately there is no such resource. Even when we’re considering canon law properly so-called, there is no one single master […]
Christmas crackdown continues in Nicaragua
By David Agren OSV News BUENOS AIRES — Six lay staff members from a now-closed diocesan Cáritas chapter were convicted on money laundering charges in Nicaragua on Christmas Eve as the Sandinista regime stepped up its crackdown on the Catholic Church over the Christmas season. The Nicaraguan government has also forbidden the enactment of […]
Jenna Marie Cooper: Can one Mass fulfill two obligations?
QUESTION CORNER Q: Since Christmas is on Monday this year, can I go to a Christmas vigil Mass on Sunday and have it fulfill my Sunday and Christmas obligations? (Boston, MA) A: As you note, in 2023 Christmas eve falls on a Sunday. And like all Sundays Catholics are required to attend Mass in […]
Laura Kelly Fanucci: Let it be done to me!
COMMENTARY What if the best thing for us to do during Advent is not more, but less? When faced with the coming of Christ — in the most visceral way any human could experience another’s arrival, as a mother welcoming new life — Mary did not say “Let me do it!” or “Let me […]
Hospital by Christ’s birthplace struggles to operate amid war
By Judith Sudilovsky OSV News The Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem, located just 1,500 steps from the birthplace of Christ, is confronting significant challenges amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip 45 miles away. The hospital, the premier maternity hospital and neonatal critical care center in the Bethlehem region of […]
Three Kings Parades flood Poland’s streets on Epiphany
God’s love is for everyone in the world, because everyone can fit around the manger By Paulina Guzik OSV News WARSAW, Poland — Every year on the feast of the Epiphany, Jan. 6, Polish cities get flooded with joyful Three Kings Parades. Designed as theatrical performances that recall the historical event of Jesus’ birth and […]
How to celebrate a Catholic Christmas
By Amy Welborn OSV News For Catholics, great feasts like Christmas don’t come at us out of the blue: In the secular world, “Christmas” seems to start in October! However, our approach to this holiday as Catholics must be different, and it can be. We can put aside the worldly calendar; we can allow the […]
Nicaragua claims imprisoned bishop receives ‘preferential’ treatment
By David Agren OSV News BUENOS AIRES — The Nicaraguan government has released a series of photos and videos of imprisoned Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa — purportedly as proof of him receiving preferential treatment — but sparking alarm over the prelate’s emaciated appearance and indignation over his continued incarceration in one of the […]
Pope removes firebrand Texas bishop from diocese
By Maria Wiering and Peter Jesserer Smith OSV News Pope Francis has removed Bishop Joseph E. Strickland from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, the Holy See Press Office announced Nov. 11. Simultaneously, Francis has appointed Bishop Joe S. Vásquez of Austin as apostolic administrator to oversee the diocese until a new […]
Former cosmetics exec gives it all up for the priesthood
By Gina Christian OSV News At age 50, seminarian Scott-Vincent Borba doesn’t consider his to be a late vocation. “God called me at age 10,” he told OSV News. “I just accepted late.” Now in his pastoral year at St. Patrick’s University and Seminary in Menlo Park, California, Borba chuckled as he recalled his first […]
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