OSV News July 6 marked the 50th anniversary of the first apparition of Our Lady of Akita. On June 12, 1973, Sister Agnes Sasagawa of the Handmaids of the Eucharist began receiving heavenly visions in a convent located in Akita, Japan. At first she saw angelic beings worshipping the Eucharist, but then, on July 6, […]
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan: Did we go too far?
COMMENTARY While I was recently preparing my sermonette for Mass on the feast of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, I was reminded he died at only 23, having contracted the virus while ministering to victims of the plague in Rome. Then, on my radio show, I hosted “Conversation with Cardinal Dolan” on The Catholic Channel of Sirius […]
Michael R. Heinlein: Eucharist: remedy to sin
COMMENTARY “Because I always sin, I should always have a remedy.” These practical words of St. Ambrose, fourth-century bishop of Milan and doctor of the Church, point us to the unique relationship of the Eucharist to sin — a relationship that the Catechism pithily sums up by saying “holy Communion separates us from sin” (CCC […]
Anti-Christian sentiment increasing in the Holy Land
Posing as priest, reporter is spat at several times, while walking the streets of Jerusalem By Judith Sudilovsky OSV News JERUSALEM — A local Israeli reporter went undercover as a priest and was spat at several times while walking the streets of Jerusalem, Haaretz, the Israeli daily, reported. Haaretz underlined that at a time when […]
Sister Lucia spread Fatima message throughout her long life
By OSV News Carmelite Sister Lucia dos Santos, the last surviving Fatima visionary, died in the Carmelite cloister in Coimbra, Portugal, in February 2005 at the age of 97. At the time of her death, St. John Paul II recalled their “bonds of spiritual friendship that intensified with the passing of time.” “I always felt […]
Mother Lange taught Black girls in slaveholding state
By OSV News Little is known about the early life of Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, whom Pope Francis declared “venerable” June 22. However, it is possible she may become one of the United States’ first Black Catholic saints. Likely of what today is Haitian ethnicity, Mother Lange — born Elizabeth Clarisse Lange — emigrated from […]
Recalling Titanic’s Father Thomas Byles, ‘priest, martyr’
By Deacon Greg Kandra OSV News On Sunday, April 14, 1912, Father Thomas Byles celebrated Mass aboard the Titanic, just four days into its historic maiden voyage. It was “Low Sunday,” the first Sunday after Easter, and the priest was heading to New York to officiate at the wedding of his brother, William. Those who […]
Jenna Marie Cooper: How is Father Rupnik still a priest?
QUESTION CORNER Q: I read that Father Marko Rupnik (the famous mosaic artist who has been credibly accused of sexual abuse) was expelled from the Jesuit order but remains a priest. How does that work? (Flushing, New York) A: First for some background, priesthood and religious life are actually two distinct vocations, even if they […]
Sudan bishop shepherds his flock despite falling bombs
By Fredrick Nzwili OSV News A Catholic bishop in Sudan is braving aerial bombardments, heavy gunfire and artillery to stay with his people, even as other clergy, diplomats and ordinary citizens flee the deadly fighting in the northeastern African country. Bishop Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali of El-Obeid said he will stay with his flock […]
Effie Caldarola: Murder and Christian contemplation
COMMENTARY For me, there is almost nothing as relaxing as reading a good British mystery. The murder mystery genre belongs to the Brits, from Agatha Christie to P.D. James and beyond. Even some American authors, like Charles Todd and Elizabeth George, create solidly British characters who do their sleuthing in old manor houses and busy […]
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