ANALYSIS By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Change looms on the horizon for the American hierarchy. The anticipation is building as the appointment of Latin Church bishops in the United States has appeared to stall out over the last year or so. With Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki turning 75 on March 12, there are […]
Sainthood cause for founder of religious order advances
By Gina Christian OSV News Losing a young child. Struggling in a troubled marriage with an alcoholic husband. Separating, starting a nursing career in midlife, downsizing to a rental apartment and becoming a widow. And now, moving one step closer to sainthood. On March 14, Pope Francis authorized the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints […]
Paulist Fathers reshuffle ministries as vocations decline
OSV News NEW YORK — An order of priests is revamping its ministries due to a downturn in its vocations — and the move highlights the church’s need to “triple the ask” for young men to consider religious life, said the congregation’s communications director. The Paulist Fathers, a missionary society of Catholic priests, announced […]
U.S. envoy to Vatican hails 40 years of diplomatic ties
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The United States established formal diplomatic relations with the Holy See 40 years ago, and the current ambassador in Rome says its mission has been a wonderful success. “We’ve tried to hew very closely to the mission that we’ve been given, and we have a great […]
For acclaimed tenor, faith lies in choosing good
By George P. Matysek Jr. OSV News BALTIMORE — For one brief moment at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, the hopes of the world seemed concentrated on a single man standing alone outside the massive Duomo di Milano in Italy. Andrea Bocelli, one of the most acclaimed tenors of his time, kept his arms […]
Effie Caldarola: Let us be signs of Christ’s mercy
COMMENTARY As a small child, I was a bit of a religious nerd. I’m not sure why, but I was the oldest child, the only daughter, and our little Catholic mission parish in farm country was central to our lives. From a young age, faith intrigued me. Case in point: I remember taking a toy […]
Guided by faith, she fought for justice
Dorothy Day, whose work many still consider radical, is now a candidate for sainthood By Russell Shaw OSV News In one of his more snarky stories about clerical life — it’s called “The Forks” — the American Catholic writer J.F. Powers capsulizes the fraught relationship between a stuffy, self-important pastor and his young curate […]
Jenna Marie Cooper: Group is in violation of canon law
QUESTION CORNER Q: I greatly enjoyed a recent article about our Orthodox brothers and sisters having a valid celebration of the Eucharist. My question is, can the same be said of the Polish National Catholic Church (PNCC)? Given your logic about the Orthodox churches, it would seem to me that the PNCC also has apostolic […]
Jaymie Stuart Wolfe : Embrace Lenten practices all year long
COMMENTARY Living liturgically means approaching Lent as a built-in annual retreat. For most Catholics, that takes a time-tested and traditional shape. Prayer, fasting and almsgiving are, after all, the hallmarks of the season. So, we set aside more time to pray. We abstain from meat on Fridays, give up something we enjoy and try […]
Education is key to protecting migrants, religious leaders say
By Kurt Jensen OSV News WASHINGTON — Ask women religious leaders on the front lines of the fight against human trafficking and the exploitation of cheap migrant labor, and you hear less about government programs and more about educating the migrants. “It can happen to anyone anywhere,” Maryknoll Sister Abby Avelino said at a March […]
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