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 […]
‘Please hear us, please help us,’ Nigerian bishop pleads’
By Kimberley Heatherington OSV News WASHINGTON — “Death does not announce any day,” cautions a Nigerian proverb. It’s advice the Catholic faithful of the Diocese of Makurdi — in Nigeria’s Benue state — are grimly familiar with as they and their Christian neighbors endure a sustained campaign of terrorism now stretching into a second decade. […]
Benedictine foundress’ remains claimed to be intact
Incorruptible Benedictine foundress, whose remains have been claimed to be intact, recounted childhood visions of Jesus, Mary By Maria Wiering OSV News Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster of the Most Holy Rosary claimed to have had profound religious experiences, beginning in her childhood. She was born Mary Elizabeth Lancaster April 13, 1924 in St. Louis. Her great-grandmother, […]
Actor ‘fell in love with Christ’ to portray Padre Pio on screen
By Gina Christian OSV News A film making its U.S. debut recounts the life of a beloved 20th-century saint — and the movie’s star told OSV News he “fell in love with Christ” to prepare for the part. Actor Shia LaBeouf portrays St. Pio of Pietrelcina in the new drama “Padre Pio,” which premiered at […]
The abortion pill: Women traumatized after taking drugs to end their pregnancy
By Maria Wiering OSV News More than 20 years ago, Toni McFadden took the abortion pill to end her pregnancy. She was a high school senior, the “good girl” in her family, and she did not want anyone to find out. She was about seven weeks pregnant when she took the regimen’s first drug — […]
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