January 2023

(OSV News) — Australian Cardinal George Pell, former prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy and archbishop of Sydney and of Melbourne, died Jan. 10 in Rome. He was 81. Sources …

When she was canonized by Pope St. John Paul in 2000, Josephine Bakhita immediately became the patron saint of survivors of human trafficking. Even a cursory read of her story …

(OSV News) — Buffalo Bills football player Damar Hamlin has united the nation and the world in prayer, supporters said at a Jan. 9 community vigil held in the injured …

(OSV News) — “Jesus, ich liebe dich,” “Jesus, ich liebe dich,” “Jesus, ich liebe dich.” Pope Benedict XVI’s reported last words comprise the refrain of a simple hymn composed the …

For the past three months, I’ve enjoyed a delightful new Monday ritual. After coffee with my husband and morning prayer, I pack my brown bag lunch, gather my backpack and …

By Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) — Soon after Pope Benedict XVI was laid to rest in the crypt of St. Peter’s Basilica, an Italian publisher released early copies of a …

Catholics find themselves involved in some surprisingly arcane discussions of ethics and medical care these days. Some of the topics are both obvious and ominous. Others are less obvious but …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (OSV News) — A man was arrested Jan. 5 after he destroyed the top of the altar at the Subiaco Abbey Church, stealing two reliquaries containing six …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The election for speaker in the U.S. House of Representatives bled into a historic fourth day when Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., the leader of the GOP …

Pope Benedict XVI was a notable contributor to the ecumenical scene from the beginning of the Catholic Church’s dramatic entry into the Ecumenical Movement at the time of the Second …