May 2023

(OSV News) — The Holy See has declared Bishop Michael F. Olson of Fort Worth to be “pontifical commissary” of the Monastery of Saint Joseph of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns, according …

(OSV News) — “Blessed are the young,” said Herbert Hoover, 31st president of the United States, “for they shall inherit the national debt.” Hoover’s witty mangling of Matthew 5:5 still …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — World No Tobacco Day is observed every May 31 to highlight the harmful effects of tobacco on people’s health and the environment. Because of the growing …

ROME (OSV News) — Divisive ideologies and agendas are the root cause of an ethnic conflict that has led to violence against Christians and attacks on churches in India’s northeastern …

(OSV News) — Dr. Paul Carson remembers when COVID-19 first commanded his attention: In late February 2020, the virus swept through a Washington state nursing home, ultimately killing dozens of …

(OSV News) — Fifty years after the U.S. withdrew its troops from Vietnam, a New York priest told OSV News his combat experience there continues to shape his pastoral ministry. …

“The Beast of Bethulia Park”S.P. CaldwellGracewing Publishing, 432 pages A few years ago, while musing on the Catholic imagination and the deep need for Catholic literary fiction that goes beyond …

BUENOS AIRES (OSV News) — Bishop Santiago Olivera of the Military Ordinariate of Argentina celebrated Mass May 11 to honor Blessed Bishop Mamerto Esquiú on his feast day. “Blessed Friar …

(OSV News) — Ahead of Memorial Day weekend, a community of contemplative Benedictine sisters in rural Missouri were preparing for as many as 10,000 pilgrims to flock to their monastery …

I’ve met many saintly people in my life, but rarely do they make the news.  Years ago, I took photos of the consecration of the Abbey of Our Lady of …