(OSV News) — Mergers for several Archdiocese of St. Louis parishes are temporarily on hold pending an appeal to the Vatican by parishioners. In a July 31 statement, the archdiocese …
August 2023
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(OSV News) — With 80% of people identifying as Catholic, Portugal is among the countries with the highest church presence in Europe. The signs of the nation’s intimate relationship with …
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(OSV News) — The chairman of U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Rabbi Abraham Cooper, has described religious freedom conditions in Nigeria as “abysmal.” Speaking July 18 at a House …
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LISBON, Portugal (OSV News) — Joyful, singing crowds were walking through Lisbon long after the opening Mass of World Youth Day 2023 was over Aug. 1. The atmosphere surprised even …
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By Father Patrick Briscoe World Youth Day (WYD) brings together young people from every corner of the globe to celebrate their Catholic faith. Away from home and buoyed by the …
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BALTIMORE (OSV News) — Peeking out from beneath a tan tarp as she sat in the alley alongside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed …
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(OSV News) — In 1997, then 19-year-old Jessica Smith sang on the papal stage at World Youth Day in Paris as pilgrims made their way to Longchamp Racecourse for the …
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(OSV News) — The organization that oversees the Catholic Church’s English-language translations for the Mass and other liturgies of the Roman Rite has a new leader as of Nov. 1. …
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Diocese of Syracuse, N.Y., committee representing abuse victims reach settlement
by OSV Newsby OSV NewsBy The Catholic Sun SYRACUSE, N.Y. (OSV News) — The Diocese of Syracuse has reached a multimillion dollar settlement in its June 2020 bankruptcy case, in an effort to redress …