October 2023

By Jean Parietti SEATTLE (OSV News) — In his second year as an offensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks, Abraham “Abe” Lucas is living his childhood dream. Even so, it’s …

By SueAnn Howell (OSV News) — Ten years ago, 4-year-old Dulce Maria was the first child in her community in Guatemala to receive a Box of Joy from Cross Catholic …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation “Laudate Deum,” released Oct. 4, was described as the sound of a broken heart, disappointed by the world’s lack of action on …

JERUSALEM (OSV News) — An explosion at the St. Porphyrios Greek Orthodox Church campus in Gaza has left the administration building in ruins, and at least 17 people dead, though …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Carmelite scholars and everyday Catholics are welcoming Pope Francis’ new apostolic letter about St. Therese of Lisieux, a 19th-century French Carmelite nun beloved worldwide for her …

Is 45:1, 4-6Ps 96:1, 3, 4-5, 7-8, 9-101 Thes 1:1-5bMt 22:15-21 “I am the Lord, there is no other.” The prophet Isaiah tells us in simple, evocative words. God’s power …

(OSV News) — Early in my Catholic reporting days, someone found an unusual lamp in our office attic — its base was a man wrapped in a green robe, with …

(OSV News) — Amid wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, this year’s World Mission Sunday is “even more important” than ever, said an executive from the U.S. offices of …

By SueAnn Howell (OSV News) — The Order of Friars Minor — affectionately known as the “lesser brothers” of the Franciscan orders for their humility and simple brown robes — …

(OSV News) — In a rambling red-brick house on the western edge of Oxford, England, a melancholy desk sits at a bay window looking out over tangled woodland. In the …