October 2023

JERUSALEM (OSV News) — While Christian faithful across the globe prayed and fasted for peace in the Holy Land, a rocket struck the Christian hospital in Gaza City where hundreds …

NAIROBI, Kenya (OSV News) — On the day the world celebrates efforts to combat hunger and food insecurity, a bishop in Ethiopia was warning that his people were still dying …

(OSV News) — As war between Israel and Hamas rages, Catholics in the U.S. are heeding a call to pray and fast for peace in the Holy Land. In an …

By Catherine Buckler WASHINGTON (OSV News) — About 20 people are physically abused by an intimate partner every minute in the United States. This comes out to more than 10 …

By Caroline de SuryPARIS (OSV News) — Nearly 30,000 pilgrims flocked to Lisieux for the so-called Theresian feasts, celebrated Sept. 30-Oct. 8 in France’s northern Normandy region, where the famous …

By Anna Wilgenbusch (OSV News) — On Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 6:30 a.m., frost hung on the grass field surrounding Johanna Jalbert’s home near Isanti, Minnesota. Her baby cooed and …

NEW YORK (OSV News) — Science fiction is often used as an allegorical vessel within which to explore real-life current events, and such is the case with “The Creator” (20th …

“Patience is a virtue,” I try to remind myself as the oncology receptionist hands me the clipboard filled with five separate (and badly copied) forms I know I’ve already completed …

Chesterton would have agreed with me. If you’re bored, it’s your own fault. “There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject,” he wrote in his early book, …

Good evening! With the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas showing no sign of abating, the synod continuing apace amid polarized Catholic interests, the worldwide threat of terrorist strikes and …