November 2023

JERUSALEM (OSV News) — Qatar’s foreign affairs ministry said Nov. 27 that an agreement has been reached to extend the Israel-Hamas truce for another two days. The announcement was made …

By Ruby Thomas LOUISVILLE, Ky. (OSV News) — The late James Madison Smith Sr. and Catherine “Kitty” Smith, formerly enslaved Catholics, are being recognized as agents of the Underground Railroad. …

JERUSALEM (OSV News) — The Hamas militant group Nov. 26 released a third group of hostages numbering 17, who include 12 Israelis, one American woman and an Israeli-American child and three …

MATAMOROS, Mexico (OSV News) — Celebrating an outdoor Mass in a camp for migrants amid a cold and unrelenting rain, Jesuit Father Brian Strassburger preached patience. He spoke of “The …

(OSV News) — Parishes play a “vital role” in bringing Christ’s transformative love to the world, said two U.S. bishops as a key document on social ministry marks its 30th …

(OSV News) — For Kendra Tierney, a Catholic author and mother of 10, the Advent season leading up to Christmas is like preparing to give birth. “There’s such a unique …

Good evening! Welcome to this week’s showcase. We are coming to you after a very eventful week and after Thanksgiving Day in the United States — in which many families, …

By Deacon Dominic Cerrato (OSV News) — In recent years, the Catholic Church in Germany embarked on an ambitious and controversial project known as the “German Synodal Way.” This initiative, …

INDIANAPOLIS (OSV News) — The joyful shouts of 12,000 Catholic teens from across the country echoed loudly during the two-hour closing Mass of the National Catholic Youth Conference Nov. 18 …

By Adam Wesselinoff SYDNEY (OSV News) — Proposals from the Synod on Synodality can be judged by whether they call men and women to holiness, as the church does more …