November 2023

Waiting has never been my strong suit. I tend to associate long waits with a childhood tradition that I’m certain my mother invented. Each Christmas when I was young, Leroy …

By Tom Tracy ST. LOUIS (OSV News) — Sixteen-year-old Jack McDonald was a beneficiary of his high school’s learning center for embellishing academic skills such as note-taking and organizational strategies. …

It’s been almost a year and a half since Corpus Christi Sunday 2022 — June 19 — the launch date of the ongoing National Eucharistic Revival. At the time of …

(OSV News) — Pope Francis will celebrate the World Day of the Poor for the seventh time on Nov. 19. The 2023 World Day of the Poor will be traditionally …

Good evening! St. Elizabeth of Hungary was a truly compassionate woman throughout her life, and we ask her prayers this week over stories where compassion has been lacking or is …

(OSV News) — When his 29-year-old daughter Katie died in 2016, Deacon Edward Shoener shared a heartrending truth in the obituary: she had taken her life amid a long-running struggle …

BALTIMORE (OSV News) — For two days, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops met in plenary assembly in Baltimore advancing key issues related to liturgy, living out the faith, including …

NAIROBI, Kenya (OSV News) — Ahead of COP28, the U.N. climate change conference, Catholic leaders in Africa called for decisive action against climate change, as churches and agencies moved to …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The daily rhythm of the life of a priest should resemble “ping pong” — praying on one’s knees before the tabernacle, helping those in need and …

NOTTINGHAM, England (OSV News) — British bishops expressed their condolences to Dean and Claire Gregory, parents of 8-month-old Indi, who died Nov. 13 after neither a court battle nor Italian …