December 2023

(OSV News) — Two Ohio bishops said that a potential merger between the dioceses they lead is part of their shared mission “to advance the Gospel (and) to make disciples …

ROME (OSV News) – Following the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem’s denouncement of a series of attacks on Christians in Gaza by Israeli forces Dec. 16, including the killing of a …

Anyone who says evening prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours regularly recites the Magnificat from the first chapter of the Gospel of Luke. Named for its first word in …

(OSV News) — The Vatican’s decision to close a religious community co-founded by accused abuser Father Marko Rupnik is prompting wary praise from survivor advocates in the U.S. and Canada, …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican City State criminal court sentenced Cardinal Angelo Becciu to five years and six months in prison on two counts of embezzlement and one of …

(OSV News) — The Christmas season is a time anticipated not only by children, but by everyone. In a time when the cold winter permeates much of the United States, …

By Mary B. O’Brien (OSV News) — It’s no longer as simple as a sleigh ride through the woods to join the whole family at grandma’s for Christmas Day. Nevertheless, …

Good evening! Just think, a week from today we will be in the middle of putting all the “final touches” on Christmas as we pray the beautiful and ancient O …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The U.S. Supreme Court said Dec. 13 it would take up a case concerning the abortion pill, the first major case involving abortion on its docket …

Of all the things and people to be present at the birth of Jesus Christ, there were shepherds! I would probably have been more surprised if there were not shepherds. …