January 2024

By Kevin J. Jones (OSV News) — Catholic Polytechnic University, a new Catholic university focused on STEM education and research, aims to enroll its first class of students this fall. …

By Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens As 2024 began, I was in a hermitage in northern Minnesota doing a Holy Hour before Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament from 11:30 p.m. …

(OSV News) — When they learned of their 23-year-old son’s murder in March 2022, John and Sharon Echaniz fell to the ground in prayer. “We hit our knees,” John Echaniz …

PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) — An annual commemoration of Nazi Germany’s slaughter of millions of Jews during World War II is a call to prioritize human dignity, two Jewish-Catholic experts told …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — A Latin Mass that took place at the U.S. Capitol in January was not authorized by the Washington Archdiocese, which has procedures in place for such …

Every morning in the wee small hours lately, I read or listen to the daily Mass readings on the USCCB website as I feed the twins.  Usually I’m struggling to …

(OSV News) — A recently resurfaced book by the Vatican’s doctrinal head is “deeply flawed” in its portrayal of mystical union with God, a theological expert told OSV News. “La …

By Northwest CatholicSEATTLE (OSV News) — The bishops of Washington state are urging the state’s 1 million Catholics to join the Washington State Catholic Conference in asking legislators for more …

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (OSV News) — The six nuns kidnapped in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 19 have been freed, and the archbishop of the capital was overjoyed and thankful at the news. …

By Joe JordanHOBOKEN, N.J. (OSV News) — For the last decade, Msgr. Paul Bochicchio of St. Francis Church in Hoboken has been advising as a spiritual consultant on the upcoming …