July 2024

(OSV News) — One of Poland’s most influential prelates has been asked to stay on beyond retirement by Pope Francis, days after the Vatican suspended his orders dismissing a prominent …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Any Catholic who participates in the celebration July 28 of the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly can receive a plenary indulgence, the Vatican announced. …

(OSV News) — He was a priest whose wide smile could just light up a room and whose energetic self-giving to the people he served seemed limitless. Those who knew …

COLOGNE, Germany (OSV News) — “Country roads, take me home. To the place I belong,” rang out through the packed Eurowings check-in counter in Cologne July 19. Leading the chorus …

QUEBEC CITY (OSV News) — Cardinal Gérald C. Lacroix is resuming his duties as Quebec’s archbishop, six months after stepping aside when he was accused of sexual misconduct for which …

PARIS (OSV News) — Even if the spotlight is now on sports stadiums ahead of the July 26 opening of the Summer Olympic Games, a Notre Dame Cathedral guide with …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Premium brown paper was placed over significant portions of an extensive mosaic program in the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington July 23, obscuring …

INDIANAPOLIS (OSV News) — As five days of the National Eucharistic Congress concluded with one final revival and a beautiful solemn Mass in Lucas Oil Stadium — Bishop Andrew H. …

PARIS (OSV News) — As Paris stands in the starting blocks for the 2024 Olympic Games that kick off July 26, the Olympic truce was launched in the iconic La …

The average Catholic in the pew hearing the term “Eucharistic missionary” might think this is a special role in the church, performed by well-trained holy people in some far-flung region. …