September 2024

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (OSV News) — Relief efforts are under way to help communities across western North Carolina reeling from the impacts of Tropical Storm Helene. Unprecedented flooding from the storm …

JERUSALEM (OSV News) — Oct. 7 will mark a year since the brutal Hamas attack on Israeli communities and the no less brutal Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip that …

LOS ANGELES (OSV News) — Experiencing the mercy of God requires discovering one’s own brokenness, keynote speaker Father Mike Schmitz told the sold-out crowd at this year’s Los Angeles Catholic …

(OSV News) — Three years after being approved by the U.S. Catholic bishops, updates to the ritual texts for distribution of holy Communion outside of Mass and for Eucharistic adoration …

(OSV News) — Amid ongoing and potentially escalating conflict in both the Middle East and Ukraine, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin cautioned gathered delegates at the 79th session …

(OSV News) — Hezbollah’s central headquarters in Beirut’s southern suburbs were struck multiple times Sept. 27 by Israeli missiles, shaking the Lebanese capital. The next day Iran-backed Hezbollah confirmed the …

MEXICO CITY (OSV News) — Cristina Bautista has never stopped searching for her son, who was among the 43 students who disappeared in a 2014 attack that has never been …

(OSV News) — The Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York, has reached a preliminary settlement in what it called the “difficult ordeal” of its long-running — and at points contentious …

This week’s stories ranged from mountain climbing monks and a special blessing of motorcyclists at Fátima to “buffer zones” that will be put in place around all abortion clinics in …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Can humanity survive the digital age? The answer — according to an Institute for Human Ecology panel convened Sept. 17 at The Catholic University of America …