After being named to Sioux City, “I walked into this beautiful Cathedral of the Epiphany for the first time. … I received my ‘Epiphany.’ God is good,” said Bishop Keehner.
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(OSV News) — Few events on the world stage create more attention than a papal election. People everywhere, Catholic and non-Catholic, are riveted by the news as they watch the …
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(OSV News) — The following is a snapshot of the papacies of the 11 popes that preceded Pope Francis, from Pope Benedict XVI to Blessed Pope Pius IX. Pope Benedict …
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The best place to watch for the smoke is in St. Peter’s Square itself, but the Vatican will also livestream the smoke on its YouTube channel, Vatican Media Live.
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NEW YORK (OSV News) — We cannot understand Pope Francis “if we don’t understand that he was a man of God … a friend of God,” said Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the …
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Cardinal Robert F. Prevost of the United States of America, who has served both as a missionary and in the Roman curia, is the 267th Bishop of Rome.
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More than 250,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square and the neighboring streets to attend funeral Mass for Pope Francis at the Vatican April 26, 2025.
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Here is the English translation of the homily given in Italian by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, for Pope Francis’ funeral.
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New York’s Catholic bishops are urging Catholics to oppose proposed legislation that would legalize assisted suicide for those diagnosed with terminal illness.
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(OSV News) — Each year on Aug. 5 the church liturgical calendar commemorates the dedication of St. Mary Major (in Italian, Santa Maria Maggiore), one of the five great ancient basilicas …
