“The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder”David Grann, Doubleday (2023)352 pages, $30 Stories of human triumph and resilience are attractive – a narrator’s sure thing. In fact, this …
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By Lilia Kovalyk-Vasiuta and Gina Christian (OSV News) — Russia’s extensive drone attack on Kyiv Nov. 25 damaged the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ. Russia …
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By Rick Snizek TEL AVIV (OSV News) — It’s a nightmare scenario that no parent would ever want to experience. Fifty days after her children were taken hostage, Hadas Kalderon …
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By Michael Kelly (OSV News) — Catholic school leaders in Northern Ireland have called on parents to reject a plan by the British government that they say would “impose abortion …
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JERUSALEM (OSV News) — Qatar’s foreign affairs ministry said Nov. 27 that an agreement has been reached to extend the Israel-Hamas truce for another two days. The announcement was made …
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By Ruby Thomas LOUISVILLE, Ky. (OSV News) — The late James Madison Smith Sr. and Catherine “Kitty” Smith, formerly enslaved Catholics, are being recognized as agents of the Underground Railroad. …
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By Deacon Dominic Cerrato (OSV News) — In recent years, the Catholic Church in Germany embarked on an ambitious and controversial project known as the “German Synodal Way.” This initiative, …
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By Adam Wesselinoff SYDNEY (OSV News) — Proposals from the Synod on Synodality can be judged by whether they call men and women to holiness, as the church does more …
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DUBLIN (OSV News) — Dominican friars in Dublin say they are praying for all involved after an alleged stabbing incident at a nearby Catholic school in the bustling city center …
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By Bill Dodds (OSV News) — Most of us were toddlers when we learned to say “please” and “thank you.” We were a little older when we fell into the …
