Faith+Culture

Everyday Catholics can love and serve the poor in need, according to experts that directly serve or advocate for those struggling with poverty. Here a few ways to do that.

“I think it’s important to not forget the past, and we have to be able to look backwards in order to move forwards,” filmmaker James Vanderbilt said.

As feast days go, this Sunday is one of the more unusual ones on the church calendar: the Dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome.

The word “vocation” comes from the Latin word “vocare,” or “to call.” A vocation is literally “a calling,” which in a Catholic sense typically means a calling from God.

“More than one in ten responding ordinands (15%) reported being home schooled,” a 2025 CARA report said. Homeschooling families who spoke with OSV News agreed that homeschooling cultivates priestly vocations.

Dozens of saints or people on the path to sainthood have been considered incorrupt.

By D.D. Emmons (OSV News) — It seems unusual that our church liturgical calendar schedules two major celebrations on days that are back-to-back. But that is precisely the situation with …

Dante’s Purgatorio is just a poem, a work of fiction, but it expresses a great truth — the truth we Catholics celebrate each year on All Souls Day.

Influential religious leaders reminded Catholics of their responsibility to combat antisemitism while celebrating the 60th anniversary of “Nostra Aetate.”

Ahead of a new English edition of the Liturgy of the Hours for the Latin Church, liturgical experts are encouraging parishes and other Catholic communities to embrace this prayer.