World

(OSV News) — Since the start of their February 2022 full-scale invasion, Russian forces have killed close to 70 clergy and destroyed more than 630 places of worship in Ukraine, according …

(OSV News) — Her wide smile and eyes beaming with joy are a signature of Sister Clare Crockett, a 33-year-old Northern Irish nun, who tragically died in the 2016 Ecuador …

BETHANY BEYOND THE JORDAN, Jordan (OSV News) — Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, told thousands of faithful that Pope Francis sent him to preside over the inauguration and …

DAMASCUS, Syria (OSV News) — The Franciscan friars in Syria are accustomed to overcoming obstacles and living in uncertain times, and now they are bracing for the new Islamic rule in …

(OSV News) — Venezuela’s bishops called for the country’s electoral decision to be respected on the eve of the Jan. 10 inauguration of President Nicolás Maduro, whose victory in the July …

DHAKA, Bangladesh (OSV News) — Christians and Indigenous minorities protested publicly against the beating of a minority woman and the burning of her house in Gobindganj, in the northern Gaibandha district …

(OSV News) — The streets of the Philippine capital of Manila were packed Jan. 9 with throngs of faithful devotees jostling for a brush with the encased icon of the Black …

 (OSV News) — With northern Gaza Strip’s last major hospital lying in ruins following a raid by Israeli forces, the director of Caritas Jerusalem said that with limited medical resources …

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (OSV News) — Teresian Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas from Brazil has become the world’s oldest person, reaching 116 years and 210 days. She now holds two groundbreaking titles: …

PARIS (OSV News) — With places fully booked at Paris’ iconic cathedral for months ahead, Notre Dame is not only back to its former glory but also to its full concert …