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National

Making spirits bright when you won’t be home for the holidays

By Mary B. O’Brien (OSV News) — It’s no longer as simple as a sleigh ride through the woods to join the whole family...

December 16, 2023

World

‘Do not forget’ Sahel humanitarian crisis, warns Ivory Coast bishop on U.S. visit

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — This December, when Catholic villagers in northern Ivory Coast are preparing for Christmas, many will be organizing Advent food and...

December 14, 2023

Opinion

Unity is impossible? Here’s what a 450-Year-Old, 40-part Motet Can Teach Us

As we closed another liturgical year and crossed the threshold into Advent, our faith is directing our attention toward things eternal. Advent is a...

December 14, 2023

Middle East

Priest: Gaza Christians suffer much as Israeli strikes on strip continue but aren’t losing hope

JERUSALEM (OSV News) — As the humanitarian crisis escalates in Gaza — amid tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered near Gaza’s border with Egypt,...

December 13, 2023

National

Sacraments, strategy help Catholics stay sober amid holidays, say experts

(OSV News) — The Christmas season can be challenging for those in addiction recovery, but sacramental grace and practical strategies can keep those seeking...

December 13, 2023

National

Our Lady of Guadalupe is ‘mother of all mothers,’ bishop says on her feast day

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Our Lady of Guadalupe is “the mother of all mothers — a loving bridge between worlds and peoples who unifies...

December 12, 2023

National

Nebraska priest dies after attack during apparent rectory break-in

OMAHA, Neb. (OSV News) — A Nebraska priest has died after being attacked in the rectory of his parish in the early morning of...

December 10, 2023

Spanish

Posadas y misión pastoral: Celebraciones y tradiciones de Adviento nos preparan para el nacimiento del Niño Jesús

(OSV News) — La temporada navideña es sin duda ese momento del año esperado no solo por los más pequeños de la casa, sino...

December 10, 2023
A firefighter places a wreath of flowers on a Marian statue overlooking the Spanish Steps in Rome Dec. 8, 2023, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. Pope Francis was to pray at the statue later in the day, continuing the papal tradition of visiting the Spanish Steps on the feast of the Immaculate Conception. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) A firefighter places a wreath of flowers on a Marian statue overlooking the Spanish Steps in Rome Dec. 8, 2023, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. Pope Francis was to pray at the statue later in the day, continuing the papal tradition of visiting the Spanish Steps on the feast of the Immaculate Conception. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Opinion

OSV News Showcase | December 8, 2023

Good evening! It’s interesting that in Advent we remember the Immaculate Conception — Mary, conceived without sin. In the beginning of John’s Gospel we...

December 8, 2023
A lantern is lit with a flame from the Peace Light during a ceremony at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, N.Y., Dec. 3, 2023. After its arrival on Austria Airlines, the Peace Light, a continuous flame originating in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, it will be taken across North America by a network of drivers formed by the Boy Scouts and volunteers will transfer the flame as a sign of "peace, harmony, and unity among all people of the world." (OSV News photo/Alicia Venter, The Tablet) A lantern is lit with a flame from the Peace Light during a ceremony at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, N.Y., Dec. 3, 2023. After its arrival on Austria Airlines, the Peace Light, a continuous flame originating in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, it will be taken across North America by a network of drivers formed by the Boy Scouts and volunteers will transfer the flame as a sign of "peace, harmony, and unity among all people of the world." (OSV News photo/Alicia Venter, The Tablet)

National

Message of Peace Light, now in US, seen as more urgent amid Israel-Hamas war

By Alicia Venter QUEENS, N.Y. (OSV News) — As Catholics across the New York metropolitan area were given the opportunity to light their first...

December 5, 2023
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