(OSV News) — Poland’s church is seeking the beatification of a young lay missionary, who was stabbed to death in a bungled robbery shortly after starting work with Catholic nuns …
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PARIS (OSV News) — For some, the Notre Dame fire was a sign of devastation of faith and Christian values. But for many more in France, it meant awakening of …
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EDINBURGH, Scotland (OSV News) — Church leaders have expressed concern that some passages in the Bible or the Catechism of the Catholic Church could be deemed offensive under Scotland’s new …
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PARIS (OSV News) — In December 2023, Christophe Grunenwald, a knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem since 2000, was given a special task of representing …
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Sister of murdered French priest tells story of forgiveness, friendship with killer’s mother
by OSV Newsby OSV NewsBy Caroline de Sury PARIS (OSV News) — Spending most of her life in Armentières, a northern small French town bordering Belgium, Roseline Hamel, 84, would never have expected it …
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(OSV News) — Prominent Hungarian Catholics have defended their church’s record on tackling sexual crimes by clergy after a top-level government abuse scandal led to the appointment of a new …
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Report: Church of England safeguarding measures against abuse fall below expected standards
by OSV Newsby OSV NewsBy Michael Kelly (OSV News) — A new report has revealed what it describes as conflicts of interest in the handling of allegations of sexual abuse in Britain’s established state …
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Paris Archdiocese reveals how the grandeur of Notre Dame Cathedral’s reopening will look
by OSV Newsby OSV NewsBy Caroline de SuryPARIS (OSV News) — The reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral, scheduled for Dec. 8, will be “six months of celebration and praise,” the archbishop of Paris said …
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Northern Ireland has Catholic leading its government for the first time in history
by OSV Newsby OSV NewsBy Michael KellyDUBLIN (OSV News) — Ireland’s most-senior churchman hailed an agreement that sees a Catholic take the top political job in Northern Ireland for the first time in its …
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As King Charles is diagnosed with cancer, Cardinal Nichols offers ‘steadfast prayers’
by OSV Newsby OSV NewsBy Michael Kelly(OSV News) — Cardinal Vincent Nichols has offered “steadfast prayers” on behalf of Catholics after it was announced that Britain’s King Charles III is undergoing treatment for cancer. …
