Europe

PARIS (OSV News) — The list of miracles that have taken place at the French Marian shrine in Lourdes now includes, for the first time, an English-speaking soldier-patient. Archbishop Malcolm …

PARIS (OSV News) — As the whole world awaits the reopening of Notre Dame, for those present inside the cathedral for the “grand réouverture,” it will be even more of …

PARIS (OSV News) — Five years after Parisians lined the streets of their city, wiping their tears as Notre Dame Cathedral burned, the faithful will have their jewel back as …

PARIS (OSV News) — The world was left stunned when the first images of the rebuilt Notre Dame were published and spread with viral speed as President Emmanuel Macron walked …

(OSV News) — As he’s sitting in a shed at a salmon farm in Argyll, a remote part of Scotland, Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow’s life is only seemingly calm. He quit his …

(OSV News) — As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine nears the three-year mark, an annual Advent fast observed by Eastern Catholics has taken on renewed urgency. “‘Let us dedicate the …

PARIS (OSV News) — A decade ago, Marguerite Stern entered Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, screaming and topless, to demonstrate her hatred of the church and the pope. In a …

PARIS (OSV News) — Ahead of World Day of the Poor, observed in the church Nov. 17, French bishops gave a green light to open the sainthood cause for a …

PARIS (OSV News) — Miraculously missed by burning beams falling from the roof on April 15, 2019, and waiting for five years to make it back to Notre Dame Cathedral, …

PARIS (OSV News) — In what is seen by the church of Paris as a triumphant return, the famous statue of the Virgin of the Pillar will be restored to …