(OSV News) — Preparations are underway in Norway to open a canonization cause for the Nobel Prize-winning novelist Sigrid Undset, Bishop Fredrik Hansen of Oslo announced July 8. “She is …
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“Any spiritual renewal worthy of its name is one that pierces the human heart, and that is something that an algorithm can’t do.”
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VATICAN CITY (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV has chosen Norwegian Trappist Bishop Erik Varden to preach the first papal Lenten retreat of his pontificate with the Roman Curia later this …
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Skiing came to Central Europe thanks to an adventurous priest, Catholic newspaper says
by Carol Glatzby Carol GlatzThanks to a 17th-century Italian priest, skis made their way from their origin in Scandinavia to Central Europe.
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Bishop Erik Varden spoke about his own path to monastic life, the challenges facing believers in the North, and how the Gospel can still speak “face to face” to a …
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Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide remain illegal in Norway. However, public opinion on the practice has grown more favorable in recent years.
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Did you know that the crown of thorns from Jesus’ passion still exists today? It is one of the most precious relics in the treasury of Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral, …
