Pope Francis called on divided Christians to overcome their doctrinal differences and walk together in love, expressing hope especially for greater unity between the Orthodox and ...

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has reached an agreement in principle worth $880 million to compensate more than a thousand ...

Before the standing-room-only congregation gathered in Trenton's St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral for the first statewide Mass for Life, Bishop David M. O'Connell frame ...

When Chris Bartlett told a parish group his wife had miscarried, he recalls the women gathering around to console her and ...

As 40 years have passed since the murder of Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko, one of their church's most famous priests, Polish ...

An Italian publisher announced the global release in January of "Hope," a book it described as Pope Francis' autobiography, which the pope apparently planned to have released only after his death.

Encouraging greater "synodal" practices in the Catholic Church should help the church find a greater balance between the power of the pope and the power of local bishops in their dioceses, said ...

The celebration of World Mission Sunday is a popular day for a pope to canonize new saints -- not only those who ministered or gave up their lives in lands traditionally known as ...

Now that the slate for president and vice president have been firmed up by both parties, the issue of immigration certainly is paramount in their presentations. Even more so is the spending that is do ...

Ahead of World Mission Sunday -- which the Catholic Church celebrates on the second to last Sunday in October, and which in 2024 falls on Oct. 20 -- OSV News spoke with Kevin Foy, execut ...

All Souls' Day together with Halloween (All Saints' Eve) and All Saints' Day formerly made up a triduum devoted on the remembrance of the dead (Allhallowtide). that climbing it is hardest at the start ...

That's what we've heard really matters in our elections. Economic growth and the consequent effects on our standard of living. It's a dangerous train of thought if you think about it. Isn& ...